budget family travel packing & gear

Easy, tested budget family travel packing & gear for busy weeknights.

I still remember the chaos of our first family trip to the beach — a 30-minute drive away, but the car was packed with…

I remember the first time my family tried to pack for a budget trip to Europe with only a carry-on each. We were overwhelmed,…

I remember the first time I packed for a family trip to Lisbon with two kids and a spouse. Our suitcase was overflowing, and…

I remember the chaos of packing for our first family trip to Oregon — six suitcases, three kids, and a single suitcase for me.…

The first time I packed for a family trip on a budget, I stuffed my suitcase with everything from a full set of travel…

I remember the first time I packed for a family trip with my three kids. I had a list that was three pages long,…

I still remember the chaos of our first family trip to Mexico — my toddler had a meltdown at the airport over a broken…

I still remember the day my family packed into our cramped station wagon, heading for a three-day road trip with a budget of less…

I remember the first time I tried to travel with my two young kids and my spouse, thinking I had everything packed. We had…

When we first started traveling with our three kids, we thought we'd need a full-time gear hauler just to keep up. We spent more…