School holidays are starting, and there’s one thought on our minds: How to get the hell out of the city. Now is the time for fresh air and stretched legs. But we’re tired of the same old resorts. Sure, a 

If you’re a parent who heaves a sigh at the thought of a children’s museum, we get you. You’re picturing white knee socks calamitously colliding with vinyl backpacks, snack boxes, and overpriced, oversugared snacks. You’re imagining bright, and loud, and 

So, the kids are on holiday and you’re running out of activities that keep them busy without driving you mad – what do you do? The great outdoors beckons. A nature park offers a break from pollution and educational exposure 

Travel with kids can be a real holiday-killer. Remember the days of being able to watch a movie on the flight, or breeze through the airport without losing five pacifiers between check-in and the security line? Neither do we. To get you 

Travel with kids manages to reduce even the most intrepid globetrotter into an anxious ball of nerves, desperately Googling how to avoid jet lag in kids. The amount of ‘advice’ out there makes it all feel more complicated than an expedition to 

When I was a child, my father, a great swimmer, always chose beach holidays over other geographies. We went to Bombay and Goa to laze on the beaches by the Arabian Sea, or we splashed in the Indian Ocean while 

“My baby hates car seats. She cries if I’m not holding her.” It’s always easier not to deal with the fuss that buckling up properly can generate — and car seats for children can generate a lot of fuss. Toddlers 

“We’re all going on a summer holiday, doing things we’ve always wanted to. Fun and laughter on a summer holiday, no more worries for me and you… for a week or two.” So goes the Cliff Richards song, evoking a 

Traveling with children can be a lot of things – boring isn’t one of them. Have you had a travel disaster recently? Commiserate with these five moms, as they remember family trips that went awry despite best-laid plans. SNACK ATTACK … 

The memory of my first-ever train journey, is a blur: shades of blue, freezing temperatures, waitlisted tickets that were magically confirmed, gorgeous sunsets and moonrises, friendly strangers (and some strange ones). But it all sparked a deep love of that 

Many a writer has romanticized the quaintness of Indian train travel: the long winding tunnels, the towering landscape, the friendly conversations with strangers, and the chai that marks the passage of time. But if you’re a parent, you know there’s 

We live in a time when everyone is thinking about the impact of their choices. We seek make-up that hasn’t been tested on animals, look for fair trade clothing, buy handicrafts from organisations that directly support artisans. “Ethical living” is the catchphrase 

A holiday with children is one of my favourite oxymorons. The phrase always conjures up the last scenes of The Sound of Music, when the family Von Trapp, on the run from the Nazis, labours uphill. Traveling with small children is exactly 

Oh, the road trip—has ever a mode of travel been so romanticized? From 3 Idiots to Finding Fanny, from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara to Piku, long car rides with friends or family can be an adventure like no other. Of 

A memory: I pull shut the rusty iron gate of my hostel compound as I begin a downhill walk to the bustling Chang Spa market in Leh, Ladakh. It’s 10:00 a.m. and there’s a slight breeze that ruffles the scarf around 

In 2005, Kavita Krishnan Vathul, then 26 and newly married, had just settled into her new home in Gurgaon when she heard from a friend who was planning a trek to Uttaranchal—would Kavita accompany her? Excited about the journey and 

A few weeks ago, I was traveling by myself. It was one of those rare occasions when I did not have my children with me while in an airplane. Boarding was still underway when a woman and her young child 

It is one of the most anxiety-producing milestones of a baby’s first year… It keeps parents up at night… It provokes feelings of stress that someone without a baby cannot fathom… It is the much-anticipated, but often-dreaded… Baby’s First Trip! Whether it’s