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How to Get a Passport for Kids

July 28, 2010

Applying for infant passports or a passport for kids is not uncommon with the number of families who travel now.  All passengers traveling by air internationally are required to carry their own passports – yes, even newborns and infants.  Kids may be little, but they need their own passport. All of our children have received [...]

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Best Travel Stroller for Airports

July 21, 2010

Sometimes when I walk around airports, I can’t believe the size of some of the strollers parents are pushing around.  I don’t know if those SUV-sized strollers are more for the baby or for the parent.  Either way, those are not a good idea for traveling by air – unless you like to have the [...]

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10 Tips for Traveling as a Single Mother With Kids

July 7, 2010

I always wonder how single moms manage to do everything alone.  Traveling is no exception.  Thankfully, I am not a single mom, and I am blessed to have a wonderful husband. However, I have traveled as a single mom and have learned a few things.  Traveling as a single mom can be easier if you [...]

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10 Ways to Help a Traveling Single Mother

June 16, 2010

Traveling as a single mother with 3 young children can be quite an adventure!  At the beginning of this month, I took a trip from Alotau, Papua New Guinea (PNG) to Port Moresby, PNG.  After staying overnight there, we flew from Port Moresby to Brisbane then on to Sydney, Australia.  I did these three flight segments alone [...]

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10 Travelling Essentials for Young Families

May 19, 2010

In less than 2 weeks, I’ll be embarking on a trip from Papua New Guinea to Sydney, Australia. I’ll be travelling alone (one way) with my 3 children. I’ve been thinking about the travelling essentials – especially for my carry on, since I’ll have my hands full. Here are some travelling essentials for your carry [...]

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My Travel Booking Report – Travel Sites I Used

May 10, 2010

Later this month I’ll be taking a trip from Papua New Guinea to Canada, the United States, and Australia.  Since I talk a lot about traveling I thought I would share with you where I bought my tickets and travel plans from and why. Getting out of PNG there really is not a lot of [...]

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Preventing Jet Lag | Is it Possible?

May 5, 2010

As I write this in the mid-afternoon, many of my readers are settling down to sleep.  Living on the other side of the world has its advantages, such as having almost a whole extra day to remember someone’s birthday.  But the process of adjusting back to life here in Papua New Guinea after time in [...]

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Rent A Car For A Family Road trip Or Drive Your Own Car?

May 3, 2010

I heard about a family who took a road trip last summer. They thought about renting a car, but in the end, they decided it was too expensive.  Unfortunately, they had car troubles along the way and ended up being away for home for an extra two days.  By the time they had paid for [...]

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Refund Airline Tickets | How Do You Get Your Money Back?

April 26, 2010

In a few ways, traveling is like investing.  You watch for the price trends, anticipate future prices, and then eventually you lock in your price by buying your tickets.  Well, not really.  Most people just remember, hey I forgot to buy plane tickets, so they jump online and buy the tickets. One of the worst [...]

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10 Tips for Hassle-Free Family Road Trips

April 21, 2010

Since I’ve been a parent, I have taken very few family road trips.  We fly with our children, for the most part.  However, I’m a pro on road trip advice because of all the family road trips I had growing up.  Having not set foot in an airplane until I was 18 years old, I [...]

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