Family Travel Tracks

We were already planning on booking a flight with Zipair that week so it was an amazing coincidence (or another case of creepy internet trackers?) to log in and see a Zipair offer of $150 off of $750 or more on our American Express home page!  Incredible American Express offer Zipair is a low-cost airline that is a subsidiary of Japan Airlines. Having flown other budget airlines (hello Spirit, Ryanair, and Easyjet) we were a little wary the first time we flew Zipair but ended happily surprised to say the least. In our opinion it was nicer than flying some of the big name airlines in the United States! Zipair flies roundtrip to Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco from Tokyo Narita airport. Zipair offers special "U6 Fares" for children 0-6 years of age that are a fraction of the price of an adult ticket. Children under 2 are provided baby safety seats which are installed and positioned ahead of time based on the child's weight. This does mean that you are req...

Our first international trip with our girls was to, if you cannot tell by the title, Tokyo, Japan! It was my husband and my third trip to Asia but first trip to Japan so we were not exactly sure what to expect. Our kids were 7 months and 2.5 at the time, so we were a bit nervous to say the least! We were extremely lucky that we both got parental leave for both of our children, but since we both telework, we were able to flex it even further. We took a portion when they were first born and a portion once they were older to enjoy as much as we could of their first year! This meant we had two weeks of parental leave we knew we wanted to use in May to spend one-on-one time with our kids exploring somewhere new. Searching flights, we found relatively cheap tickets to Narita on Hawaiian Airlines so we booked them before they rose (thankfully we did because they went up over $400 within 2 days and never went back down).  When we booked a hotel, we were a bit confused on the explanation of...