Vietnam

Curious what a full month cost of Hanoi really is for a traveling family?We spent four weeks in Vietnam’s vibrant capital with our two young kids—and tracked every dong. From […]

When you’re traveling long-term with little kids, every travel day has to pass the is-this-worth-it? test. For us, the trip from Hanoi to Cat Ba needed to hit a few […]

We’d been in Vietnam for a few weeks already—me, my husband, and our two young kids—and we knew we wanted to get out onto the water. Ha Long Bay had […]

There are some places you scroll past on Instagram and think, “Okay, that looks cool… but would I actually take my kids there?” Train Street in Hanoi? Yep, definitely one […]

Traveling with young kids means constantly guessing which activities are going to hold their attention—and which ones will end in a meltdown halfway through. So when our Airbnb host in […]

If you’re the kind of parent who craves outdoor adventures and thinks your kids should be muddy, curious, and wide-eyed more often than not—Ninh Binh belongs on your Vietnam itinerary. […]

If you’re a parent wondering whether Hanoi is worth visiting with little kids, let me be the first to tell you: Yes. But also—be ready. Hanoi is loud, unpredictable, full […]

When we first arrived in Hanoi, we were overwhelmed in the best way. The food scene? It’s everywhere. Literally stacked on top of itself. One doorway might lead to three […]

Before visiting Hanoi, I wouldn’t have described myself as a coffee person. Years ago, I drank those overly sweet vanilla lattes during night shifts—more sugar than caffeine, really—but they left […]