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Helping families plan unforgettable adventures through detailed itineraries, destination guides, road trip inspiration, and practical travel tips.
Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway, a national park adventure, or the family road trip of a lifetime, you’ll find everything you need to make travel with kids easier, more affordable, and more memorable.
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Helping families find more adventure.
Family travel doesn’t have to be complicated. Here you’ll find family-friendly itineraries, destination guides, hidden gems, national park adventures, road trip ideas, and practical travel tips designed to help you spend less time planning and more time making memories.
From Midwest weekend getaways to bucket-list destinations across the country, every guide is based on our family’s real experiences and created to help your family travel with confidence.
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How to Spend 1 Day in Portland, Maine with Kids
As we made our way through our 10-day New England road trip, stopping in Portland, Maine with kids served as the perfect stop between Boston and Acadia National Park. While you could definitely spend several days exploring this charming city, we only had 24 hours, and found it to be just enough time to experience…
Hey! I’m Kristen.
I’m a mom of three, travel writer, itinerary planner, and the creator behind Midwest Travel Mama.
After years of planning family road trips, national park adventures, and weekend getaways, I’ve learned that traveling with kids doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
My goal is simple: to help families travel more through detailed itineraries, destination guides, practical planning advice, and real-world tips that actually work.
Whether you’re looking for your next weekend adventure or planning the trip of a lifetime, I’m here to help make adventure travel with kids easier.
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How to Spend 1 Day in Portland, Maine with Kids
As we made our way through our 10-day New England road trip, stopping in Portland, Maine with kids served as the perfect stop between Boston and Acadia National Park. While you could definitely spend several days exploring this charming city, we only had 24 hours, and found it to be just enough time to experience…
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The Ultimate Guide to Visiting Stowe with Kids
If you asked me to picture the perfect New England town, it would probably look exactly like Stowe, Vermont. It truly has it all, and visiting Stowe with kids is the perfect mix of postcard worthy moments and epic adventures – covered bridges, rolling green mountains, caves, apple cider donuts, waterfalls, and all the flavors of…
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Protected: The Perfect Family Weekend in Chickasaw Country, Oklahoma
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3 Days in Boston with Kids: The Ultimate Family-Friendly Itinerary
Exploring Boston with kids might just be one of the most underrated family destinations in the United States. It’s walkable, packed with history, filled with incredible museums, and somehow manages to feel both like a major city and a collection of charming neighborhoods all at once. Whether your kids love science, animals, boats, sports, or…
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The Ultimate Family-Friendly Weekend Guide to Visiting Tahlequah, Oklahoma
If your family loves small town charm, summer nights on the water, easy outdoor adventure, and places that still feel a little undiscovered, let me introduce you to one of the most underrated destinations: Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Located just over an hour from Tulsa, this hidden gem is packed with everything that makes a family getaway…
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The Ultimate 5-Day Ohio Road Trip with Kids: Columbus, Hocking Hills & Cleveland
Ohio is one of those places in the Midwest that you don’t really think about when it comes to epic outdoor adventures. But this itinerary might just change your mind. Filled with waterfalls, unique adventures and epic hikes, this 5-day Ohio road trip with kids itinerary is the ultimate family adventure that you need to…
