Before You Fly: The Family Pre-Travel Checklist
Family trips can be life changing in a good way. So many incredible memories to add to your children’s core memories (a la Inside Out). But in order to have a good and successful trip, there are some preparations that need to be made. Here is a checklist of things you should take care of […]
A Super Spontaneous International Getaway
I am so psyched, you have no idea! For so long, I’ve been exhausted and burnt out. Parenting is exhausting even in the best of times — but add being a single mom, raising special needs kids, and managing your own disabilities, and it’s no wonder the burnout runs even deeper. The last time this […]
Orlando Family Vacation: Tips for Parents to Save Big and Have Fun
Oh, you know how much I love traveling if you’ve read my blog for even a short amount of time. (And if you just look at the menu bar at the top and the different categories of posts featured below, you can see just how many are dedicated to cheap travel. I’ve been to Orlando […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip – Day 5, Part 2: How to Pay for Parking as a Tourist in Tbilisi
On my trip to Georgia, street parking was free in the first two cities I visited, Kutaisi and Batumi. Tbilisi, the third city we visited was another story. And of course, it wasn’t a simple one. Tbilisi used to have free street parking, but because of congestion issues they have instituted parking zones- the more […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip – Day 5, Part 1: Visiting the Bear Sanctuary
In December, my son Ike and I went on a frugal trip to the country of Georgia. On the fifth day of our trip, we woke up in the morning after our day on our self guided tour of Kutaisi, and it was time to make the 3 hour drive to Tbilisi where we would […]
10 Tips for Dealing with Language Barriers When Traveling
In front of the Kyrenia Gate, in Nicosia, North Cyprus Traveling the world is one of the things I enjoy most. I’m so glad I’ve been able to visit 10 different countries in the last 8 years, 4 of them with my children. As a native English speaker, I am kind of spoiled in having […]
Visiting The Mtirala Rainforest in Georgia — Our Frugal Georgia Trip, Day 3
Sorry it’s been about a month since my last post about my frugal Georgia trip with my son; life kind of got in the way. On our third day in Georgia, we left Batumi, where we had slept the last two nights, and headed to Kutaisi, where we’d be spending the next two nights. Between […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip, Day 2: Batumi, Las Vegas of the Black Sea
On the second day of our Georgia trip, in Batumi, not surprisingly, we had a pretty late start. We only got up at 10:30 and had to get to the tour we signed up for by 11:45; we were supposed to get there ten minutes early, we had a 5 minute walk to our car, […]
Our Frugal Trip To Georgia, Day One: Vani Sulfur Hot Springs and Batumi
Hello there from Georgia! As I wrote in my post yesterday, today we left on a 6:45 am flight (meaning we woke up at 3:30 after only getting to sleep at midnight after a late arrival to Cyprus) from Larnaca to Kutaisi, Georgia. It was a 2 hour flight and, fortunately, I managed to sleep […]
Hello From Cyprus — For The Moment
When my oldest son was almost 11, I went on a trip with him to Craiova, Romania, his first time ever leaving our country, his first time ever on a plane. My other kids wanted to go on trips with me as well, and I told my kids that the summer before they turned 11 […]
