Family Travel
How New Zealanders Can Earn Airpoints Faster in 2026
Air New Zealand’s Koru loyalty programme (formerly Airpoints) remains one of the most accessible frequent flyer systems in the world. Members earn Airpoints Dollars, which function like cash and can be redeemed directly toward flights, seat upgrades, baggage,...
Wise Card Review for Travellers (2026 Guide)
The Wise Card is one of the most effective travel money tools available today for international travellers and families. It allows you to spend overseas using the real mid-market exchange rate, avoid hidden foreign transaction fees, and manage multiple...
Carry-On Luggage: How We Travel Light as a Family
Summary Travelling as a family with only carry-on luggage might sound ambitious, but for us, it ended up being one of the best travel decisions we made. On our recent summer adventure through Los Angeles, London, Germany, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzagovina,...
How a Family of 4 Flew Around the World for Under $10,000
Summary For many families, flights are the single biggest expense when planning an overseas holiday. And when you’re travelling from New Zealand, that cost can feel even bigger. Once you multiply flights by four people and start adding multiple destinations,...
25 Years A Traveller
It’s interesting when you reflect back to when you first started travelling and to where you are now. For me, that was towards the end of 1996, over 25 years ago. I look back and think how much I have grown, the changes I’ve made, the challenges I overcame, and of...
Tips For Travelling With Kids… Before You Go
The build-up to any trip can be exciting, in our younger days we spent time researching places, areas, countries that interested us as well as looking for tips for travelling to the places we are heading to. Now as a family we want our kids...
Railay Beach – Our Place Of Broken Dreams
Our Story We all have them, those places we’ve travelled to that stay with us long after we’ve left. The kind of places that leave an imprint on your soul. We fall in love with the landscape, the people, the feeling of being there. And later, we find ourselves...
Meet the family
We are a family of 4 living in New Zealand. I’m a teacher (great profession for traveling) and my wife Connie is a section administrator. We are also proud parents of two travel-loving boys.
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