Items tagged with "planning"

Top Ten Reasons to Bring Extra Socks to A Ballgame

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 19 Jun 2010

Ah, boys of summer. Ok you're all pretty adorable. Especially when you do that home-run thing. Our first professional baseball game with [...]More

Travel Papers and Apps

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 29 Mar 2010

A few finds from this weekend - two flavors of Travel Bingo from the folks at Knock Knock (makers of my favorite "All out of" [...]More

Park Ranger - Junior Division

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 06 Dec 2009

"Oh I've seen the Liberty Bell. A lot of times." We're driving to school; I've just told her that [...]More

Emergency Room Tourist

From Local Treks by Raq W. on 18 Nov 2009

I guess the lessons here for traveling with children are:

1) You can never be too prepared.

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Digital Distractions - iPhone Apps

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 14 Jun 2009

We were helping a friend move last week and there was a lull right near the corner of dinnertime and "I'm Tired & Bored"… but [...]More

Cherry Blossom Festival - Washington DC

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 06 Apr 2009

Each year, the cherry trees on the mall break forth in a riotous beauty that is loved by millions. And nope, that isn't [...]More

How to Safety Hack a Hotel Room

From Local Treks by Erika S on 24 Feb 2009

[Welcome new travel guide Erika S.!]

Before I started traveling with my

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Notes to self: On going home for the holidays

From Local Treks by Emily C on 02 Jan 2009

Things to remember for next year:

Shop for gifts at my destination. I live in Tennessee,

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Five Works Well For A Ride In The Car (As Long As The Car Ride Isn't Too Far)

From Distant Lands by Jessica A on 16 Nov 2008

Living in New York City, we don't own a car. The only times we rent one are for traveling, either up or down I-95 [...]More

The Blur of Kells

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 27 Oct 2008

This post has taken me a long time to write, because it was a point of high expectation, that turned out quite differently than planned. [...]More

The more things (and diapers) change...

From Local Treks by Raq W. on 24 Sep 2008

You'd think I would have learned by now.

When my son was about 5 months old, I had to drive from downtown Athens, Greece, [...]More

Swings and Superheroes

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 22 Sep 2008

Two recent articles, one from the SF Gate and one from the Washington Post are well worth your time! Thanks to TWC readers far [...]More

How to get crayon off of a rental car

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 07 Sep 2008

So while we were driving the Ring of Beara in Ireland, we [...]More

Three to get ready...

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 25 Jul 2008

Packing for a trip with a kid requires certain paranormal abilities, namely ability to predict the future and ability to bend the space-time continuum [...]More

Two For the Show...

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 25 Jul 2008

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One for the Money...

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 16 Jul 2008

We have a big trip in our future - to Ireland - and to get ready for it, we're using a lot of web tools.< [...]More

Clearwater Festival 2008

From Local Treks by Jessica A on 08 Jul 2008

I offer this advice as a cautionary tale - when thinking of heading out for an all-day outdoor folk music festival with a toddler, take [...]More

Ya Dig?

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 30 Jun 2008

Come June, and on through September, an odd thing happens along the shoreline of the more family oriented beaches of the eastern United States: [...]More

made in the shade part 2

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 26 Jun 2008

With the paid-ahead umbrella setup, there's another bonus. No need to stake a primo spot on the sand. Already done for you. WIN. The cost [...]More

Made in the Shade, part 1

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 12 Jun 2008

Which sounds better to you?

1 adult, hauling 13 pounds of towels, chairs, umbrellas, beach bags, shovels, buckets, kites, sunscreen, sunglasses, water, juice,

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To the Lighthouse, To the Village

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 08 Jun 2008

Bad weather at the beach is like sand in your swimsuit. You can't do much to keep it from happening.

So [...]More

Checking the fine print

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 06 Jun 2008

We just received a packet of info for an upcoming trip (more on [...]More

The World's Greatest Travel Game

From Distant Lands by Jessica A on 15 May 2008

When I was a kid, my family used to drive 18 hours straight from our home in Maryland to our summer cabin in Hilton Beach, [...]More

Postcards 05/08

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 11 May 2008

So an interesting thing happened when a bunch of us got together to write postcards to our kids and to our moms for the mother's-day-postcard-all-in [...]More

Potty Training at 30,000 Feet

From Distant Lands by Steph I. on 02 May 2008

My daughter actually likes the airplane potty. It's a chance to get out of her seat, walk down the aisle, smile at the

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To Stroll or Not To Stroll

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 28 Apr 2008

So yesterday morning, grandma & grandkid were at point A, and wanted to go to point B, four blocks away. It was raining.& [...]More

Traveling With Two

From Distant Lands by Steph I. on 26 Apr 2008

[Editor's note - A huge welcome to new TWC poster, Stephanie I, who really, really knows how to fly with kids.]& [...]More

Toll-Road Cookies

From Local Treks by Lisa P. on 20 Apr 2008

[editor's note: Welcome new TWC poster Lisa P! - first up: a checklist of sorts for long Midwest roadtrips [...]More

Membership = Priceless*

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 04 Apr 2008

"Think we're coming back here again?" That's one of the first things we ask each other when we visit a museum or park [...]More

"... you missed it by 3 minutes!"

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 30 Mar 2008

Remember that great public transportation system I was talking about a while [...]More

Going Public

From Local Treks by Fran W. on 08 Feb 2008

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Deadlines and Decisions

From Distant Lands by Fran W. on 29 Jan 2008

One point of order in our family: when it comes to finding travel deals, I'm usually the book-buying, link-clicking, early-bird. My husband seems [...]More

The Wheels on the Car Go 'Round and 'Round

From Local Treks by Kat G on 26 Jan 2008

Like most every other person in the Northern Hemisphere, come January and February, I dream of travel. Preferably to some place with some warm weather, [...]More