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The 7 Day Cruise Packing List: An essential cruise wardrobe guide

March 6, 2023 by Karen Dawkins 88 Comments

Updated March 2023 Knowing what to pack for a 7 day cruise can be overwhelming, especially for first time cruisers, so a cruise packing checklist like we have here really helps. With this cruise packing checklist, you will know how to pack for a 7 day Caribbean cruise so so you don’t forget the important […]

Filed Under: cruising, Packing, travel tips, Uncategorized

Beach Bag Essentials: Everything you need to pack the perfect beach bag!

April 2, 2019 by Karen Dawkins 11 Comments

A day at the beach always brings big smiles, unless you forget something really important! Nobody wants that, so we made a checklist to help you remember all the beach bag essentials to make packing for the beach easy! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience (at no additional cost to you). Click here […]

Filed Under: beach, Beaches, Packing, travel tips

3 tips to choose the best carry-on luggage

July 30, 2015 by Karen Dawkins 3 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links Every time I travel by air, I see more people having to check their carry-on luggage at the gate. There’s no room for it in the cabin overhead bins. If you don’t fly often, this news might surprise you. The reality is: Gone are the days of empty flights […]

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Cruising 101: 4 tips for final disembarkation

June 22, 2014 by Karen Dawkins 6 Comments

The hardest part about cruising is leaving the ship… not because it’s difficult, but because it’s hard to leave the fun. But since that final disembarkation is inevitable, knowing what to expect should make it a bit easier. The final night on board, you’ll get a detailed list of all charges made on the ship […]

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Best Travel Tip Ever!

October 29, 2013 by Karen Dawkins 16 Comments

Tried and True Time Saving Packing Tip

If you’re like me (and 99% of all vacation weary moms), the last thing you want to do when you get home from vacation is laundry. Unfortunately, that luggage — bursting at the seams with dirty clothes and stinky socks — doesn’t empty by itself. So far, no one has invented the portable luggage washing […]

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How to: Travel Bathroom Organization

May 13, 2013 by Karen Dawkins 25 Comments

When we travel as a family, one of my biggest pet peeves is bathroom organization. At home, my three kids share their own bathroom. Since they’re plenty old enough to maintain it, I don’t venture in there often. Tooth paste all over the counter? Fine. If that’s how they want it. Personal products covering every […]

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Winter Travel Tips

January 6, 2013 by Karen Dawkins 16 Comments

Winter Travel means icy roads, reduced visibility, and cold toes! To close out 2012, we traveled to Ohio to visit grandma. We had planned to leave early the day after Christmas, but the forecast for snow and ice in West Virginia and Ohio left us doubting the plan. Weather improved, so we headed to Grandma’s […]

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Carryon Luggage Organizing Tip

October 1, 2012 by Karen Dawkins 23 Comments

One of the hardest things about long air flights is organizing your carryon luggage. Any flight can be challenging, but it seems the longer the flight, the more you need. Traveling with kids adds to the chaos. To minimize the chaos, and increase the odds that you won’t lose your mind while flying, use ziploc […]

Filed Under: air travel, Packing, travel tips

MacGyver of family travel

August 17, 2012 by 14 Comments

Call me the MacGyver of family travel! For young readers, MacGyver is a fictional spy from the late 1980’s who used all sorts of everyday tools to get the job done. No gun required. I’m certain that if MacGyver wrote a travel blog, he’d include these three packing essentials too. Curious? Read on! Binder Clips […]

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How to Survive Weather Woes

May 7, 2012 by 11 Comments

Mark Twain said, “Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” We’ve had our fair share of bad weather on vacation, hurricanes in Florida, ice storms in Alabama, snow in Ohio. (Oh wait, that’s normal!)  In Hawaii, my husband and I had the misfortune of being on Kauai during a bizarre weather pattern […]

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An avid traveler, I enjoy discovering new places: history, culture, and adventure. I love it all! Well, not bugs. I don’t like bugs very much, so I probably won’t visit a bug museum.

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