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I talk a lot about flying with kids on this site, but what if you are ready for your child to fly without you? Each year, millions of parents trust their kids to the airlines, allowing them to fly solo to a destination as an unaccompanied minor. Whether your child is traveling to visit extended …

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I’m often asked by fellow traveling parents: “What is the best airline to fly with kids?” Air travel with kids can be stressful even in the best of circumstances, so it’s only natural that families want to fly an airline that makes things easier. If only the answer were so simple. For United States based …

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Editor’s note (March 28, 2020): I wrote this post what feels like a lifetime ago, when the evidence of the pandemic’s reach and the thread facing us was not obvious to those of us in the US yet. In case it isn’t obvious, no one should be traveling right now. Please read my other and …

Read More about Thanks to Coronavirus, These are the Travel Deals to Jump on Now

Have you ever booked a flight many months in advance only to have your carefully selected flight time change? Flight schedule changes happen all the time. Airlines are always tweaking their schedules for optimum performance. Often a flight schedule change is simply a matter of minutes that doesn’t really affect much. But sometimes a change …

Read More about Why You Should Never Accept a Flight Schedule Change Right Away

My family returned a few weeks ago from four nights at Disney’s newest resort, Aulani. Located on O’ahu just 20-30 minutes from Honolulu Airport, we knew that it was the perfect getaway for an extra-long weekend jaunt from the West Coast. We had some Alaska Airlines vouchers burning a hole in our pocket that had …

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