Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
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Vacation Mavens is a weekly family travel podcast offering family vacation inspiration and destination information.. Co-hosted by family travel experts Kimberly Tate from Stuffed Suitcase and Tamara Gruber from We3Travel, Vacation Mavens provides inspiration to jumpstart family vacation planning and tips to get you out the door. With interviews from destination experts and family travel..
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
3w ago
Tamara is hosting an all-women small group trip to Portugal this fall and she would love for you to join her! Find out all the details and sign up here.
Did you know that Kim has been on safaris in four African countries? Today she shares some great tips that will help you decide where you might want to go, understand the differences between various safari experiences, and provide some advice for planning an African safari trip.
You can read more about a few of Kim's safari experiences here:
Garden Lodge, Chobe River, Botswana
Chobe National Park, Botswana
South Africa ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
1M ago
Tamara is hosting an all-women small group trip to Portugal this fall and she would love for you to join her! Find out all the details and sign up here.
In this episode, Tamara talks about her two-week German Christmas Markets road trip! If you have this magical holiday trip on your radar, make sure to give this episode a close listen and check out the following articles:
German Christmas Market itinerary (10-day road trip)
Beyond Bratwurst: 32 German Christmas Market foods and drinks to try
5 Reasons to visit the Stuttgart Christmas markets
7 Christmas Markets near Frankfurt work a day trip ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
8M ago
Before we say goodbye to summer and pull on our flannels and break out the pumpkin spice, Tamara and Kim are back with a recap of Tamara's European summer travels including a month spent exploring France by river and barge cruise!
Tamara first spent two weeks in the United Kingdom, on a road trip through both Scotland and Wales with two other travel writers. She then took the Eurostar down to France and spent one week cruising through the Canal Nivernais on the Hotel Barge Elisabeth. Next, she went to Bordeaux and her husband joined her for a weeklong river cruise with AmaWaterways. Tamara fin ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
10M ago
Well it has been a minute since we had a chance to catch up and record a podcast but in this episode Tamara shares her insights and experience from her recent family trip to Japan.
Kim and Tamara also share their love for Scottsdale, Arizona and some of the things they did on a girls' trip together. Read more at:
Scottsdale girls weekend
Reasons to visit Scottsdale in summer
Best Scottsdale Arizona resorts for girlfriends trips
Scottsdale weekend itinerary
Tamara also talked about her time in Paso Robles, California. You can read her Paso Robles itinerary to get inspired to visit this wine r ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
1y ago
Kim took a last minute spring break trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland with her younger daughter and this week on the podcast, she tells us all about it!
She flew into Dublin and then stay at a country estate hotel in Northern Ireland before visiting Belfast, the Causeway Coast, Derry/Londonderry, and Galway before looping back to Dublin.
See Kim's articles on:
Ireland travel tips
Ireland packing list
2 Days in Dublin
Ireland Trip Highlights:
Killeavy Estate in Northern Ireland
Belfast - Titanic Belfast and city architecture
Causeway Coast - Carrick-a-Rede bridge, Giant's Causeway ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
1y ago
Spring break is almost here and on this episode Kim and Tamara share their experience on a girls' trip in Oceanside, California and then their mother-daughter trip to Disneyland with their girls.
If you want some inspiration for a SoCal getaway, be sure to listen in ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
1y ago
Happy New Year! We are back and apologize for taking so long to release a new episode. Moving forward, we will strive to have one episode a month to share our travels and tips, as we continue to each put more time into our respective websites.
But first, Tamara has a big announcement and that is that she is hosting a women-only small group trip to Iceland in September 2023! You can get all the information on YourTimetoFly.com and she really hopes that some listeners will be able to join! Note that there is a discount of 15,000 ISK if you register by January 15, 2023.
Next Tamara tells us all a ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
1y ago
This episode is sponsored by Glacier Country Tourism. All opinions are our own.
This week, Tamara shares what it is like to visit Glacier Country, Montana on a girls' trip and Kim shares her thoughts on this scenic part of Northwestern Montana. From Missoula to Whitefish, Kalispell to Glacier National Park -- if Montana is on your bucket list, give this episode a listen!
Read more:
Adventurous Weekend Getaways to Western Montana- We3Travel
Best Things to do in Glacier National Park - Stuffed Suitcase
Things to do in Glacier Country, Montana
Glacier Country is a tourism region of Northwestern ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
1y ago
We are back from our summer travel and packed a whole lot into a one episode recap! We apologize in advance for some audio difficulties on this one, especially after taking so long to get it live. Thanks for hanging in there with us!
On this episode we cover Tamara's summer trips to:
Nantucket (read her 3 days in Nantucket itinerary)
New Brunswick, Canada (Road trip itinerary, places to stop on the Fundy Parkway, and tips for visiting Hopewell Rocks)
Prince Edward Island, Canada (3 day PEI itinerary)
Sailing on the Schooner Heritage Maine Windjammer
Walking holiday on Hadrian's Wall Path
And ..read more
Vacation Mavens Family Travel Podcast
2y ago
We are still catching up about our spring break trips and this time Kim shares the ups and downs from a Norwegian Cruise Lines voyage from New York City to the Bahamas with stops in "Orlando" and Norwegian's private island. Listen in and see if you are ready to set sail.
In NYC, Kim stayed in the Hyatt Centric in Times Square for 2 nights before her cruise. The hotel was part of the American Express Fine Hotels Collection and she was able to get a $200 statement credits on her Amex Platinum Card. The hotel has a good location, but slow elevators and the rooftop bar is not open to minors.
They ..read more