by Melissa | May 26, 2019 | Caribbean, Central America, Cruises, Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Maya, Tips
When booking a vacation, a lot of families struggle with the question, “Should we book all inclusive or a la carte (European Plan)?” There are so many factors that go into that decision that I wrestle with it myself. What does European plan mean? Is it...
by Melissa | Mar 21, 2016 | Bahamas, Caribbean, Cruise, Cruises, Things for Kids, Traveling with Kids
We were pretty excited to visit Nassau on our cruise last month, as we’ve never been to the Bahamas. Keith also loves SCUBA diving so he was hoping he could do that in the short 10 hours we were there. Our cruise was due to dock around 7:30am and our servers at...
by Melissa | Feb 2, 2016 | Caribbean, Cruise, Cruises
Every Disney cruise in the Caribbean has one main thing in common….Castaway Cay, Disney’s own privately owned island, open to cruisers only. We were excited about the concept when we went on our cruise. A private island? How fun! It made us feel like VIPs....
by Melissa | Jan 19, 2016 | Caribbean, Cruise, Cruises, personal, U.S. Virgin Islands
To catch the beginning of our travel tale, click here. We set off for the baggage claim, which involved waiting for 15 minutes (yep, more waiting) for a bus to take us there. The kids were exhausted, we were exhausted and we tried not to think about what we had ahead...
by Melissa | Jan 16, 2016 | Caribbean, Cruise, Cruises, North America
Not being avid cruisers, our family was flying a little blind when we embarked on our Disney cruise last week. The last cruise I went on was spring break my junior year of college when my friends and I booked a cheap Carnival cruise. Keith’s last cruise was...
by Melissa | Jan 13, 2016 | Caribbean, Cruise, Cruises, Tips, U.S. Virgin Islands
My family travel travel style ranges from totally laid back to completely uptight and there is absolutely no in between. I’m either easy breezy, assuming everything is going to work out with our transportation and I check everything and simply bring a purse on...
