Loren Braunohler
Catching the End of the Ski Season at ...

Smuggler’s Notch is a year-round resort located in Jeffersonville, Vermont, less than an hour from the U.S.-Canada border. It is routinely named by Ski Magazine as one of the “Top 20 Resorts in the East” (often taking the top spot) and was named one of the “Best Ski Resorts in the US and Canada” in Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Awards (2023) and the “Best Action-Packed Mountain Resort for Year-Round Fun” in Good Housekeeping’s Family Travel Awards (2024). Does Smugg’s live up to the hype, and if so — what causes it to be such a standout among families and skiers alike?

Catching the End of the Ski Season at Smuggler's Notch Resort in Vermont
Family-friendly travel, Travel with kids, ukraine
Loren Braunohler
Family Fun in the Carpathians

A laid-back, family-friendly rustic mountain retreat in the middle of a long Ukrainian winter? Yes, please!

In late February, after seven months of suburban Kyiv city life, we made our way to Voevodyno, a family-friendly resort in the fresh air of the Carpathian Mountains. It was the break we needed.

Family Fun in the Carpathians
Family-friendly travel, ukraine
Loren Braunohler
How to Visit Lviv with Kids

Lviv . . . the most beautiful, romantic, full-of-personality little town in Ukraine there ever was. Not that I've been to that many towns in Ukraine quite yet, but I imagine that this is the best one (shhhhhh, don't tell Kyiv). It's quaint, historic, lively, full of stunning architecture, offers unique restaurants and fantastic parks . . . and we barely even scratched the surface. Like barely even scratched the surface.

How to Visit Lviv with Kids
Family-friendly travel, travel with kids
Loren Braunohler
Five Tips for Traveling Internationally with ...

In August, we traveled internationally during COVID-19 with our four kiddos, one big, loveable Golden Retriever, and about 1,000,000 bags. If a similar trip is on the horizon for you, here's our story and my tips for how to make the trip as safe as possible, and (hopefully) less stressful.

Five Tips for Traveling Internationally with Kids (and a Dog) During COVID-19
Family-friendly travel, Italy family travel, luxury family travel, travel with kids
Loren Braunohler
Tuscany with Kids (San Gimignano, Pisa, Lucca)

Romantic hilltop towns. Medieval town squares. Vineyards as far as the eye can see. Farm-to-table restaurants. Italian wine. Pecorino cheese. Olive groves. Ahh, Tuscany. 

We just returned from a wonderful week in this paradise. We explored seven towns in seven days, ate fabulous food, and ran free in the most beautiful town squares. We visited family farms, saw saffron-picking and cheese-making in progress. We explored old fortresses and cycled along ancient city walls. We ate gelato every.single.day. The kids filled their pockets with olives, wine corks, acorns, and fall leaves. After all, it's the simple memories that are sometimes the most treasured ones.

Tuscany with Kids (San Gimignano, Pisa, Lucca)

Travel with Kids

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Discovering our own backyard: Bieszczady, Poland

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Discovering our own backyard: Bieszczady, Poland

I'm guilty of it. 

Whenever a long weekend comes around, I check Google Flights for cheap tickets from Krakow to another close-by European destination. After all, you can get from Krakow to Stockholm direct in under 2 hours for under $50/person round-trip. And when we were looking for a place to spend our fall break, we settled on Italy because flights to Bologna were only $75/person round-trip. Stupid cheap airfares, short flights - and just like that, you are in eating the most amazing kannelbular (cinnamon rolls) in Sweden or dancing in the medieval squares of Tuscan hill-top towns. We did this for our first two years in Krakow - nearly every break the kids had, we jetted off to another country. And it was fantastic.

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The Number One Reason To Visit Ireland With Kids

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The Number One Reason To Visit Ireland With Kids

I could give you a dozen good reasons to visit Ireland. That's easy. It's not hard to convince anyone to travel to a land of such magical beauty, where the Guinness and whiskey flow, the castles are stunning, the coastline is rich and varied, and the bacon is even better than normal. And I know what you're thinking. How can bacon taste better? But believe me, in Ireland it is better.

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10 Places to Go on Mallorca With Kids

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10 Places to Go on Mallorca With Kids

If you are looking for a family vacation mecca in the middle of the Med, look no farther than Mallorca. We would go every single year if we could. With stunning scenery, a dramatic coastline, secret coves and shallow, clear water, Mallorca is the perfect family vacation, particularly if you have young children.

Don't be that parent who doesn't know what's up.

 
 

Our adventures in the square world

Happy Easter from Newport, RI ❤️#heisrisen #happyeaster #newport
Viva Barcelona! First trip away from the kiddos in 5 years. So happy to have this time together ❤️ #barcelona #getaway #parkguell #gaudi #spain