Family Travel Inspiration

We share the best family travel planning tools for your own vacation planning! Use our Travel Guides for easy family travel planning. Our Cruising Guide, with complete cruise packing list, provides everything you need to plan the perfect family vacation on the water! The Destinations Guide includes article by location using a convenient drop down menu — so you can read about hotels, attractions and even restaurants! And, if you aren’t sure where you want to go — or if you’re looking for travel inspiration to go someplace new, then our Interests Section is the place to start — it sorts all our posts by interest, such as adventure travel, history, fun for kids, and great for foodies.

Family Travel Tips

At Family Travels on a Budget, we provide family travel tips and ideas so you can plan vacations your way! The family travel tips are arranged by categories so you can find what you need quickly. Air travel tips help you navigate airports, book airline tickets or pack smart for air travel. Budget travel tips offer ideas for family travel on a budget, the money saving travel tips we use! The posts in packing tips help you pack smarter — with special tips for air travel and cruises. Planning is a great section — where you’ll find travel planning tips and strategies for great vacations, including the popular travel cost estimator tool. And who doesn’t need road trip tips to survive “are we there yet?” and the other aspects of road trip travel?

Travel Resources

Travel Resources for Trip Planning

Use the same TRAVEL RESOURCES that we use to plan travel!

Plan your own travel adventures using the same money saving resources we use for hotels, car rental, air travel and more. We also include links to the travel resources we use to book the best attractions (often with great discounts) across the world!

About the Author

Hi, I’m Karen, an avid traveler who likes to save money where I can. On this family travel blog, you’ll find travel inspiration for family travel on a budget, from cheap weekend getaways to luxury vacation experiences and everything in between.

I hope the articles you read will inspire your travel dreams as I share the stories from my own travel adventures and experiences. And along the way, I’ll share my best budget travel tips, too!

Recent Partnerships

I work regularly with destinations across the United States and with travel product brands. I consider it an honor to share each place’s unique story with my readers and social media followers.