I’ve heard it all. Some people feel travel is the best experience kids can have. Others feel kids are better off staying home and going to school each day. I say there’s good on both sides of the equation. There is benefit in giving kids a stable home where they can sleep in the same...

Kids are naturally curious and have an innate desire to make sense of the world around them. In other words – they want to learn. Have you ever seen your child out digging in the ground, trying to pull earthworms out of the dirt? And then that same child proudly shows you all the segments...

I often talk about how much my sons have learned from our travels, but it’s hard to actually explain what they've learned. Yes, they learned all the “school stuff” – reading, writing, math, science, social studies. But more importantly, they learned valuable life lessons that will get them through life. They learned that life isn’t...

Travel has reached an all-time high on women’s priority lists. According to a poll by Bing , women listed traveling the world as their highest priority. Numbers 2 & 3 were having a family and living in another country respectively. I propose that we don’t have to choose. Live in another country with your family...

“Once my kids are out of the house, I’ll…” I’ve heard that more times than I can count and I cringe each time. You don’t have to put your dreams off until your children have left the house. Living your dreams with children is a rewarding, exhilarating experience, and will build unforgettable memories for both...

Education is a huge concern to parents, as it should be. When we travel long term, it can be even more of a concern. Will your travels handicap your child? Will he keep up with his peers? Is this travel idea a good one? As a long-time schoolteacher and roadschooling mom for four years, I...

The time is always right to travel with kids, despite what some people would have you think. Barbara Adam, who is currently traveling the world with her husband and toddler, recently wrote an article for the Huffington Post about that very thing. Many would have us believe that children don’t take anything away from travel...

I’m about ready to scream. Seriously. I’ve been reading way too many articles lately about traveling with babies and each and every one lists an enormous pile of gear one “must” have for successful travel with little ones. It’s driving me crazy. I am very grateful that we lived overseas when our twins were born....

Many parents feel their adventurous days are over as soon as Junior enters their lives. Once you’re a parent, suddenly you’ve got to toe the line, live like everybody else, and do the responsible thing, right? Right? Maybe not. There are plenty of reasons why travel is good for kids. Whether you are traveling for...

“You can’t go vagabonding with kids! Just a two week vacation with the little ones is hard enough.” If you’re a parent, you’ve probably heard these words. You may have even said them. Conventional wisdom seems to say that doing anything with kids is hard work. Going to the grocery store, sending a package from...

Latourex, short for Laboratoire de Tourisme Experimental, is a couple of French charmers who developed their experimental travel techniques to make their trips more interesting. Instead of just doing the same old same old -- go to a place, look at its museums, drink coffee at coffeeshops, attempt to blend in while suavely writing in...

Is the day and age when anyone with the means can set out into the world and explore to their heart's content coming to end? Perhaps the more better question is: does cheap long term travel have a future? Wade Shepard, the author of Vagabond Journey , who has been perpetually traveling for over 11...

Over at Shetravels , an image-intensive, witty travel blog chronicles the account of a woman and her husband who are spending a year traveling around the world. The pictures are basically travel porn: if you can sit at your desk drooling over them and NOT want to give everything up and move to Cambodia, you're...

In her book, A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel , Annie Griffiths Belt shares with us the rise of her career as one of National Geographic ’s first female photographers. At a time before National Geographic was the greatly respected publication it has grown into today, Belt was one of the first to get...

I happened to be killing time in the Cairns airport flipping through the bookstore when I came across the travel memoir of "catching love, fish and wisdom": Robyn Catchlove's "Somewhere Down a Crazy River." I then promptly forgot about it until I received a notice from the publisher, and I gave it a read. It's...

Want to run away and live in a sustainable treehouse community? Go to Finca Bellavista in Costa Rica. You can build your own stilthouse or other "arboreal dwelling", as long as it abides by the community guidelines , which include such things as small square-footage structures, getting rid of waste through a compact biodigestor, and...

After my previous post about grey nomads here in Australia, you might be inspired to travel by caravan...only you're not grey. You might be nomadic, though. In which case, perhaps you might want to investigate the following: small campervans made out of DIThemselves converted minivans. These wee inclusive vehicles include a queensize foldout mattress, fridge,...

The wonderful website Traveling For The Young, Fabulous, and Broke has an article entitled " The Motivation for Long Term Travel ." This interview series profiles 11 long-term travelers, and is packed full of useful, inspirational, or interesting links. The most interesting part for me was the inclusion of children in this vagabonding lifestyle; when...