A few days ago I was sitting in Kagoshima, a small city in the south of Japan that most points guides pretend doesn’t exist, trying to figure out how to get home to Hong Kong to see my sister-in-law and…
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If You Knew These 5 Lounges’ Secrets, You’d Never Fly To Asia The Same Way Again
Have you ever walked through an airport with hungry kids, backpacks slipping off, and a line snaking out of Starbucks and Peet’s? In that moment, you know the truth: The family vacation starts before takeoff. And for families like ours,…
The Behind-the-Scenes Of Our Winter Trip: What This Journey Can Teach Your Family About Award Travel
If you’ve ever tried planning travel while every member of your family is in a different season of life… this story is for you. Because this winter, every part of our family was moving….and the trip had to move with…
How To Save $1,800 with United Airlines To Hawaii
This post is to walk you through how I managed to save a whopping $1,800 on flights repositioning from San Francisco to Honolulu for our winter break 2024. When I decided to plan our spur-of-the-moment family trip to Asia this…





