Dad’s 18-Year Pilgrimage from Baby Screams to Tequila Cheers
KEY POINTS
- •The author started traveling overseas with his twins when they were just 11 months old, with their first trip to Fiji full of crying incidents.
- •By age 9, the twins experienced their first trip without tears in Cape Town, South Africa, including an orphanage visit and a safari.
- •When the boys turned 18, the family traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, culminating in a tequila tasting and a special Christmas gift.
This intrepid dad began his twin travel saga at 11 months old, enduring the Fiji fiasco where Charlie cried on the plane, Thomas at the resort, and dinner guests mastered awkward stares. Fast forward three years to Bali, where Charlie's screeching on night one forged new lows (and floor naps). Finally, at age 9, Cape Town blessed him with no tears—thanks in part to orphanage rugby lessons that had his boys ignoring Dad for real kids. The twins’ perpetual toting of AirPods (seat belt buddies) and minefield of confiscated toiletries gave way to a rare holiday highlight: an 18th birthday tequila tasting in Puerto Vallarta with local Don Cayo under the Christmas tree. No book graces the shelf, but that small Mexican bottle trumps all.
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(1 of 3)18 years of planning, a thousand forgotten toothbrushes, and a few thousand tears later, dad earns his prize: a bottle of tequila named after his travel endurance. Grandpa-level travel goals now officially involve less crying and more drinking.
The real souvenir from parenting twins? Tequila — because you survive 18 years only to find peace at a bar in Mexico, not a museum in Fiji.
If you think remembering a toothbrush is hard, try memorizing which tequila your kids associate with you after forgetting everything else.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/19/2026 | Author: Ash Jurberg
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