If you’ve come looking for the best Mont-Tremblant spa hotel, then you’re in the right place. The Fairmont Tremblant has long been one of my family’s favourite hotels in the pedestrian village, but it’s been our hotel-of-choice for a romantic escape in the past, too. And with its recent overhaul of the year-round heated outdoor...  Read More » The post Fairmont Tremblant: a Mont-Tremblant spa hotel first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

So…2025. Yeah. Not exactly the kind of start to a new year that most North Americans hoped for. But here we are. And with so, so many of you within Canada looking for ways to redirect your vacation dollars and even more of you beyond our beautiful country asking how you can support us in...  Read More » The post The best places to travel in Canada first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

There’s nothing quite like a Vermont winter getaway. Driving its windy roads lined with snow-dusted trees, there are mountain tops in every direction and — in equal measure — charming towns with quaint bookstores and artisanal cafés. In fact, you can’t drive more than half an hour or so without passing through a cluster of...  Read More » The post A Vermont winter girlfriend getaway guide first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

It had been six years since we drove mere minutes across the Canadian border to Jay Peak VT. And, this time, we brought the snow. It snowed day and night during our entire five-day stay, in fact, which meant we finally got to experience the “Jay Cloud.” Plus the Jay wind (but we’ll get to...  Read More » The post Things you need to know about Jay Peak VT first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

Is there a more magical place during the holiday season than Manhattan? Maybe, but I haven’t found it yet. This Christmas in NYC itinerary has been a long time coming; I’ve been to New York during all four seasons, but never in the lead-up to Christmas. And I’m here to tell you that it can...  Read More » The post The best Christmas in NYC itinerary first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

You might expect that a four-day visit to New Jersey’s American Dream mall would’ve meant we came home well over our shopping declaration limit, especially since the state doesn’t charge tax on clothes and shoes. But, no. We might have squeezed in a mere two hours of shopping despite spending a total of eight to...  Read More » The post 19 things to do at the American Dream mall (that isn’t shopping) first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

The first time I ever went horseback trail riding, I was hooked — the horses, the adventure, feeling the wind in my hair and hearing fallen leaves crunching beneath hooves. I was 11 or 12 years old and it was just an hour-long walk on an old mare, the standard trail ride you can find...  Read More » The post Where to go horseback trail riding in Ontario first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

Let’s be clear: this post isn’t solely about finding horseback riding travel adventure in southern Saskatchewan’s rolling Cypress Hills. It’s definitely got a big ol’ section devoted to it, but there’s so much more here — because there’s so much more to Saskatchewan. Which, by the way, I’d been mispronouncing my whole life. It is,...  Read More » The post Horseback riding travel & more in Saskatchewan first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

As the title implies, this post is all about what to do in Saskatoon. And if you’d told me before visiting that I’d need to create a post dedicated solely to Saskatoon because it was taking up too much space in a companion post I just wrote (“Horseback Riding Travel & More in Saskatchewan“), I...  Read More » The post What to do in Saskatoon: stay, play, eat! first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more

When you ask your kids what they want to do for summer break and one says “camping,” while the other says “definitely not camping,” what’s a parent to do other than compromise? Glamping was the obvious middle ground and we had so much fun last summer in southwestern Ontario that we decided to head down...  Read More » The post Where to stay, play + eat near Turkey Point Beach first appeared on Mommy Gearest ..read more