Best coffee shops in San Miguel Allende

What if you could build a lower-cost, adventure-filled lifestyle for your family without flying across the world? We spent 90 days in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico uncovering how the local schools, sights, culture, and neighborhoods measure up.

We caught over 100 fish a day, ate daily wood-fired shore lunches on remote islands, and got to live the luxury fly-in life at an exclusive Canadian lodge. Here is the full story of our off-grid trip to Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan—from bald eagles and moose to catching the biggest fish of my life.

We traded the threat of Hantavirus for 25 days of unlimited soft-serve and stingray petting. See why we ditched the 20-hour flight for a $9k family voyage from Brisbane to Seattle.

We wanted to see the Great Barrier Reef, and we had a cruise leaving from Brisbane. Naturally, instead of taking a quick 2-hour flight, we decided to push the family to the brink and drive the 20-hour, 1000-mile stretch of the Queensland coast over 12 days.

We came to Bali for the culture and the jungle, but we stayed for the balance of adventure and Western comfort. From "free-range" schools to wardobe-upgrading boutiques, Ubud shows why choosing the beaten path is sometimes the smartest move for a family on the road.