For those of you that follow our families travels on a regular basis, you can usually find pictures of us in a theme park somewhere. We’re equal opportunity people, hitting up popular parks like Disney World and Universal Studios, while also visiting Legoland and Hersheypark multiple times a year. My friend Richard Kerr asked this week, “Does the Pizza family have season passes to every theme park in the country?” The answer is no, but we do have season passes to more than one. After a one-year hiatus, we decided […]
Family Travel
Why I’m Not Sweating Being “Stuck” At Home
As the world starts to open up again, bit by bit, I see a number of folks begin to travel. I also see a number of folks who are planning travel. And, another group of people who haven’t even begun planning a trip. I’ve been home for almost 90 days now. That’s the longest stretch I’ve been home since our son was born a decade ago. You would think that has me antsy to get back out there. After all, my life has been travel for more than a dozen […]
From My Daughter: Five Places I Want To Visit After Being Quarantined
From time to time, my daughter gets the urge to write a blog post. She was talking about all the places she wants to visit when it’s safe to travel. Next thing I know (without any urging from me) she wrote a blog post about her top 5 places she wants to visit. If you enjoy this post, you can check out some of her previous posts. Without further ado, here you go….. Hi everyone! My name is Cat! You may have heard of me before, for my dad has written […]
Planning An African Safari For Your Family
An African Safari is probably one of the more adventurous trips you can plan with your family. A safari is sure to create lifelong memories for adults and children.
A Delta Crew Of All Women Flew 120 Girls To NASA Headquarters
A crew of experienced female pilots, cabin crew and ground crew took a group of teenage girls to NASA headquarters to drive home the point that women are poised take a larger share of jobs in aviation.
Airline Plans To Alert Travelers Where Babies Are Sitting On Their Next Flight
Good idea or bad? Japan Airlines is releasing a new feature that will allow customers to see where lap children on sitting on a particular flight.
Does Excellent Customer Service Still Exist? What About Good Manners?
The flying experience can be so much more then getting from point A to point B. With so many complications arising and service levels eroding generally, many people feel more like they’re boarding a flying bus than the upscale experience of my father’s age of flying. I wanted to share the story of a day where travel plans went awry, and yet it turned out to be a great day for a number of reasons. The story also includes a flight crew that made our day extra special in […]
I “Broke” My Family On Spring Break!
You can really have too much of a good thing. And, that may be exactly what happened on our spring break vacation.
That Day My Daughter Completely Embarrassed My Wife On Southwest Airlines
Kids bring an incredible amount of joy to our lives. I never saw it coming, and I couldn’t be happier showing my kids the world. Every once in a while, we see life through their eyes and it can be equal parts embarrassing and hilarious. That’s this story.
UPDATE: Kids Fly Free A Permanent Benefit On Frontier Airlines
It’s not quite the Southwest Airlines companion pass. But, with last-seat availability and a permanent place in Discount Den benefits, Kids Fly Free is shaping up to be pretty good news for families.
