From Backpack to Baby Bottles: How Kids Hijacked Travel

Once a globe-trotting nomad with 'nothing but a backpack and a guidebook,' parenthood turned spontaneous escapades into slow travel marathons. The author wistfully admits, 'My kids have shown me the value of slowing down'—now lingering at the Colosseum instead of speed-running it like Olympic site hunters. Trading wild wanderlust for playlist predictability, the family discovered that fun means Turkish ice cream antics and Gladiator School battles, proving that kids don’t just kill your sleep, but your free spirit wandering too.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/2/2025 | Author: Jamie Davis Smith