Barcelona, Spain was the second and final stop on our overseas family vacation for the summer of 2018. What a city Barcelona is! We fell in love as soon as the Barcelona sun touched our smiling faces. I say this because our first night in Barcelona was not so pleasant, and I'll tell you about our experience so that you know what to expect in case you arrive to this beautiful city on an evening flight.
My family has become the "just go see the beauty in the world" family, and we have been making it a goal of ours to get out there and create memories together. This summer we decided to explore London, England on the first wave of our family vacation. This trip was booked through my favorite travel site which I have blogged about in the past. If you're interested in learning how you could get out there at an affordable price, click on the travel tab in my menu bar and check out my post about TripMasters.com titled - Travel the World For Less! Or you could click here for the post!
Visiting Miami in the near future on a family trip? Bring the family to the Frost Museum of Science in the heart of downtown Miami. Make sure you plan to spend a while here at this museum as it houses many beautiful exhibits for children to enjoy and interact with. My son was particularly fascinated by the huge tanks that hold sharks, rays, and fish along with the local florida animal habitats that are on the top floor of the building.
Paris has been on my radar for as long as I can remember and when I finally landed in this dreamy place, I shed tears of joy. I couldn't believe that I had finally made one of my biggest wishes come true and I got to enjoy it all with my husband and our son. Paris stole my heart and I can't wait to return and enjoy the city for a longer period of time. Our vacation to Paris started with my discovery of www.TripMasters.com which made the booking of flights and hotel a breeze and at an unbelievably affordable price.
Wynwood is a district in Miami dedicated to art and fashion. It's pretty much an outdoor museum lined with beautiful colorful murals created by some of the world's best known street artists. You can also find the streets of Wynwood lined with art galleries showcasing some very expensive art for sale. A popular time to visit Wynwood is during the second Saturday of every month, during Wynwood Art Walk. Art Basel, an annual global arts fair, is another very popular time for visiting Wynwood.
Today, my family and I decided to go explore Wynwood and take in the scenery. We enjoyed tacos at Coyo Taco on the Main Street in the center of Wynwood and walked around taking in the walls. We entered the main Wynwood Walls art exhibit and enjoyed the indoor gallery as well. Some excerpts from the failed Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City were on display and it was interesting to read about the backstory behind the artists vision for this exhibit.
I wore a simple outfit compiled of my favorite light colored Fashion Nova high waisted jeans, topped off with a Ny & Company off the shoulder puff sleeves top, and Chinese Laundry lace up pom pom espadrilles. The bag I chose for today was my Louis Vuitton Noé BB.
Here are some photos of me with my favorite walls and exhibits today. My family and I had a blast spending the day down in Wynwood.
Have you ever been to Wynwood?
xoxo,
Katrina
Have you ever been someplace new, but you had a feeling that you had been to this place before? Perhaps in a dream? I had that feeling at the Chateau Versailles, just outside of Paris, France. This has got to be the most magical place that I have ever been to. Every detail that went into making this place is breathtaking. Every inch of this place interested me and I imagined the royals that lived here, just going about their daily lives.
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Before I continue, I just want to let everyone know that I WAS NOT compensated for this post. I just want to let you guys know about this awesome travel website because I feel like every time I mention this information to someone, they seem so surprised and shocked! So here I am, sharing this with you!
I hope everyone has been having a fantastic week. In this post I would like to share a little hidden gem that I have discovered since my husband and I have decided to plan family vacations out of the US for our family.
I'm sure you all know about Groupon and LivingSocial deals for travel and vacation, and those are great options if they perfectly fit your travel schedule and the airport nearest to your home is actually available for that specific trip. Unfortunately for our family, the online discount website vacations options did not workout. Either the flights had to leave out of NYC, which would have taken our budget back an entire flight and hotel in NYC for three people. It just wasn't practical.
Instead of giving up and just thinking that we had to start saving even more money, I decided to do some digging. I came across a website called TripMasters.com (sister site is EuropeanDestinations.com). At first I was skeptical because every trip I was planning came out to be at least $1,000 less than any other travel site or airline website, and that was just for the flight. So, let me reiterate, I was looking at prices for an ENTIRE TRIP - flight, hotel, flight to second city, and hotel in second city, for the same price as another site would offer me for JUST THE FLIGHT. So when adding in the hotel from another city, Tripmasters was offering me a vacation for at least $1,000 less than any other travel agency could offer.
Here is an image of the website. It is very use friendly and to the point.
Again, I was skeptical, but I continued to read reviews for the site and I found some awesome reviews along with an A+ rating on the Better Business Bureau website. Of course you always have your scattering in bad review but it seemed like a lot of the bad reviews were on the error of the customer ;(for example, not paying for the full expense of the vacation and the price changing on them; totally normal. Getting to the destination to find out that some American luxuries are not available in that country; not the fault of TripMasters in any way).
Just to give you some numbers - I booked our 8 night vacation last summer in Paris and Rome for $3,047 for three people. This included a direct flight to Paris out of Miami Intl., 3 star hotel in Paris, a flight out of Paris to Rome, and hotel in Rome. For $3,047, for three people. Go ahead and read that again. Keep in mind, this trip was during the peak of travel season - SUMMER!
Here's a screenshot of my email confirmation with my maiden last name since I have yet to change it everywhere.
When booking my trip last summer, I called other travel agencies like Gate 1 travel, and they couldn't even match the TripMasters price for me on just on the flight alone.
Here are some photos from our trip to Paris and Rome. Our $3,000 total trip!
I love those photos! We had such a fantastic time! Everything went seamlessly. We loved the hotels, the flights were planned our very conveniently, and it left us with only one worry - WHERE TO NEXT?
I recently used TripMasters again to book our next summer trip. We are going to London and Barcelona this summer, and the trip cost me a little over $3,000 this time. I planned ahead, and saved up, booked our trip and printed all of our travel vouchers all ready. We can't wait to make new memories all over the world!
I hope you have enjoyed this post, and possibly will consider starting your world adventures with TripMasters in mind!
Before I continue, I just want to let everyone know that I WAS NOT compensated for this post. I just want to let you guys know about this awesome travel website because I feel like every time I mention this information to someone, they seem so surprised and shocked! So here I am, sharing this with you!
I hope everyone has been having a fantastic week. In this post I would like to share a little hidden gem that I have discovered since my husband and I have decided to plan family vacations out of the US for our family.
I'm sure you all know about Groupon and LivingSocial deals for travel and vacation, and those are great options if they perfectly fit your travel schedule and the airport nearest to your home is actually available for that specific trip. Unfortunately for our family, the online discount website vacations options did not workout. Either the flights had to leave out of NYC, which would have taken our budget back an entire flight and hotel in NYC for three people. It just wasn't practical.
Instead of giving up and just thinking that we had to start saving even more money, I decided to do some digging. I came across a website called TripMasters.com (sister site is EuropeanDestinations.com). At first I was skeptical because every trip I was planning came out to be at least $1,000 less than any other travel site or airline website, and that was just for the flight. So, let me reiterate, I was looking at prices for an ENTIRE TRIP - flight, hotel, flight to second city, and hotel in second city, for the same price as another site would offer me for JUST THE FLIGHT. So when adding in the hotel from another city, Tripmasters was offering me a vacation for at least $1,000 less than any other travel agency could offer.
Here is an image of the website. It is very use friendly and to the point.
Again, I was skeptical, but I continued to read reviews for the site and I found some awesome reviews along with an A+ rating on the Better Business Bureau website. Of course you always have your scattering in bad review but it seemed like a lot of the bad reviews were on the error of the customer ;(for example, not paying for the full expense of the vacation and the price changing on them; totally normal. Getting to the destination to find out that some American luxuries are not available in that country; not the fault of TripMasters in any way).
Just to give you some numbers - I booked our 8 night vacation last summer in Paris and Rome for $3,047 for three people. This included a direct flight to Paris out of Miami Intl., 3 star hotel in Paris, a flight out of Paris to Rome, and hotel in Rome. For $3,047, for three people. Go ahead and read that again. Keep in mind, this trip was during the peak of travel season - SUMMER!
Customize your trip with TripMasters easy to use drop down menus and options. Remember to also customize how many guests would be traveling, in our case it would be 1 room for 2 adults and 1 child. There is an option for this so please keep that in mind when planning and booking your trip.
So I planned a sample trip here to Budapest and Paris. I just want to show you guys how you can see the various prices for the different days of the week. TripMasters has this option so you can see how the price of your package will change if you choose different days that week. To see days outside of the same week, you would have to go back to the beginning and start your search over, but its a minor pain for having so many options open to you.
You even have a Find Cheaper Flights and Browse Other Hotels option for each package where you can customize your flights and hotels to better suit your liking.
Here are some photos from our trip to Paris and Rome. Our $3,000 total trip!
I love those photos! We had such a fantastic time! Everything went seamlessly. We loved the hotels, the flights were planned our very conveniently, and it left us with only one worry - WHERE TO NEXT?
I recently used TripMasters again to book our next summer trip. We are going to London and Barcelona this summer, and the trip cost me a little over $3,000 this time. I planned ahead, and saved up, booked our trip and printed all of our travel vouchers all ready. We can't wait to make new memories all over the world!
I hope you have enjoyed this post, and possibly will consider starting your world adventures with TripMasters in mind!
xoxo,
Katrina
