There are cities all over the country that offer beautiful, fun, family-oriented Christmas activities, and today we want to share with you 5 unique Christmas travel experiences you may want to consider! If you’re looking for a holiday trip to enhance your yuletide nostalgia with fun traditions and beautiful lights and a brisk chill in the air, there’s a...
We all have that one person in our lives who always seems to be on the go! Lately both Wendy and I have been on the go constantly! Since we have had so much experience being on the road lately, we thought we would share gift ideas for the traveler to fit every budget. So we are sure they would be great for people who do a lot of traveling!! These gift ideas are in...
We’ve discovered that RVing is a great family activity! We hadn’t had a chance to try it out until recently, and now that we’ve done it, we know it won’t be the last time! And did you know you can go RVing with your family even if you don’t own your own RV? To be honest, I hadn’t ever thought about it, but I’m glad I know now...
I come across a lot of travel influencers who make living on the road permanently seem like a fun, perfect, and even easy-to-obtain lifestyle. Among these are families traveling year-round, mom, dad, and kids all living like nomads, embracing the cultures of the world wholeheartedly while seeing the exotic sites of Europe, Eastern Asia, or South America. In all the...
I remember summer days when we were little girls. (Because I’m a twin, I always think of my childhood in terms of “we.”) We grew up in the South, so summers meant working in the garden. But they also meant eating watermelon (that we grew ourselves) and homemade (hand-churned!) ice cream. The grown-ups drank iced tea and cooled off in the shade after a long hot day of...
We are so excited to announce the 12th annual Teen Travel Writing Scholarship! It is a perfect marriage with the new division of Hip Homeschool Moms called Homeschool Road Trips! We are thrilled to be one of the sponsors for this writing scholarship and want to encourage your teens to enter! If you have a teen who loves to travel and enjoys writing about it, you need...
If you’re looking for ways to include educational travel in your homeschool and for ways to give your children the opportunity to practice their writing skills, keep reading! Hip Homeschool Moms & Homeschool Road Trips Hip Homeschool Moms is entering our third year of providing educational travel opportunities for homeschooling families. And we not only...
…..or maybe more appropriately titled, How We Were Able to Afford Our Daughter’s “8th Grade Washington Trip” We have just returned from a 4 day journey to Washington, D.C. Taking an “8th Grade Washington Trip” is just as much a public school right of passage where we live as going to the prom is. Therefore we decided that our...
Anytime we have the opportunity to travel as a family, we are making lasting memories of fun and adventure. However, one of my favorite benefits of homeschooling is the chance to take a homeschool travel approach to the trip and capture the opportunity to learn on the road. My husband travels a lot for work, and when it makes sense, it’s great to tag...
There are numerous benefits to homeschooling. One of our favorites is the freedom it gives our family to be able to travel. My husband is often out of town for work and since we homeschool, we like to join him on his business trips. With some advanced preparation and planning, it is possible to continue homeschooling while traveling. Today, I wanted to share a...