The Family Behind Every Guide

I still remember that night in Lisbon airport. Our flight was delayed by six hours. Our daughter had just turned two, and she was done. Completely done. The snacks were gone, the iPad had died an hour ago, and every single person in that terminal was looking at us. My wife and I sat on the floor next to gate 14, taking turns walking laps around a closed duty free shop, and I remember thinking: "Somebody should have warned us about this."

That was the moment OurTravelCircle was born. Not as a website, not as a brand, just as a frustrated note I typed on my phone at 1 AM: "Things I wish I knew before flying with a toddler." I sent it to a friend who was about to take her first trip with her baby, and she called me the next day to say she'd shared it with her entire mom's group.

Six years later, we've visited 28 countries across four continents with our kids. We've slept in bamboo huts in Bali and in overpriced hotels in Zurich that weren't even close to worth it. We've navigated train systems in Tokyo with a stroller and gotten lost in the medina of Marrakech with a five year old on my shoulders. Every single one of those experiences turned into a guide on this site, because I know someone out there is sitting at gate 14 right now, wondering if this whole "traveling with kids" thing is even possible.

It is. And it's the best thing we've ever done as a family.

Our team has grown since those early days. Jessica and Steven bring their own unique travel styles and family situations to the table, and that's exactly the point. Not every family travels the same way. Not every kid is the same age. Not every budget looks identical. We wanted OurTravelCircle to feel like advice from friends who've actually been there, not from a magazine that Photoshopped out the tantrum.