About Us​

This is how we approach traveling as a family:

• The joy of travel is not just the actual trip itself but also the anticipation before and the reminiscing after.
• Part of the fun of travel is researching and planning, so we prefer not to use travel agencies. It’s time-consuming, but we enjoy it.
• We love DIY travel in general, but we buy tours for particular parts of our trip when it makes more sense.
• We’re not digital nomads. We didn’t quit our jobs to travel the world. We’re a regular family who loves to travel once or twice a year. So, we make sure every trip counts.  
• We’re neither budget nor luxury travelers. We’re more mid-range.  However, we cut costs on things that don’t matter to us and splurge on experiences that could be once-in-a-lifetime.
• We save money by traveling during the off-season, usually in winter when accommodations and excursions are cheaper. Plus, we love cold weather.
• We don’t stay at hostels or cheap hotels. We want to return to a clean, cozy, and comfy room after a whole day of walking.
• We want to see famous landmarks, even if they are touristy. However, we make sure we go beyond just checking off a list. We take a little more time experiencing each place.
• Immersing ourselves in the local culture is a priority. It’s not just sightseeing. It’s doing the same things the locals do.
• While we don’t mind eating at an international chain to cut costs, we make sure we try local and traditional cuisine, and occasionally splurge at a homegrown restaurant we’ll never find anywhere else.
• We like to soak in each moment. But we also like to capture each one by taking pictures and videos.
• We love photography and hate crappy pictures where everyone’s standing stiffly in front of a famous landmark.
• We spend our sweet time taking a lot of photos. Beautiful travel photos make us happy and bring us back to those places.
• We also enjoy editing our family travel videos. They extend our happiness from our travel experience.