A Warm Welcome to Travels With Children
Thank you for stopping by my brand-new website — I truly appreciate that you carved out a moment from your busy day to explore it. This project is built to feel breezy, practical and full of useful detail. Along the way you'll find gentle prompts to reflect on the bigger ideas that come with journeying across the globe, while still enjoying travel for the simple adventure it is.
Everything you read here is meant to be interactive and grounded in original sources — real places you may want to visit or may already know well. Above all, my hope is that this page motivates you. Get out there and find a way.
Pay for the Trip Before You Owe for It
My strongest recommendation: set money aside before taking on debt for a vacation. Debt pulls your attention away from the joy of the trip and from life in general. For more ideas on funding wonderful getaways, take a look at the "Money" page inside the "500 Words" section of this site.
Why We Travel With Our Children
Building a website about yourself is a bit of an exercise in vanity — this one aims high anyway. Here I'll share photos and reflections from a family that has reached far corners of the world, with more adventures still ahead. It's also about informing and inspiring you, dear reader. Poke around and I promise you'll discover places you never knew existed, and perhaps find new depth in a spot you've heard of, visited, or hope to see someday.
My wife Rose and I have made choices, set priorities and managed our goals (Rose is really the one managing the goals — but that's another story). We put enough aside so that now and then we can travel the world together with our children, an eight-year-old girl and an eleven-year-old boy.
Traveling with kids means accepting more complexity and stress. The cost and the sheer hard work can feel overwhelming enough to stop the plan before it starts. Traveling with friends, as a couple, or for business are equally valid ways to see the world. Yet sharing these adventures with our children adds a layer of completeness. Their observations and humor mirror their parents', and laughing together while taking in these wonders makes the extra effort worthwhile. In practice this means one or two major vacations every year or so, plus the occasional side trip. We all drive to the grocery store, the pool and soccer practice — so how about the Philippines, Canada, Iceland or India instead?
Why This Story Is Worth Posting
You might wonder why I think this story deserves a place online. There's just one reason it stands apart from anyone else's: I took the time to find and pay for a domain, choose a theme, secure a host, and gather a batch of content. If our family can do it, many of you can too. Adventure awaits.
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