Family Travel



3 Great Hotels for Your Next Panhandle Getaway

Vacations at the beach should be a relaxing time that you get to spend with your family, but if your family is anything like mine, planning the actual trip can be pretty stressful. I have learned that when you have three small kids, a quick trip to the beach is…



Flying With Small Children

Hint: definitely put on your own oxygen mask before helping others. My first flight with a small child that belonged to me and was my responsibility was when my oldest (now almost 9) was 18 months. Somehow I had been talked into flying from San Antonio, Texas to San Diego,…




Five Tips for Your Visit to Busch Gardens

We did a trip recently to Orlando which  to the amazement of all my friends and family didn’t include Disney. We also took an hour drive from Orlando to Busch Gardens in Tampa. It was worth the drive. Here are a few tips from our crew to yours. Plan to…


Eleven Things to Love About the Mississippi Gulf Coast

I was recently offered the opportunity to visit the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the Hancock Whitney Splash Bash. It’s been years since I’ve been to the Mississippi Coast and I was totally blown away by how much the area has grown and what an amazing job they’re doing turning it…


Six Things I Love About Disney Cruises

I’ll be honest, I was apathetic to cruising before I went on my first ever Disney Cruise. It’s not that I didn’t want to cruise, just that I didn’t know what to expect and preferred to visit Disney World on our family vacations. But just three nights on my first…