After 5 years, our family gave up full-time travel and YouTube success. I'm still worried we've messed up the kids.

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Our family returned to "normal" life after years of traveling full-time and sharing our adventures with hundreds of thousands of subscribers on YouTube. Our kids seem happy now, but I'm worried we messed them up.

Phil Lockwood

After we stopped traveling full-time, our 11-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, became obsessed with her bedroom.

Traveling taught me to let some parenting rules slide, even when we're at home

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The author, shown with two of her children, says that traveling has helped change how she parents at home and abroad.

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My family of 5 booked an interior cabin and an ocean-view room on a Carnival cruise. Here's how they compared.

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I booked two rooms on the Carnival Legend for my family.

Lisa Galek

As campus tours filled our weekends, we began turning prospective college visits with our teens into family vacations

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We spent so much time touring schools with our kids that we started turning prospective college visits into mini family vacations.

Amy Barnes

We wanted to freeze time with our daughters. So we rented out our house and sent them to school in 3 countries in one year.

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Lisa Lucas and her husband rented out their London home and spent a year living out of backpacks with their two daughters across the US, Japan, and the Netherlands.

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I thought traveling with toddlers was impossible. Now we live in Spain for 2 months at a time — and it's cheaper than Disney.

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The author and his family travel to Spain for two-month stints.

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We paid $9,000 for the cheapest room on an ultra-luxury Caribbean cruise. See inside our ship and 302-square-foot suite.

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When planning a multigenerational trip to the Caribbean during the busy holiday season, our family settled on an ultra-luxury cruise.

David Morris

I took my 63-year-old retired mother on a bucket-list trip. I learned you're never too old for big adventures.

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I was a little nervous about taking my mom, who is in her 60s, on an adventure-packed trip with lots of physical activity, but I'm so glad I did it.

Emily Pennington

My first trip to Puerto Rico with my kids was great — but it could've been even better if we'd avoided these 4 mistakes

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My family had a great trip to Puerto Rico despite making a few simple planning and budgeting mistakes.

Jamie Davis Smith

I traveled with my younger brother for the first time since childhood. It brought us closer as adults.

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Last year, my brother and I traveled together for the first time as adults.

Anna Staropoli

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