Joe Calev's WebLog

Another question that one may have about travelling with small children on a plane is whether to use a car seat. As I mentioned in my last post, if your child is under one, you can use the basinet on the plane. If your child is between one and two, I...

As you may imagine, travelling with one or more small children on an international flight takes some planning. The first question you may have is how many seats to book. The following are my suggestions based on taking an 11 month old to Italy and a 10...

So now you've figured out where you want to go. It's time to look at a stroller for your little one(s). Since my son Eitan was born, we have owned three different double strollers and two different single strollers. The following are the pros and cons...

In my last installment I discussed considering travelling abroad. I will now discuss what countries you should consider when travelling with small children. There are several prerequisites I have when choosing to travel abroad. 1) The country must...

When travelling with small children, your first decision obviously needs to be "where should I go?". Having travelled with our children in both the US and abroad, it may sound strange, but it is much easier for us to travel abroad with them than in...

It often annoys me when people consider the birth of a child as the end of their life. Too often I hear 'I want to get a chance to travel before having children' or I see people with children become complete recluses. My wife and I currently have two...

Starting tomorrow I will be OOF for two weeks visiting the remote jungles of Peru. You can read my itinerary here . I will also spend some time seeing Macchu Picchu and Cuzco. This trip was booked almost a year ago and some time ago I blogged about it...

Watching images from New Orleans, I am still having difficulties grasping what is going on there. I think as an American it is hard to believe words like 'refugee' and 'Americans' in the same sentence. Too often we are used to accepting them as a fact...