Travel Hacks for Families with Young Kids
Originally Published on Protea.marriott.com
For most parents, just surviving a restaurant trip with an active toddler can prove quite daunting. So when the prospect of an overnighter, road trip or flight comes up, it’s no wonder that the thought alone sends many a parent into a sweaty mild panic.
Here are some travel hacks that have helped me survive and even thrive with my son during his 17th months:
Reconnecting Humanity
Originally Published in OutThere Mag, 2022.
Realising that to be truly inclusive, you have to create belonging, this new breed of experiences – by people of colour, for people of colour and their friends – seeks to reconnect individuals with and reimagine what black spaces in Cape Town should really be.
The Heart of an Activist
Originally published in Sawubona Mag, 2020.
Lucinda Evans of the gang-ridden Lavender Hills in Cape Town was named one of BBC’s List of 100 Inspiring and Influential Women around the World 2019.
Contain Yourself | South Africa
Originally published in Sawubona Mag, 2019.
With a trend towards sustainable travel and the “tiny-house” movement, find all you need and more in these natural escapes and off-the-grid container accommodation, all within three hours’ drive of Cape Town.
Cape of Plenty
Originally published in Morning Calm Magazine, Dec 2017.
Inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Cape Town’s 17th-century Company’s Garden, which supplied fresh fruit and vegetables to the Dutch East India Company, South Africa’s Babylonstoren offers both solace and sustenance.
Forage & Feast
Originally Published in Juice Magazine, October 2019.
LAUREN MCSHANE JOINS URBAN HUNTER GATHERER, ROUSHANNA GRAY, FOUNDER OF VELD AND SEA, TO FORAGE FOR WILD FOOD IN PREPARATION FOR A DELICIOUS FEAST.