Yellow Van Travels: A Family Travel Podcast

Join Ben and Meagan as they discuss this month's destination to Capitol Reef National Park. We talk about what we did, where we stayed and what we ate. 

 

Capitol Reef blog posts can be found here. 

 

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Today’s episode is all about keeping the memories from your trips alive. We will be talking about ways to preserve your memories, how we store our photos and videos and our ideal way to organize it all.

 

Ways we preserve memories

• Photo books
• Music videos
• 1 Second Everyday App
• Prints

 

How we store and organize photos

• Amazon drive
• Back up
• Google photos
• Year—> event

 

Post trip work flow

• Unload pictures
• Edit
• Upload to amazon drive
• Use in photo books or make prints of favorites (usually once a year)
• • Look for free photo books from Shutterfly
  • Free prints at Shutterfly
  • Free larger prints at Walgreens, cvs, etc.
  • Costco also is great printing for a cheap cost

Join Ben and Meagan in this month's destination episode, all about Zion National Park. We talk about what hikes we did, where we stayed, and share some tips to make your next trip to Zion National Park enjoyable. 

 

Zion National Park blog posts here. 

 

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Join Ben and Meagan as we discuss tips and tricks for flying with a baby 6-12 months old. 

See the original blog post here. 

See Episode 4, where we talk about flying with a 0-6 month old, here. 

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Join Ben and Meagan as they talk about one of their favorite places: Venice! Learn about where we went, what our favorite things were and some other tips to help you navigate Venice. 

 

Helpful Blog Posts:

• St. Mark's Basilica
• St. Mark's Square
• Campanile
• Doge's Palace
• Frari Church
• Murano and Burano
• Venice Transportation 
• Venice Travel Guide
• All Venice Posts
• Rick Steves Audio Europe App

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Join Ben and Meagan as we talk all about camping with a baby. We share 5 tips to make camping with your baby successful. (See our blog post to go along with this episode here.)

1. Expect it to be Colder Than You Think
2. Contain the Baby
   • Pack N Play
   • Baby Camping Chair (we LOVE this chair and take it with us everywhere)
   • Beach Blanket Review
3. Expect a Rough First Night
4. Remember Things to Feed Your Baby
   • Jetboil (to heat water for bottles)
   • Insulated water bottle (we use this one and this one)
   • Formula Dispenser (we love this one, but we also use one similar to this when traveling)
   • Bottle Brush
5. Pack hats, sunscreen, and bug spray!
   • Sun hats with straps
   • Babyganics Sunscreen and Bug Spray (they come in travel sizes too!)

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Today’s episode of Yellow Van Travels is all about the difference between Disneyland and Disney World, what we like better at each and which is a better overall experience.   

• Location
• Size of each park
• Rides 
• Price: 
  • DW $102-122 for one day/one park
  • DL $97-$135 for one day/one park

• Experiences at Each
• Favorites at Each
• Better overall?

Join Ben and Meagan as we discuss our top 10 tips for going to Disney World with your family. 

1. Use Get Away Today to purchase tickets; use promo code YellowVan for $10 off your vacation package
2. Get Your FastPass+ asap
3. Use the app
4. Arrive early, be there when the gates open
5. Know the lay of the land ahead of time and have a plan for the first few things you want to do
6. Only use Park Hopper pass if you’re going from Epcot (half day) to Magic Kingdom
7. Vary activities
8. Be flexible
9. Eat and stay hydrated
10. Go in non-peak times
11. Bonus: Bring glow sticks from home for night

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All the parks we have been to together

• Grand Canyon
• Arches
• Canyonlands
• Mesa Verde
• Bryce Canyon
• Joshua Tree
• Zion
• Capitol Reef

Favorite Things at each park we have been to

• Grand Canyon: Sunrise and sunset, Bright Angel Trail, Rim Trail
• Arches: Delicate Arch and Double Arch
• Canyonlands: Whale Rock and Mesa Arch
• Mesa Verde: Cliff Palace Loop 
• Bryce Canyon: Queen's Garden Trail
• Joshua Tree: Skull Rock
• Zion: River Walk Trail/Narrows
• Capitol Reef: Sulphur Creek Trail (going backwards)

Overall Favorite Parks and Why

• Ben's Favorite: Grand Canyon
• Meagan's Favorite: Arches

What other parks we want to go to and why

• Ben: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Acadia, Dry Tortugas
  
• Meagan: Yellowstone, Glacier, Redwoods, Banff

Join Ben and Meagan (and Lucy!) as we talk about the changes being made to the National Parks entrance fees. We also talk about where we've been the last month and where we are going over the next couple months. 

Changes to the National Parks Entrance Fees Infographic

America the Beautiful Pass blog post

All of our blog posts about the National Parks can be found here

National Park information about the different types of passes you can get is found here

Fee free days for National Parks can be found here

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