Life in immigration

Posted: 09/19/2014 | September 19th, 2014 Last month, I announced I’d be featuring monthly columnists on this website. I’ve introduced two so far, and now it’s time to introduce our final one! On the third Friday of every month, Cameron Wears from Traveling Canucks will be here giving tips and advice on how to travel better with your kids. I know this is a much-requested topic for many of you, so I’m excited to have him on the team! His column starts this month. “Get your traveling in now, because you won’t be able to do it once you have kids.” I heard this statement many times while my wife and I were backpacking around the world. And, sadly, the more I heard these words, the more I started to believe them. Travel has always played an important role in our lives, so the thought of giving it up to raise a family seemed like a crappy deal to us. But having kids was also a big part of “the plan” we made when we got married in Mexico in Janua...

Last Updated: 5/15/20 | May 15th, 2020 Cameron Wears from Traveling Canucks is here to give us tips and advice on how to travel better with your kids. In this month’s article, Cameron shares his top tips for traveling with your family, including small children. No matter how well traveled you are, traveling with young kids is a very different experience than solo backpacking or couples travel. I remember planning our first family trip to California like it was yesterday. We had so many questions and didn’t know where to begin. How do we get a passport for a baby? Do we need to get clearance from a doctor before we travel? What do we need to pack? Will we get any sleep if we share the hotel room with our little one? How do we keep him entertained? What if something happens abroad? With no experience as traveling parents, we defaulted to the way we traveled as a couple. That strategy was a good starting point, but we learned a few valuable lessons the hard way and made a few mistake...

Posted: 7/28/16 | July 28th, 2016 (Updated prices and links on 7/7/2020) It’s been a long time since we’ve had a blog post on family travel on this website so today, I’m excited to introduce to you Cliff. His San Francisco based family spent ten months traveling the world on a career break. They homeschooled and enrolled their kids in schools overseas, spent time with family, saw the world, and bonded as a family. And, they did so, on a budget this nomad is impressed with. Today, Cliff is going to share how his family did it — and advice for other families looking to do a big round the world adventure! My dream of taking my family on a world tour began in Nicaragua in the summer of 2012 with my two daughters, who were three years old and six months old at the time. Most people thought my wife and I were crazy to go to Central America with two little girls. But, for three weeks, we relaxed at the beach in San Juan del Sur, rode horses through the countryside, and hung o...