The coolest things about Twitter parties? Everyone’s invited. The coolest thing about family travel Twitter parties? Everyone’s invited AND you can learn neat stuff.

That’s why I was jazzed this week to hear about the new #KidsNTrips Twitter parties from (friends and) inspiring family travel bloggers Jen Leo, Colleen Lanin, and Katie Dillon. According to the organizers, they’ll be tweeting away with the #KidsNTrips hashtag once or twice a month to bring useful family travel tips and useful destination information.

Oh, there also will be giveaways. (Because, really, what would a Twitter chat be without giveaways?)

The first #KidsNTrips chat was this week—April 17—at 9:30 a.m. PDT. According to Lanin, the next one is slated for Thursday, May 22, also at 9:30 a.m. PDT. I’ve already got the May 22 event in my calendar, and I suggest you do the same. See you there!