We’ve made it to the unofficial start to summer! 🙌🏼 I’m not sure about you, but whew, it’s been one heck of a May around here. We packed up our home, moved to a new state (hellooo, Kentucky!) and are adjusting and exploring as best we can. You might not have noticed, but this newsletter took a bit of a hiatus amid the chaos. Needless to say, I’m back to release an easy-button guide that will make effectively prepping (and exciting!) your kids for travel a cinch… with a best-ever and exclusive offer to subscribers like you, as promised!

Let’s get right into it, why don’t we…

How I did one thing differently that totally changed traveling with kids

You’re buzzing with excitement over the sights, sounds, flavors and anticipated vibe of your upcoming travels. Shouldn’t your child be, too?

Happiness researchers have confirmed that not only do we feel happier when we have a trip planned, we have greater levels of energy leading up to a trip. PLUS, science reveals that the happiest part of travel just may be the anticipation in the months before it.

When we’re dropping hundreds (or more likely, thousands) on a family travel experience, spending less than $10 to maximize the impact of the travel for your littlest adventurers, feels like a no brainer.

So, we created the “Let’s Get Excited” Kid’s Pre-Trip Packet to harness all of that goodness into a rich learning and excitement-building experience for your child.

In a 20-page downloadable PDF, you’ll get loads of tips and tricks, offering easy ways to introduce and educate kids on your soon-to-visit destinations, as well as 12 printable activity pages designed for ages 3-8 years old.

These workbook-style sheets are designed to inspire imagination and also create learning moments ahead of the travel that not only make the logistics of a trip easier to digest for little ones, but the key sights and sounds, too.

Exclusive to newsletter subscribers, I’m launching the “Let’s Get Excited” Kid’s Pre-Trip Packet with a whopping, limited-time 50 percent discount, which brings the regular price of just $12.99 down to only $6.49.

Use code SUBSCRIBER to nab this deal today! 

*Please expect a link to your downloadable PDF to arrive via email, within 12 hours of your purchase—thank you!

Why not Italy? A chic mountainside resort

A 36-room and suite family hotel on Lake Garda, Gardea is a retreat to suit the needs of all ages. Why not consider veering off the trodden path (Rome, Venice, Tuscany) to take in a bit of the Italian mountains?

Onsite family activities include an educational farm, guided nature walks, treetop adventure park, bike rides, magic shows and even butter and cheese making—drool. An indoor child’s pool and slide are available as well. A baby kitchen available 24 hours a day, equipped with bottle making supplies and baby foods; baby foods on the restaurant menu.

Included childcare for ages six months and older in the Mini Bubble program, as well as childcare for ages three and older in the Small Bubble program, which are both Montessori centric.

See more photos plus check out the resort’s Instagram: @gardea_family_resort

🎧 Dishing on the Outdoorsy Mom podcast

If you’re not familiar with Julianne over at My Outdoorsy Mom, puh-lease allow me to introduce you. Her Instagram feed and website is chock-full of useful parenting content that encourages free, fun and self-led play outside—a concept that I am 100% in on.

And bless her, because she invited me to chat travel and our round-the-world trip on her NEW podcast! We dig into the good stuff for roughly 45 minutes if you’ve got some time to kill, covering topics like burnout, slow travel, compromise and our favorite destinations with kids.

Check out the full synopsis and link to your podcasting platform of choice here. (Thanks, Julianne! So grateful for the opportunity to chat!)

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