Greetings from Montreal!

Summer is definitely here in the Northern Hemisphere.

While the weather has been good up here in Canada, I've been spending most of my days writing for the past few weeks. I have a huge back log of posts to produce and I'm fired up after my BlogHouse experience last month.

The downside of travelling full-time is that it leaves very little time to write about, well... travel! I'm working my way through posts on our road trip from Las Vegas to Toronto and also on our month in Europe this spring.

If there's anything you'd like to hear about first, let me know! I'm happy to prioritise posts if you need them for planning trips now.

Bethaney

Where We've Been

We've spent the past month in Montreal, Canada: A city that feels like a little slice of Europe in North America. A perfect place to spend the summer. Lots of lakes nearby for swimming!

We enrolled Reuben in a summer day camp program at the YMCA which he is loving. We also hired a nanny to help us out with Hazel a few times a week.

We're concentrating on getting some work done before setting off on our travels again.

New to Travelling with Your Kids?

I've been writing about family travel for over three years now but I've never written something for parents who are completely new to travelling with their kids. So I put together:

A Beginner's Guide to Travel with Kids

In this guide you'll find everything I've learnt from five years of travelling with kids from babies to toddlers and now preschoolers. If you are looking for something to get you started or if you've got a friend you'd like to encourage to travel with their kids, this is the post you need!

Best Posts of the Month

On Flashpacker Family:

40 Tips for Travelling in Europe with Your Kids - A mega post with all the tips and advice I learnt from our travel in Europe with kids this spring.
10 Tech Tips for Travelling in Europe - Some handy tech tips for travelling in Europe including a SIM card that gives you data across multiple countries in Europe.
The Best Hotels in Las Vegas for Families - My picks for the best places to stay when you're visiting Vegas with your kids.
Travelling with My Kids Changed Me: 11 Moms & Dads Share How - I asked 10 other family travel bloggers to share how travel has shaped them and their families.

On Blogs We Love:

Tokyo with Kids - Virginie from Travel with My Kids has put together an amazing guide for families travelling to Tokyo with their kids. We went to Japan on our honeymoon and I can't wait to explore it with children.

Travel Tip of the Month

An extra $20 can score you amazing hotel upgrades!

You may have hear about this in movies or seen it on TV but did you know this trick actually works? Slipping the front desk hotel a $20 bill can get you amazing hotel upgrades. You just have to be bold enough to give it a try.

Want to know more? Read this post on The $20 Trick.

Calling all East Coast USA Experts!

I'd love your input on the next leg of our road trip! We're returning to the USA and will be travelling around New England and then down the East Coast. Let me know your suggestions, tips or must-dos!

Travel Product of the Month

I could not live without my Mighty Purse. I seriously love this thing! Not only is it a good looking purse, it has a battery pack for charging your iPhone, iPad or other devices while you're out and about. It's definitely saved me from a flat battery on a number of occasions. A must for home or travel!

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