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5 places I've never been (and want to go to now)
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5 places I’ve never been (and want to go to now)

By Heather on April 9, 2013

How many countries have you been to? 5? 50? 100? Do you count? I don’t.

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Posted in Adventure, General | Tagged dreams, family travel, RTW, travel, wishlist | 31 Responses

We're among the winners featured in this issue on newsstands December 4.
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Watch: National Geographic Live! Travelers of the Year

By Heather on April 1, 2013

The February 2012 presentation at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.

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Posted in Family Travel, Life Lessons | Tagged family travel, National Geographic Society, National Geographic Traveler, travel, Travelers of the Year, washington dc | 7 Responses

Don't lose your children when you travel
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Don’t lose your children when you travel

By Heather on March 29, 2013

The tricky thing about family travel is that there seems to be some expectation that you won’t only take the kids with you on that fabulous adventure but bring them back as well!

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Posted in Family Travel, General | Tagged family, family travel, safety, travel | 5 Responses

How to torture a Traveller: Take their passport
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How to torture a Traveller: Take their passport

By Heather on March 27, 2013

I held off as long as I could – taking one more trip to Miami this month – before heading down to the Passport office to renew. And that’s when I just about lost my mind.

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Posted in General, Life Lessons | Tagged Chengdu, Great Wall of China, Miami, Passport, Peru, Toni Braxton, travel, United States | 6 Responses

5 people who should just stop travelling
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5 people who should just stop travelling

By Heather on March 17, 2013

As much as I’d like to encourage everyone to get up and get out there, there are those people who as soon as you meet them, you realize they really should never leave their home country again.

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Posted in General, Life Lessons | Tagged extended travel, family travel, pet peeve, travel | 12 Responses

Aeroplan Star Challenge means More Rewards Faster
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Aeroplan Star Challenge means More Rewards Faster

By Heather on March 11, 2013

A game that challenges me to strategize and collect bonus miles whether I’m traveling or not? Game on Aeroplan. Game on.

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Posted in General, Great Stuff | Tagged aeroplan, challenge, collector, miles, points, travel | 1 Response

Win! Toronto's Ultimate Travel Show
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Win! Toronto’s Ultimate Travel Show

By Heather on January 24, 2013

We’re giving away 5 pairs of tickets to the show. The catch? You’ve got to enter to win.

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Posted in General, Great Stuff | Tagged Contest, toronto, travel, Travel and Tourism, Travel Show | 7 Responses

He's curious about everything.
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5 Steps to better family travel in 2013

By Heather on January 10, 2013

If you’ve been trying to make your family travel experiences less like a three-ringed circus and more like those ads they show on TV, I’ve got news for you!

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Posted in Family Travel, General, Life Lessons, Parenting | Tagged family, family travel, globetrotting kids, RTW with kids, travel, travel with kids | 7 Responses

Travelers of the Year!!
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Travelers of the Year!!

By Heather on November 26, 2012

To say that we are “thrilled” would be the understatement of the year.

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Posted in Great Stuff | Tagged award, Canadians, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Traveler Magazine, travel, Travelers of the Year | 2 Responses

They couldn't join us (school night!) but the Globetrotting Kids were there in spirit.
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Meet Plan Go Toronto

By Heather on October 17, 2012

Last night, Ish and I had the pleasure to be a part of a panel at the annual Meet, Plan, Go event in Toronto.

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Posted in Couples Travel, Family Travel, Great Stuff, The World Trip | Tagged Career break, family travel, great stuff, meet plan go, toronto, travel | 2 Responses

Danger lurking around every corner? I didn't find it.
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5 habits we left behind to travel the world (and never need to pick up again)

By Heather on September 1, 2012

Our committment to having one suitcase each meant that we had to make serious decisions about what could come along for the trip. It was an exercise I’d reccomend anyone take – traveling or not.

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Posted in Family Travel, Life Lessons, The World Trip | Tagged family travel, globetrotting mama, life lessons, long term travel, RTW with kids, travel, travel habits | 38 Responses

Completely acclimatized
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Travel Flashback: Colombia

By Heather on August 26, 2012

We stripped down and climbed the rickety steps in nothing but our swimsuits, handed our cameras to the young men working there and climbed inside.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, The World Trip | Tagged Cartagena, Cartagena Colombia, Colombia, fears, life lessons, South America, travel | 8 Responses

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Where are they now?

May: First up is a visit to The Mom 2.0. summit in California, then a journey to explore the cultural side of Hong Kong and finally getting to know the gourgeous city of Glasgow, Scotland. It's going to be a great travel month! Click here to see articles from The Greenwood Davis Family's travels around the globe.

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