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Matt Villano

Matt Villano writes about family and adventure travel for publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Sunset and the San Francisco Chronicle, to name a few. He also pens the “Adventures with Matt” travel blog for SeeAmerica.com, and covers business, technology and gambling (yes, gambling) for a variety of other publications. Villano lives in Sonoma County, California, with his wife and two daughters, ages 3 years and 6 months. Both girls received their first passport stamps before they could crawl.

Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 16:54
Family Travelers Heart Jerrold Nadler
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
Finally, after months (years?) of alienation and discrimination by the commercial airline industry, traveling families have notched a major victory with the Families Flying Together Act of 2012. And we have Congressman Jerrold Nadler to thank.Read Full Post
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 14:49
Late-night Toddlers in Vegas: The Ultimate Buzz-Kill
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
I live and breathe family travel, but there’s nothing like the sight of a toddler in a casino at 2 a.m. to ruin a perfectly good night in Las Vegas.Read Full Post
Saturday, July 7, 2012 - 15:15
Family Travel Blunders: WWYD?
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the judgment of Elana and David Barnes, and how they let their 5-year-old daughter swim with sharks on a recent family vacation. But, really, is what they did so bad?Read Full Post
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 16:01
The Dark Side of Family Travel Deals
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
Family travel deals seem so appealing—these packages are designed to give you and the clan more for less. Often, however, deals instead deliver only the appearance of more for the appearance of less, locking us in to family trips with fine print that yields nothing but disappointment.Read Full Post
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 15:53
Simplifying Travel with Baby, One Spoonful at a Time
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
You don’t have to be a parent to appreciate that traveling with a baby requires more gear than playing golf. This is precisely why I am in love with the Plum Dispensing Spoon by Boon.Read Full Post
Friday, June 29, 2012 - 07:26
Five Ways to Sneak in Exercise on a Family Vacation
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
Vacationing with demanding kids does not lend itself to working out with any degree of regularity. The problem: Lack of time. The best solution: In a word, improvising.Read Full Post
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 07:54
The Wonders of Serendipity
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
Sometimes, the best plan for a family vacation is to make sure there’s time for no plans at all.Read Full Post
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 07:44
How Family-Friendly Is Your Resort of Choice?
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
In the world of luxury resort travel, claiming to be “family-friendly” is sort of like staking a claim to being the “best”—it’s entirely subjective. With this in mind, it behooves us parents to do our homework before we go ahead and book the nxt family vacation at a mega-resort.Read Full Post
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 09:39
Embracing the New on a Family Trip
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
There’s nothing quite like travel to get us out of our comfort zones. New environments! New people! New types of food! And, of course, the Showub.

 

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Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 16:15
Boobs on a Plane
by Matt Villano
Are We There Yet?: Traveling With Kids
Even now, in the wake of the infamous TIME magazine cover from last month, it turns out some people still have issues with breastfeeding on airplanes. To them, I say: Get real, prudes.Read Full Post

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