Kirsty Bartholomew I love children’s books and I love travel, so it’s no surprise that I loved writing my last post about children’s books in London and have plans for many more articles that are similar. There are so many children’s books about travel and about other countries and cultures nowadays and the luxury of our global marketplace … Read more
Getting kids excited to go on a trip isn’t difficult is it? But getting them to understand a little about where you’re going can also help build excitement in a different way. When I home educated my kids we’d always search out books about the places we’d be visiting. It was an easy win for … Read more
Cheap family accommodation is the cornerstone of budget family travel. If you can find a reasonably priced place to lay your and your kids heads at night that is safe, clean and comfortable then you’re going to really increase your chances of having a great holiday. Of course, budgets are relative and what is cheap … Read more
Can you really do Monaco on a budget? It seems like those words don’t go together doesn’t it? Monaco, the place where the wealthy hang out, surely it can’t be a cheap place to visit? Inside my brain was saying – Good luck sticking to a budget there! But we were determined to visit, and … Read more
Las Vegas with teens? We’d heard mixed reports about Las Vegas and the suitability of the destination for kids. Some people said they loved it, others said it was completely inappropriate for kids and teens and we should stay away. Las Vegas is such an iconic place though isn’t it? We really wanted to see … Read more
Route 66 and budget might not be two words that seem like they belong together, but actually I think that they should. We had a great time driving Route 66 on a budget and wanted to share some of our tips for doing so. So how much does Route 66 cost? It can, of course, … Read more
As I may have mentioned a few times, this was our first trip to the USA and coming from the UK where we don’t have too many skyscraper skylines, we were pretty excited to see it while in Dallas which is a pretty big city. Every time I saw pictures and videos of the city … Read more
As soon as we knew we were landing in Dallas we knew we had to learn more about President Kennedy and his assassination which happened in downtown Dallas. We were excited to learn that there was a JFK Museum in Dallas called the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza which had loads of information about the … Read more
We absolutely adored our first time in Istanbul and would love to return. If you’re wondering what is worth visiting in Istanbul for kids then read on for what our tips are. We didn’t manage to go everywhere of course! Things to do in Istanbul for kids Istanbul and Turkey are great for kids, the people … Read more
When we decided that we’d travel around Europe in a campervan for our big trip, we felt it would be quite a budget way of doing it. Of course, travel budgets are bandied about quite a lot and I’ve said before that we intend this trip to be at the very budget end of the … Read more