Written By Marathon TravelingMom Friday, January 27, 2012 11:49
Tybee Island is one of Georgia’s gems 1ocated 20 minutes from historic downtown Savannah. It’s a fun, year-round coastal destination ideal for families offering an array of entertainment including museums, a historic lighthouse complex, art galleries, shops, restaurants and of course beaches. On February 3-4, 2012, Tybee Island will host the Critz Tybee Run Fest featuring a 5K, 10K, half-marathon, 2.8 mile beach run and 1 mile run.




Cruise ship dining rooms suited my household in the days of raising children. We saw them as grand experiments in eating new foods. Sure there's excess in that abundance, but also relaxation for the art of "Just a taste. See what you think."
We didn’t take as many family vacations when I was a kid as we do with our own children, but one trip stands out. We did the cross-country drive from New York to Los Angeles, stopping at the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Disneyland.
Always wanted to learn to dive? Always have kids with you on vacation? Did you know you could learn as a family? Children as young as ten years old can participate in learn to dive programs. On a recent vacation to the island of Turks and Caicos I booked a “Discover Scuba Diving” package with Dive Provo.
When the weather outside is frightfully wintry, but you and the family still need to drive somewhere, there are ways to 
Last year, my family went on our 
Hello everyone! My name is Connie and I am a new blogger here at Traveling mom. I’ve always known I loved to travel but I hadn’t really thought about why. So I sat down and tried to define what traveling means to me. What I came to realize is this: I am passionate about traveling because it bonds my family. I think making memories is important and there is nothing like a vacation to build fun lasting memories. 
I'm excited to be the new Budget Traveling Mom and share some of my favorite tips and finds along the way. For me travel is as much a creative experience as it is an inspiring adventure. I'm the daughter and sister of pilots and growing up it never occurred to me you need money to travel. We may not have had a lot of money for fancy lodging or Disneyfied vacations, but we always traveled. 