by Kristen Chase | Family Travel, Tips + Tricks
I have to admit, I never thought about my car’s tires a whole lot. I guess your tires are the kind of thing you don’t think about a lot — until they stop working properly. In which case…yikes. So I’m truly happy to support our fantastic...
by Anne Wolfe Postic | Family Travel, Tips + Tricks
With winter breaks coming up, I know lots of our readers will be planning Orlando vacations. Because, family! And…Orlando! Let me just say, our family is good at vacation. We trained on our first trip to Disney back when I was pregnant, and our sons were four...
by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel
With tomorrow, September 22 being the 25th anniversary National Public Lands Day, that means it’s one of 4 days of the year that you can get free admission to more than 400 National Parks that ordinarily charge admission. And it’s not just free for kids,...
by Cool Mom Staff | Family Travel
We’ve all got trips we’ve wanted to take ourselves, or gift to someone else, whether it’s that 50th anniversary celebration for our parents, the last-ditch babymoon, or the “who needs a 25th high school reunion?” girls weekend. Now thanks...
by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel, Kids
Yesterday, the AAP offered revised car seat recommendations for children, and they’re a pretty big change from what we’re all used to considering. In their updated Child Passenger Safety statement, they offer 5 evidence based recommendations that you...
by Kristen Chase | Family Travel
When a local yoga studio owned by a couple of friends of mine mentioned they were doing a yoga retreat with discounted rates at Aulani Disney Resort and Spa in Oahu, I jumped at the opportunity to join. Hawaii is one of my favorite places, and I was thrilled to be...
by Kristen Chase | Family Travel
Last year, our friend Anna Fader of Mommy Poppins fame posted about her positive experience with Tentrr on Facebook. The service functions like Airbnb, except for campsites, and if that sounds like a brilliant idea, you’re right. Particularly for those of us who...
by Kate Etue | Family Travel
Nashville is of course the home of country music, but when you’re traveling here and looking for the best things to do in Nashville with the kids, visiting the honkey-tonks downtown probably isn’t your best bet. So as a native Nashvillian, I’m going...
by Kristen Chase | Family Travel, Tips + Tricks
Whether you’re hitting the road for a quick weekend getaway, or are heading out for a family vacation, getting out the door can be pretty overwhelming. Between packing lists and all those last-minute to-do-before-we-leave lists, it’s so easy to get sucked...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Family Travel, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
Do you have a travel first aid kit to take along on all of your summer trips? As I type these words, I realized…I don’t have one! And I should. Luckily, we have the internet, online shopping, and 24-hour drugstores that make it easy for me to put a travel first...
by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
As a mom to kids who can get car sick — kids who have friends and cousins who get car sick too — I never travel anywhere without anti-nausea acupuncture wrist bands (which we recently shared on our list of 12 essentials you’ll always find in our...
by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment + Media, Family Travel, Tips + Tricks
Anyone else searching for free things to do with your kids this summer? As the mom of a toddler who hasn’t stopped moving since 2017, I know I am. And since I want to keep the whine at bay and still budget for our vacation, I’ve set out to find the best...
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