Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

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Melissa Conn

6 episodes

3 days ago

Best travel gifts for teens: our teen gift guide with ideas they'll actually use! From experience gifts to luggage and tech essentials. Struggling with holiday shopping for your teen traveler? In this quick episode, I share my teen gift guide featuring the best travel gifts for teens and tweens – vetted by my own 14 and 11-year-old! From experience-based gifts that create lasting memories to practical gear they'll use on every trip, these are the gifts traveling teens actually want. In This E...

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Episodes (6/6)

Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

Teen Travel Gift Guide (What They Really Want)

3 days ago

6 minutes

Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

Costa Rica With Kids

Planning your perfect Costa Rica family vacation? Learn essential tips, itinerary ideas & how to pivot when travel goes wrong! Join Melissa from Family Travel Unpacked for a complete guide to Costa Rica with kids—from cloud forests and coffee farms to zip-lining adventures and beach resorts. After an unexpected flight diversion forced a complete itinerary change, this family of four discovered amazing destinations most visitors skip entirely. In this episode: Essential tips: car seats, so...

1 week ago

24 minutes

Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

Mastering Microvacations

Microvacations and weekend getaways don't have to be complicated! Learn how to plan the perfect 2-3 day family trip that actually refreshes you. Melissa shares her proven formula for stress-free microvacations: finding affordable non-stop flights, choosing hotels with breakfast included, and picking compact destinations where you can maximize fun without the exhaustion of over-planning. Episode highlights: The microvacation formula: short flights, easy logistics, compact destinationsBest hote...

1 week ago

4 minutes

Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

How to Choose Your Next Family Destination

Get family travel planning tips from a mom who books 10-12 months ahead! Learn how to choose destinations based on your family's schedule, using points & miles, weather, flight routes and more. Family Travel Unpacked host Melissa shares her "Where to Go When" spreadsheet system, real examples from Costa Rica and Italy, and how to balance everyone's needs with you travel with kids - from outdoor adventure to resort pools. Perfect for families juggling school schedules, dietary restrictions...

2 weeks ago

14 minutes

Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

The Secret Weapon Hiding on Your School's Website

Discover how to book award travel with kids by checking next year's school calendar NOW. Learn why planning 10-12 months ahead unlocks the best points and miles redemptions for family trips. Host Melissa shares the one strategy that changed her family travel game: using next year's school district calendar to book award flights and hotels before availability disappears. Perfect for families wanting to travel on points without breaking the bank. In this episode: Why your school's website holds...

2 weeks ago

4 minutes

Family Travel Unpacked: Make the Most of Travel With Kids

Welcome to Family Travel Unpacked

Travel with kids doesn't have to wait. Join host Melissa as she shares how her family travels MORE now than before having children—from Hawaii at 3 months old to a 2-year family gap year backpacking the world. In this debut episode of Family Travel Unpacked, Melissa introduces her 8-year journey running The Family Voyage and reveals the surprising truth: family travel became intentional, frequent, and affordable after kids arrived. Learn how maternity leave trips evolved into full-time travel...

3 weeks ago

12 minutes