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Eric Stoen is a writer and photographer specializing in family travel, based in California. His goal is to encourage everyone to take their kids to unique destinations. We've traveled to 43 countries on 7 continents with our kids. As part of that travel we've stayed in dozens of hotels, eaten at hundreds of restaurants and participated in countless activities.
Travel Babbo Blog
2w ago
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: Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card Several years ago, Capital One reached out wanting to work with me. I ended up partnering with them… Read More
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Travel Babbo Blog
2w ago
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… Read More
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9M ago
The Qatar Airways Qsuite I’ve flown thousands of flights on dozens (hundreds?) of airlines and the Qatar Airways Qsuite business class is my favorite flying experience. There are of course ultra-high-end first class products out there like Singapore Airlines and Emirates suites, but for an exceptionally comfortable and enjoyable flight… Read More
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Travel Babbo Blog
9M ago
I’m writing this post from the Park Hyatt Tokyo, here with my 7-year-old. Japan is my 48th country with kids, and in the course of all of that travel we’ve learned what to take and what not to take on trips – to the point where we typically don’t start… Read More
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Travel Babbo Blog
1y ago
My Annual Holiday Gift Guide I love doing this post every year! As always, this gift guide includes things that we like and use. It’s not based around affiliate links or obligations to brands I’ve promoted or anything else. Enjoy! And if you’ve found amazing things that have made your… Read More
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Travel Babbo Blog
1y ago
Travel with Young Children We’ve been traveling with our kids since they were born. It simply made sense. Both my wife and I grew up traveling, and we studied abroad in college, and we felt like we benefited greatly from having seen the world outside of our home states. It’s… Read More
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1y ago
Traveling Around the World I’ve traveled around the world, in one itinerary, four times now. The first was when my eldest daughter was 10. We flew LA-Orlando-Paris-Dubai-Oman-Borobudur-Bali-Sydney-LA in two weeks. Then when my son was 10, we took two and a half weeks to travel LA-Copenhagen-Greenland-Seychelles-Abu Dhabi-Mumbai-Singapore-LA. Both were amazing,… Read More
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Travel Babbo Blog
1y ago
Previous Travels in Japan We love Japan. I’ve visited Kyoto and Tokyo twice with my daughter. I’ve traveled around Hiroshima, the Iya Valley, Miyajima and Naoshima Island with National Geographic and I dove deeper into Tokyo with AFAR. When I had my family rate the 60+ countries we’ve visited, Japan… Read More
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1y ago
Cool Hotels I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing hotels when we travel. My criteria: But no matter how amazing a hotel is, it’s primarily a place to base out of when you’re seeing a city…except when it’s not! Sometimes a hotel is the reason for the trip, a… Read More
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2y ago
Introduction Seven years ago Travelocity asked me to write about Disney Cruises, and how to decide if one is perfect for your family. At the time we had done three 12-night Disney Cruises in Europe. Now that we’ve taken a 4th Disney Cruise, with older kids, it seemed like a… Read More
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