Scavenger Hunts : Find the Fun in Your Next Trip

Reading Time: 6 minutes [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scavenger Hunts : Find the Fun in Your Next Trip [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Plan a scavenger hunt and you’re bound to find the fun in any trip! According to Smithsonian.com, “Whether it’s a search for buried treasure or collectible monsters, scavenger hunts can help players appreciate the world around them by forcing them to consider their surroundings … Read more

8 Easy Steps to Setting and Achieving Your Trip’s Purpose

Travel Purpose

Reading Time: 7 minutes [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Setting Your Trip’s Purpose: Why It’s Important You would think that when booking a trip, the purpose is clear. The objective is to travel. Travel. Learn. Grow. Easy, peasy. Right? Not necessarily. Vacationing is expensive. Get the most bang for your buck by setting your trip’s purpose. When setting your trip’s purpose, you’re giving … Read more

Travel With Purpose

Travel With Purpose

Reading Time: 12 minutes What Does it Mean to Travel with Purpose? I learned how to travel with purpose fairly recently. One year, for Christmas, we decided not to get presents. Instead, we’d gift our children a wonderfully relaxing, long-overdue family vacation. We searched the internet for fun family destinations. My husband loves the beach, and I’m always ready to sink … Read more

10 Reasons We Say “No” to School Field Trips

Just say no to school field trips

Reading Time: 14 minutes I’m sure you can think of more but let’s start by discussing the top 10 reasons we say “no” to our kids’ school field trips. Why waste hard-earned money sending kids on expensive, horror-filled jaunts when they can participate in productive, adequately supervised, safe learning routines?