Whether you are a local or a tourist, the city of San Francisco has dozens of family-friendly activities and events to keep you busy. But sometimes it’s rewarding to get out of the city and explore more of the greater Bay Area and Northern California. Day trips are logistically easy as well as a cheap …
Spring break and summer travel season are just around the corner, and many more families will likely be hitting the road or returning to the friendly skies in 2023. As encouraging as that news is after the last few years, it also means lots of time in transit with potentially very bored kids. I’m assuming …
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine. The summer travel season is almost here! For many families, summers are all about epic road trips. But road tripping with kids – especially toddlers and preschoolers – isn’t always …
Red Roof sponsored this post but all opinions expressed are my own. We take airplanes on a lot of our family vacations. We realized a few years ago, however, that we were missing out on a lot of America by flying over it. Road trips have increasingly become a bigger part of our travels, particularly …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RoadTripHacks #CollectiveBias #Safeway Who says summer is over?!?! School doesn’t start until the end of August for my daughter here in California, so my family is currently taking one last road trip before summer ends for us. For a …
Welcome to the 5th and final day of packing list week here at Trips With Tykes! Family vacations require very different kinds of preparation and packing depending on your destination. General packing lists are great for the essentials but usually don’t include everything you need for a specific kind of trip. To finish out the …
My family obviously loves to travel by air. Even though air travel is much more stressful than it used to be, there is something exciting about travel on planes. Our 6 year old has been on more than 100 plane flights so we’ve learned to cope with the stressful and trying air travel moments and still …
I’ve blogged before about the best ways to survive a skiing road trip from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe. I was able to put my own tips to the test last week, as my family took a three day, two night trip to ski at Northstar California. It was a bit of a crazy …
Near the end of my pregnancy with Baby #2, my family took a quick overnight trip down the coast to Monterey. Monterey is a great day or weekend trip from the San Francisco Bay Area, and has lots to do for kids as well. Here are the highlights that make it a great destination when …
One of my husband’s childhood friends got married a few weeks ago in Boonville, California, so the whole family made the short trip to Mendocino County for a weekend getaway. We found Mendocino County to be a great road trip for little ones. The drive from the San Francisco Bay Area is reasonable (about 2-3 …