Episode Description

HEY OTHER PARENTS – S03E009: Surviving Family Travel Without Losing Your Mind

🎙️ In This Episode:
Family vacations are supposed to be relaxing… right? Between sunrise departures, overstuffed suitcases, and kids asking “Are we there yet?” before you leave the driveway, traveling with kids can feel like a full-contact sport.

This week on Hey Other Parents, we’re talking all about the genius (and sometimes chaotic) tricks parents use to survive family travel — from the nostalgic road trips of our childhood to the hyper-organized, packing-cube-powered adventures of today.

We swap chaos stories, compare travel styles (the ultra-planned Stallone trips vs. the “wing it and pray” Levine adventures), and debate which era of family travel was truly more stressful. Because whether you’re the family who packs a week in advance or the one sprinting through the airport with a stroller and a half-eaten muffin, this episode’s for you.

❓ Question of the Week
What’s your most chaotic family travel story — the one you can laugh about now (but definitely couldn’t then)?

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📚 Book Club Reminder
Don’t forget — we’re reading Fierce Intimacy by Terry Real for the Hey Other Parents Book Club! Make sure to listen to or read the first half before Episode 10, when we’ll start unpacking it together on the show.

⏰ Time to Unplug

• Michael: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Audiobook)


• Sara: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)


• Mike: LEGO Game Boy build

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