Destinations Where We've Been and Where We're Going List of Countries Photography I've photographed in over 70 countries and on 7 continents. My Travel Photography Follow Me! Welcome to Travel Babbo! UNDER CONSTRUCTION - AUGUST 2014!!! Travel is the best education. I truly want to encourage people to travel with| Travel Babbo
The Best Age to Travel the World A question I get a lot is: what is the best age to take my kids to _______. Fill in the blank with anywhere: Hawaii; Europe; Africa; Australia. The answer is to some extent specific to the place, but it’s also specific to… Read More The post The Best Age to Travel Everywhere appeared first on Travel Babbo.| Travel Babbo
Why Syros? I’ve written a lot about Greece over the years. It’s our favorite country after all. I first visited in 1990 and 1992 with friends in college (Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Hydra, Poros, Aegina and Mykonos) and then my wife and I traveled to Athens and Santorini in 2009. We… Read More The post Syros Greece with Teens appeared first on Travel Babbo.| Travel Babbo
Ocean View Hotels I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people for ocean view hotels – either in specific locations or anywhere in the world. We love hotels with good views, especially with kids. If we’re somewhere with young kids and they need downtime in the middle of the… Read More The post The Best Ocean View Hotels appeared first on Travel Babbo.| Travel Babbo
Singapore Last year I wrote about Singapore in this post – laying out an optimal itinerary for a one-day layover in the city. I talked a little about hotels too and mentioned our two favorites – the Fullerton Hotel and the Fullerton Bay Hotel. The other hotels we’ve stayed it… Read More The post The Best Hotel in Singapore appeared first on Travel Babbo.| Travel Babbo
Airport to Hotel Transportation A reader recommended that I write a post with options for traveling from the airport to a hotel. So here you go! Obviously a post like this can’t be specific, but we’ve flown into hundreds of airports and had to get to our hotel every time,… Read More The post How to Get from the Airport to Your Hotel appeared first on Travel Babbo.| Travel Babbo
Things to Do in Tokyo, Japan I’ve traveled to Tokyo a lot over the years, including two trips with my youngest daughter (her annual trips at 7 and 8), spring break 2025 with two kids, and an AFAR Experience where we went below the surface. It’s gone from being a… Read More The post 10 Places Not to Miss in Tokyo appeared first on Travel Babbo.| Travel Babbo
Rating Every Country We've Traveled To During the COVID-19 shutdown we were at home and looking for ways to stay entertained, so I asked my wife and kids to rate every country they've been to from 1 to 10. I added in my votes and ranked every country that had| Travel Babbo
Credit Cards for Kids and Teens I wanted to get credit cards for my kids well before they were teens. There were several reasons for this: They had school field trips and sports trips which would stop places like In-n-Out Burger on the way home. Either I could get them| Travel Babbo
Australia for the Holidays We typically spend Christmas in Colorado, and it's cold in Colorado in December. This year my daughters asked if we could go somewhere warm immediately after Christmas Day. Sounded good to me too! I looked at the Caribbean, but the airlines make it difficult to get| Travel Babbo
Your Pre-Travel Checklist If you've followed me for a while, you know I travel a lot. On average I fly somewhere once a month - mostly with my kids. That's a lot of trips to coordinate, and a lot of details to think through. I've always used spreadsheets to track| Travel Babbo
Arches National Park Utah Prompted by the pandemic, we switched from international travel to domestic road tripping, and we gravitated to the National Parks. Between 2020 and 2024 we made 19 visits to nine US National Parks in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado. An $80 Annual Pass for the| Travel Babbo
Family Adventure Vacations We're always heading off on adventures around the world. Just the way we travel is an adventure - around-the-world trips with the kids, taking float planes to remote islands, walking across Tuscany - but we're also active, hiking, kayaking, climbing and cycling wherever we can. I've previously| Travel Babbo
Tips for Jet Lag I get asked about jet lag all the time but I've never written about it. I've always thought of it as a necessary evil. When flying across multiple time zones, it simply takes your sleep patterns a while to adjust. I've flown several million miles at| Travel Babbo
Naxos Greece Greece is our favorite country. We go at least once a year, typically to Naxos and/or Paros every other year, and then to other islands or mainland destinations in the off years. Naxos remains our favorite island. Naxos Greece I wrote about our first two trips to Naxos| Travel Babbo
