I was talking to my best friend this morning. We have our usual daily conversation through voice messages before we start the workday. I had mentioned that my daughter desperately wants to go to the beach, and I’ve been trying to figure out a good weekend for my husband and me to take her down to the Outer Banks. My friend said it feels like a rite of passage for kids to have that beach trip right before school starts. My husband and I are planning to enroll our daughter in p

One of my favorite things about travel is that it gives you something to look forward to. There’s just something special about dreaming up a trip — t hinking about where you want to go, what you want to eat, what you want to see, and all the memories you’ll make while you’re there. But as exciting as travel planning can be, it can also become overwhelming really quickly. Between hotel options, transportation, figuring out where to stay, what to book, and how to make it all fi