Click here to see how this series began... Walt Disney World is even bigger, and busier, than you’d imagined. Wearing costumes of the famed...
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So you didn’t do as well as you’d hoped in the snorkel quest for the Travelocity Roaming Gnome off the white sand beaches of Castaway...
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As you expected, your family is the first team to arrive at Phuket. Congratulations! No time to hit the beach yet, however. You must first make your...
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Some of my most frequent questions are on the topic of travel with car seats. I cover the topic extensively in Travels with Baby (the book), and in...
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I’m still catching up from our latest trip, so I’m doing a bonus “Ask Shelly” this week. This question comes from Nicole, a...
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This question comes from Jennifer Tan, my fellow Cincinnati Early Childhood Parenting Examiner. Hi, I'm planning a family trip to DC at the end of...
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If you're like a lot of families this year, you want to find some budget-minded ways that you can still enjoy a family vacation together, but without...
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Baby Angelina flying to France at 14 months. Photo by Shelly Rivoli. With most of our airline ticket purchases taking place online these days, and...
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First road trips with a baby can be daunting, and with good reason. It’s hard enough to listen to your baby cry at home, let alone as you sit...
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Measles outbreaks are still fairly common in many parts of the world, and not simply in underdeveloped and developing nations. Since the beginning of...
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