Oneika Raymond chats with good friend and fellow expert traveler Monet Hambrick, founder of  the family travel blog The Traveling Child, about the positive benefits of traveling as a family. Together, they offer up tips, tricks and all the tea for how to do family travel right.

Monet started The Traveling Child in 2016 with her husband after an international trip with their 8-month-old first born led to tons of folks wanting to know how they pulled it off. Monet’s been encouraging and advising parents through her blog ever since. Today, she’s a mother of two young kids who’ve traveled to six continents, over 30 countries and counting. 

Oneika hears about Monet's formative travel years and how connecting with people, culture and places around the world has transformed her. Monet shares how she’s instilling this appreciation for connection into her own kids. 

Then, Monet and Oneika get into their top tips and tricks for parents who are not sure how to begin traveling with kids. We find out how to build a trip itinerary that works for the whole family, how to afford to take family trips, and unique ways to engage with locals with your kids. We’re also joined by a surprise guest who shares a special memory from a very unique family trip. 

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About the Journey is a podcast produced by Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, AT WILL MEDIA, MNTRA, and Oneika Raymond. Listen and follow the show here.

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