Swimsuits should always be packed, even for business travel. You never know when that hotel in the middle of Minnesota might have a heated indoor pool, Jacuzzi or sauna. Make use of sample and travel-sized items found in drugstores and cosmetics counters. They take up so much less space than a full-sized product and it [...]

Keep your kids busy with great iPhone apps.  Best Kids Apps is a review blog for parents who want to find the best children’s iPhone applications without slogging through the entire  iTunes Store. The app reviews are written by traveling moms Jen Leo and Jamie Pearson. Jen Leo has been the lead blogger for the [...]

Great aids for creating a packing list:  The Universal Packing List website takes all the variables (length of your trip, destination climate, accommodations, planned activities, transportation, bag size and whether you are traveling with kids) and creates a packing list just for you. Independent Traveler’s interactive packing list is similar. It has a list of [...]