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Sometimes you have to get out of town. When you do, offbeat travel is there for you.

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Where should we go for offbeat, kid-friendly vacations?

We really want to get together for a totally off-the-beaten-path vacation. We have quite the crew of kids between us, ranging from 2 years old to 11 years old. What are you suggestions for offbeat vacations for people with kids?

6 tips for a third trimester babymoon

My husband and I recently took a weekend-long babymoon to Galveston, Texas while I was 37 weeks pregnant. We learned a lot about the do’s and don’ts of a having a successful trip. Our lessons are here for you so that you might get the most out of your third trimester babymoon…

Modern nomadic family “world schooling” their way through Turkey

We’ve been wedding photographers for almost six years. In January we decided we need to change our lives… drastically. So we sold everything we own, moved out of house, my photography studio, Leah’s meditation center, and pulled Jonah out of preschool.

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Travel agents, common scams, and even numbers: Travel budget tips that may surprise you

This was such an epic comment from Homie Channamasala, on our post about international travel tips, that we had to turn it into its very own post. Check out these surprising travel tips based on real world experiences.

New Orleans vacation in a house of ill-repute during the Cosmic Convergence Festival

We went to New Orleans, Louisiana. Bethany’s parents spent their first anniversary there, so we had already heard about how wonderful it is. Mix in our love of food, music, and history, and Giorgio Tsoukalos and the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus’ Cosmic Convergence Festival, and it was a recipe for awesomeness.

How to be a happy vampire in the sun

I have pale skin, and I enjoy having pale skin. I dislike the beach, tan lines, sun damage, and 100 degree heat. However, in mid-July, my husband and I will be staying for a week in a Galveston, Texas beach house. Do any of the Homies have advice for keeping the sun off while keeping cool? (Other than liberal application of sunscreen, of course.)

The magical inside scoop on the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London

If you’ve ever been curious about, dreamed about, or are considering adding the Harry Potter Studio Tour to your vacation plans, you should read this post. Here’s the inside scoop…

Anticipated foreign coldness in a weird place: Our Russian honeymoon

The hardest part was walking through campus (we both teach) and listening to our students talk about going to Jamaica and Cancun while we were scrambling to find a winter coat for my husband. The week before we started to regret our decision, thinking of tropic locales while anticipating 2.5-4 feet of snow (in Moscow and St. Petersburg respectively). But it was amazing.