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Clever & Creative Ideas to Preserve Your Travel Memories

Tips· Travel

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Traveling can be the investment of a lifetime.  While the experience may be fleeting, we all want the memories to last forever.  Here are some souvenir ideas to help keep your travel memories alive!   PURCHASE A PUSH PIN MAP QUICK NAVIGATION PURCHASE A PUSH PIN MAPINVEST IN PROFESSIONAL PHOTOSCREATE A PHOTO ALBUMSTART A SCRAPBOOK MAIL YOURSELF A POSTCARDSTART A…
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Skip the Party: Birthday Party Alternatives For Kids

Family· Kids· Travel

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This is a list of birthday party alternatives for families looking to celebrate birthdays in a less traditional way. It is pretty well known that we don’t really “do” birthday parties in this family.  My mom never threw parties for me when I was growing up so it is almost a foreign concept to me.  Add that to the fact…
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Traveling Without Your Child: How to Ease the Anxiety For Everyone

Tips· Travel

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but… LEAVE THOSE KIDS AT HOME!  Parents, traveling without your child is totally okay! Yes, I know — you have anxiety about leaving your toddler for vacation. But despite popular opinion, traveling without the baby, going on vacation without your toddler, and just plain traveling without your child is healthy for everyone involved. …
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Where to Stay in Barcelona With Kids

Destinations· Spain· Travel

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Looking for where to stay in Barcelona with kids? Barcelona is such a beautiful city to visit with kids.  There is so much to do, so much to see, and so much to eat in the city and it is incredibly kid friendly!  There are many areas to the city making it difficult to decide where to stay in Barcelona…
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Madrid With Kids: Itinerary & Recap [One Day in Madrid Itinerary]

Destinations· Spain· Spring Break Recaps· Travel

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This is a recap of our trip to Madrid with kids; one day in Madrid itinerary. We split one week between Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid, Spain with stops in Peniscola and Cuenca, Spain for our third official The Spring Break Family trip. Every year is becoming harder to top because this trip was absolutely phenomenal! Standard note for all our itinerary…
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