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Tonya Denmark

I provide travel recommendations for families with teens, as well as travel planning advice to get the most out of your vacation.

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Real quick, Reader, I'm here to help you on your journey to easily plan more travel, especially if want to travel more with your teens before they move out. Get 25% off my Step by Step Travel Guide and Planner. Let's get those summer plans going! Travel on! Tonya Best of Detail Oriented Traveler: 24 Best Family Vacations to Take with Teens Awesome Grad Trip Ideas with your Senior 30 Best RV Trips with Teens How to Plan Memorable Family Vacations with Teens How to Prepare Your Car for a Safe...

Hey friend, I was just updating my How to Easily Save Money on Attractions post and I caught some sales that you might want to take advantage of. Sightseeing Pass has a 30% discount on select cities like New York. Tiqets has top-selling attractions for 10% off with code TOPPICKS10 Ripley's Believe It or Not tickets 25% off single attractions at Myrtle Beach with code BEATTHEHEAT. Ends 4/30.25% off single attractions at Gatlinburg with code BEATTHECROWD. Ends 4/30.25% off combo attractions at...

Hey Reader, Planning a family vacation is exciting… until you start crunching the numbers. Flights, hotels, food, activities—it all adds up fast. And before you know it, you’re second-guessing whether this trip is even doable. But here’s the good news: there’s a simple way to budget for travel—without the stress. I just put together a guide that breaks it all down. Whether you want to stick to a set budget or figure out what’s realistic for your dream destination, I’ve got step-by-step tips...

I don't know about you, Reader, but I am looking forward to spring. And for my kids, Spring Break is just over a week away! If you don't have spring break plans, I have a few last-minute ideas. I know a lot of families travel to Florida, and as a Florida resident, I have a few spots outside of Disney for you. And, like I mentioned last week, camping and renting an RV is still a fantastic option. When you rent with RVShare, you can save $40 with this link and code RVSBOOST40. Here's a few of...

Hey friends, I don't know about you, but I'm deep into making my summer plans. When I had teens, I had to schedule ahead of time to get on their calendars. Now that my oldest is 21 (today!) I have to work even harder to find time to travel with them. Life gets busy fast, so I like to plan ahead. One of the things I'm looking at for this summer is renting an RV. I've partnered with RVShare a few times in the past and I'm definitely looking forward to browse the rigs in some of our favorite...

Hey friend, Is it okay if I just cut to the chase? For the first 25 customers, I have 50% off my complete travel guide. I love this because: Spring break is coming soon Dozens of planning sheets included - that you can use again and again If not spring break... start planning for summer! The normal cost is $24, by the way but today you get it for $12 If you’ve got Issues with deciding where to go A dilemma about planning vacations with your busy family Have trouble organizing your trip and...

Hey friend, Currently, I'm traveling through Arizona and have taken no less than 1000 pictures of the Grand Canyon. (I may be exaggerating by a few hundred.) Either way, all those gorgeous photos take up space on my phone and I literally ran out of room as I was taking some behind-the-scenes videos. I have an Apple phone, but I use Google Photos as my photo storage. I find that the price of storage outweighs the cost of iCloud storage. Here's how I do it. I have the Google Photos app on my...

Hey friend, “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”– Chinese Proverb I’m sharing the above quote because it really inspires me. It reminds me that others' judgements or perceptions about a place, a people, a culture, do not inform what I believe. With so much talk about unchecked social media and radical changes in our government, that proverb reminds me that what we see on our screens is not the whole truth. It reminds me to meet new people, experience new cultures, and witness new...

Hey Reader,. I’m sitting in my home office, binge-watching Gilmore Girls, and writing you. It’s been scary week watching the wildfires in Los Angeles. I know all of our hearts are going to the victims of this tragedy. From my friends that are there, they are feeling the outpouring of love and community. Anyway, I’ve also been spending a lot of time on figuring out how to help and wanted to send you over a few things that I saw that I think you’d like as much as me. World Central Kitchens is...

Hello Reader, I am so excited to sit still and not travel for a minute. That sounds strange coming from someone who is telling you to travel more, right? The thing is, the last 6 months have been a lot of travel, some planned, some fun, some work... you get the picture. Anyway, I'm looking forward to sitting down and digging into the business of helping you travel more, Reader. Here are my plans: More Travel Guides on US destinations More travel planning advice New site launch - you can sneak...