by Annie Thomas | Mar 17, 2021 | Midwest Travel, North America
The state of Iowa is home to several luxurious, historic and distinctive hotels worthy of a weekend visit. Many of the featured hotels have taken an architecturally significant downtown building and given it new life. Others are luxury built specifically to serve...
by Annie Thomas | Feb 2, 2021 | Family Travel, Hiking, Midwest Travel, North America, RV Travel
Midwesterners are not known to boast and we even have the term “Iowa Nice” to describe how we treat others. Because of this humility, it’s easy to overlook our own beautiful public parks and their campgrounds when consider traveling. This list...
by Annie Thomas | Jan 5, 2021 | Family Travel, Midwest Travel, North America, Resources, RV Travel
With road trips as popular as ever, having a few games in your pocket can give parents more confidence for long days in the car. Especially as families transition from babies and toddlers to “big kids”, finding a way to keep everyone’s’...
by Annie Thomas | Dec 14, 2020 | Family Travel, North America
Once you become a family of five or more, you start to realize how much the travel industry (let alone world) is designed for families with one or two children. While your kids are small, it may work to pile into hotel rooms, but as the oldest approach adolescence,...
by Annie Thomas | Dec 2, 2020 | Family Travel, North America, Resources
Nearly every chain restaurant you can imagine is available on the Las Vegas Strip for an easy way to feed hungry kids. However, if you are like me and would like to enjoy some of the restaurants unique to Las Vegas or find dining experiences rather than grab...
by Annie Thomas | Nov 17, 2020 | Family Travel, Itineraries, North America
Las Vegas may not be an obvious or first choice for families with its reputation for gambling and adult oriented fun, but you need to give it another look. Between the direct flights, warm weather and family oriented activities, Las Vegas has a lot to offer families...