Making up our All-Inclusive Beach Vacation Family Packing List is probably one of the easiest family packing lists I’ve had to make. When we made the plans for our all-inclusive Mexico family vacation, it was our first international trip since pre-pandemic times. We were really looking forward to just spending the week at the pool and beach, without any plans to do excursions.
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15 Tips For Visiting Plitvice Lakes with Kids
Every family will love visiting Plitvice Lakes with kids! Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of Croatia’s national treasures, where boardwalks and hiking trails wind around 12 scenic upper lakes and 4 lower lakes. Kids of all ages will love walking past beautiful waterfalls along wooden pathways. Visiting the Plitvice Lakes UNESCO World Heritage site with our kids was on our bucket list, so we were we very excited when it finally happened!
Top 11 Things to do in Split with Kids
Visiting Croatia with kids? You’ll find plenty of things to do in Split with kids! Split is Croatia’s second largest city and is the perfect spot to enjoy some family beach time while immersing yourself in some ancient history.
Top 5 Things to do on Hvar with Kids
Hvar, Croatia has a well-deserved reputation for being a chic, jet-setting party town. As parents of two small kids (aged 2 & 4), we are not exactly party animals and weren’t sure if visiting Hvar with kids was the right choice for us. We knew Hvar would be beautiful, and it was well connected by catamaran to our other Croatian destinations, so we decided to take a chance and add Hvar to our family vacation to Croatia. We’re glad we did – it turned out to be one of our favorite kid-friendly destinations in Europe!
Top 7 Things to do in Dubrovnik with Kids
We loved visiting Dubrovnik with kids on our family trip to Croatia! From mountain top hiking adventures, to beautiful beaches to the historic city walls, there are so many amazing things to do in Dubrovnik with kids.
Top 9 Things to do in Zagreb with Kids
Loaded with tourism superstars like Plitvice Lakes, Hvar, Split and Dubrovnik, there are so many amazing places to visit in Croatia with kids. For all the attention that Croatia gets as a world-class tourism destination, Zagreb (Croatia’s capital city) remains out of the limelight. We weren’t sure what to expect on our one day visit to Zagreb with kids, but with a wide variety of kid-friendly activities, we were pleasantly surprised!
6 Things to do in Chiang Mai with Kids
We had been to Chiang Mai without kids, at a time in our lives when it was easy to be backpacking in Thailand. It was such a quick trip to Chiang Mai, we felt we hadn’t really “seen it”.
Things to do in Korcula with Kids
To be honest, we visited Korcula with kids mainly because it was easy getting to Korcula from Hvar. In addition, the Hvar to Korcula ferry was a convenient stop between our 2 days on Hvar with kids and our final Croatia stop where we spent 2 days in Dubrovnik with kids.
8 Mexico Food Safety Tips
When we decided to rent a condo in Playa Del Carmen for a month, our biggest concerns were the Mexican drinking water and food safety. I knew Celine and I could manage to stay healthy, but what about our 2 & 4 year old kids? Surely they’d get Mexican water in their mouths in the bathtub or eat a bad taco or something?
Cancun Car Rental Advice
We learned a lot renting a car in Cancun for our 28 day visit to the Yucatan Peninsula. Overall, renting a car in the Yucatan Peninsula added a lot to our Mexican vacation, but there were a few negative experiences along the way which could have been avoided had we been more educated.