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Best travel strollers for Europe [2025 update]
Our buying guide on choosing the best lightweight stroller for travel in Europe and tackling those charming (and bumpy) cobbled streets! What to look for when choosing a pushchair for cobblestones, must-have travel stroller specs and the best travel strollers for Europe. I am an Italian mama, born and raised among the beautiful and bumpy cobbled streets of Rome. I am also a mama of two with a huge passion for European city breaks with kids; so as you can imagine, I have more than my fair share of experience, when it comes strollers! One of the questions that I receive more often, from readers who love to travel with…
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Hiking gifts for kids they will love on their next hiking adventure
A handpicked selection of good hiking gifts for kids they will love to carry on their adventures. Kids’ hiking gifts guide [updated] If you are looking for the perfect gift for a child who loves to hike, you are in the right place! Our family loves to hike. We regularly go on family hikes near Dublin, where we live, and we also now weave hiking into our holidays. Our kids, however, didn’t start off as great hikers. Our first family hiked had a soundtrack of huffing and puffing: clearly, the love we had for hiking was not naturally shared by our kids! However, we didn’t give up. We know exercise…
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Best family travel gear for easy travels with kids of all ages
The best family travel gear for easy travels with kids easier: kids travel gear and family travel accessories for easy travels with babies, toddlers, older kids
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Baby travel essentials + baby travel gear to make travels with baby easier
Must have items for traveling with baby and baby travel essentials worth buying. What do you really need for traveling with baby? Expert guide to baby travel gear
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Bubblebum review: portable booster seat to stay safe on the road
Our review of BubbleBum, the inflatable booster seat designed for safety and portability. In this BubbleBum review we look a the BubbleBum booster seat comfort, safety and ease of use. If you are on a quest for the perfect car booster seat, you have probably come across Bubblebum, the portable booster seat designed to come with you on your travels. I first heard about this booster seat from the web, while researching the safest and best booster seats for our upcoming trip, and it immediately piqued my attentions. This booster seats boasts a high safety standard, has been deemed comfortable by many kids and packs up really small, which means…
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How to choose the best thermal underwear for winter travel
Our round up of the best thermal underwear for winter travel: adult and kids garments that will help you stay warm when sightseeing during the coldest months. Cold weather calls for clever packing. Few things kill the joy of sightseeing quicker than cold creeping into your bones and weight restrictions on luggage means you can’t always bring with you as many thick jumpers and jackets as you would have liked. The solution for light packing in the cold season is to invest in good thermal underwear. Non bulky, effective and versatile, thermal underwear will keep you and your kids warm and hide discreetly under your clothes so you can feel…
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Great post-vacation activity for kids: Omy coloring rolls
I am always on the lookout for fun, quiet activities to do with the kids and recently I came across one we enjoyed more than many: Omy giant coloring rolls! As the name suggests, the Omy giant rolls are large rolls of paper for kids with doodles and designs they can color in. They come in different sizes and their special shape means you can use as much or as little of them as space allows, unrolling as you go. You can spread them across a table or, if you want to see you masterpiece at a glance, on the floor! They are made of good quality, sturdy paper perfect…
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Style tips and must-haves for spring travel
Spring has always been my favourite season to travel but when it comes to packing, it poses its own challenges. Changeable weather and the need for layers are the enemies of the carry-on-only packer and it has taken me years to figure out how to travel light while being comfortable, weather (and kids’!) appropriate and somewhat fashionable. These are my top tips for spring travel. How to choose the best travel clothes The key to packing light without compromising style is to choose clothes that work well together and are low maintenance. Fabric: pick fabrics you can wash easily and don’t crease excessively. Favour items you can line-dry (no iron)…
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Trunki review: is trunki luggage good for international travel?
You have seen them in airports and train stations, you have admired their cute shapes and the little tots pulling them. They are the trunki ride on suitcases, one of the most popular pieces of children luggage and one that divides the opinion of parents like no other! I love trunki. We have two of them, one for each child and we find them handy, cute, practical and great fun for the kids. However, I know that many parents disagree and the debate between trunki lovers and detractors is real! Hence, this trunki review, where I will try outline all you need to know when considering to purchase a trunki suitcase.…
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The best luggage for kids: kids travel bags and backpacks that worked for us
The best luggage for kids: our top picks for best ride-on luggage for toddlers, best toddler backpacks, kids’ backpacks and children luggage on wheels. When you travel with kids, one of the most important pieces of gear to get right is luggage, for you and for them. The best travel bags for kids are strong, spacious and easy to carry but truly hit the jackpot if they tick one more, very impotant box: children approval! Over the course of the years, we have tried several kids luggage brands and styles and now we have our firm favorites, each for a different age range! In this post, we are going to…