Family travel can be full of wonderful, magical moments that everybody remembers forever. Most of the time, however, as any parent will tell you, the experience verges on shitshow, complete with meltdowns, tantrums, complaining, and whining—from kids and parents alike.
The girls and I are road-tripping around California again, our second such road trip of the calendar year. The destination this time looks a lot like the destination back in January: Southern California. Then we crammed the trip into five days. This time we’re stretching it out into eight.
We’ve stayed in some pretty nice hotels in our days of traveling as a family. Four Seasons properties. Ritz-Carltons. Fairmonts.
As a full-time freelance travel writer, the only way for Matt Villano to manage as a dad has been to take his three daughters (a.k.a. L, R, and Baby G) with him. Matt was partnered for a while (the girls’ mom was known in these pages as Powerwoman); now he’s a single dad. From the beginning of the blog, Matt has imparted parenthood insights he’s gleaned along the way. He also has shared tips, tricks, reviews and other fun stories. Matt was one of the official (and original) contributors to the Expedia Viewfinder travel blog. Before Wandering Pod, Matt blogged about family travel for Parenting magazine and adventure travel for SeeAmerica.com (which is now Brand USA).
Slowing the roll on a family trip
/in Family Travel, Fun StuffIf you’ve ever seen any of the National Lampoon’s “Vacation” movies, you know that Clark Griswold’s travel style is nothing short of insane.