'The Travel Mamas' Guide' Helps Parents Travel with Children
By: Christina Mancuso May. 20, 2013
"The Travel Mamas' Guide" is for anyone who wants to see the world, experience new cultures, and maybe even indulge in a spa treatment or margarita (or two!) while traveling with children. To commemorate the book's launch, one lucky visitor to TravelMamas.com will win a copy of the guide plus a $250 Residence Inn by Marriott gift card.
Kelli Daley of Working Mother Magazine says, "With an engaging voice and mom-tested travel tips, 'The Travel Mamas' Guide' will help you anticipate and cope with child-travel disasters while offering fun trip ideas you may not even have thought of."
Readers learn travel tips on:
- Which toys to pack to stay sane during the journey
- Road trip activities, music and games to keep young ones happy on the road
- How to actually enjoy, or at least not dread, airplane travel with children
- Where to stay for optimal sleep and play during family vacations
- What to feed picky eaters while away from home
- How to keep ALL members of the family happy while traveling...and much more!
Author Colleen Lanin (a.k.a. The Travel Mama) gives practical advice and shares humorous tales from moms and dads, travel aficionados, and childcare experts in the guide. She says, "I want to help parents and children better connect with each other and the world around them through travel."
In the book's 22 chapters, Lanin shares her own tips and those from other experts, including:
- Davis Ehrler, PPD, author of The Three Day Sleep Solution workbook and DVDs
- Kara Williams and Jennifer Miner of TheVacationGals.com
- Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor-in-chief of CruiseCritic.com
According to Richard Tribou of the Orlando Sentinel, "Lanin has ably laid waste to all your excuses for not traveling just because you've got kids. You'll enjoy her stories and mostly the wealth of advice so you'll be prepared to do what you love, get out there."
"The Ricki Lake Show" Executive Editor Jackie MacDougall says, "Packed with practical tips and humor, "The Travel Mamas' Guide" does all the work so parents can lose the stress and enjoy traveling with the kiddos."
Readers can enter to win a copy of "The Travel Mamas' Guide" can be purchased through Amazon.com.
For additional information or to interview The Travel Mama, contact Colleen Lanin. A travel journalist and writing instructor, Lanin is the creator of the popular family travel blog, TravelMamas.com. She is a contributing writer to the "Today" show website on NBCNews.com. Her articles have appeared in print and online in Parenting Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Expedia.com and more. She has also given travel tips on television, radio, and as a paid vlogger.
Contact:
Colleen Lanin
"The Travel Mama"
Author/Freelance Writer
619-549-8787
Colleen.Lanin(at)TravelMamas(dot)com
http://TravelMamas.com
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