And go we do! My husband and I start out first, leaving our home and traveling by train to Chicago where we catch our flight to Brussels via Dublin. With great tailwinds, we shave an hour off our flight. Dinner and breakfast service on a 6-hour flight doesn’t leave much time for sleep and in...

My husband and I have been blessed with a 10-year-old grandson who is a history nerd, and we love it! He collects old coins and vintage items and will read just about anything if it happened in the “olden days” – but he is especially interested in World War II. Perhaps this is because his…

In my first post, I shared some of the reasons behind the rising popularity of “skip-gen” travel. Personally, I identify with most of those reasons and definitely fit the profile – a baby boomer who took family vacations with my own kids, who still loves to travel, and who now wants to be with and…

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving tops the list of holidays when families are all gathered together on the same day. Even family celebrations at Christmastime tend to be spread over a broader time period, not just on Christmas Day. But on Thanksgiving, you can usually count on looking around the table and having all or most of…

Perhaps we should first explain what skip-gen travel is before we unpack all the reasons why it is trending as one of the hottest new topics in travel. Skip-Gen trips involve a grandparent or grandparents traveling with one or more grandchildren. Simple enough. What’s missing from the equation? The “mid gens” – the parents of the…