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If the thought of travelling with your children isn’t daunting enough, the cost of it may deter you altogether. Creating memories with your kids doesn’t need to break the bank. Here are my top tips for planning affordable holidays , exploring the world without breaking the bank and trips the whole family will enjoy… Be flexible with flights and airports Opt for a DIY (do it yourself) holiday rather than an expensive package holiday, and that starts with flights. Flexibility i

I promised you some survival training in my Lebanon, MO Survival Camp article so we'll start at the very beginning if you haven't had any survival training. We're going to start with a really good video. While I don't agree with every single point in it, 99% of it is completely valid and it contains points that many survival classes don't teach as important as the points made in it are. Survival isn't about a Doomsday scenario although with our society in the condition it's i

Traveling with teens can be stressing and tricky. Yes, teens can be dramatic and make a trip unbearable. They're at that in between stage - not quite a child anymore, not quite an adult and everything and everyone are "LAME!" I've found one way to defuse a temperamental teen while traveling is to make them a travel journal kit. I began making my first travel journal when I was about 8 years old. I've kept one ever since for nearly every trip I've taken. Each one represents s

Viewers wrote me asking questions about flying commercially. I decided to answer those questions here as there are things going on behind the scenes in the commercial airline industry that I feel anyone who flies commercially need to be aware of for their own protection. Note that I am not a pilot. I've been behind the controls of a plane countless times just by virtue of having dated and married pilots, one of which was a commercial airlines pilot. I just had no interest in

I'm limited on number of pages I can have on the website so I'm putting this supplement to backpacking the Appalachian Trail here. I don't want anyone making the same stupid mistakes I did on my first venture into backpacking. OUTFITTING YOURSELF TO BACKPACK The most common mistake a novice makes (points to self) is buying the wrong size pack or an improperly fitting pack. We gals like to pack our "stuff" when we travel anywhere...but when backpacking ladies, you won't need a

Over my years of traveling I've put together some must have's I can't travel without. There's no faster way to put a damper on a vacation that discovering you don't have what you need once you're at your travel destination and having to run out and get it.   The new trend is to travel light (1 bag) with airlines setting more and more restrictions on weight. However, while that may be fine for personal vacations and the like, if you're traveling on business and will have to dr