About Us
A child who has seen the world is a child who knows the world is bigger than their fears.
I'm Leila,
Travel more. Wait less. They grow fast.
I'm Leila, a solo mom raising two fearless little explorers, and I have never believed that having kids meant putting the world on pause. I started traveling internationally with my toddler while pregnant with my second, navigating airports, hotel check-ins, and foreign cities with a diaper bag in one hand and a boarding pass in the other. What I discovered along the way is that this season of motherhood, the loud, exhausting, beautiful, chaotic one, is actually one of the best times to travel.
Not someday. Now.
"The trips are for them. The person I am becoming on these trips is for me."
I created Travel Mom with Kids because I could not find the content I actually needed. Not the polished, everything-went-perfectly version. The real one. The one that tells you what to photograph before you leave your hotel room in a foreign country, why your toddler will lose it at exactly the wrong moment, and how to find a genuinely family-friendly hotel that is not just using that phrase as a marketing line. I cover the honest chaos, the hotel reviews that actually matter to moms, the child safety tips nobody else is talking about, and the emotional side of all of it. Because traveling with your kids changes you, and I think that part deserves to be said out loud.
I am also a deal finder at heart. I have mastered the art of traveling smart, using points and miles to access experiences that feel well out of reach, booking stays that look like luxury without the price tag, and planning trips that work for little ones without giving up the things that matter to me. Japan holds a special place in our story, and if you are dreaming of taking your kids there, you are in exactly the right place. Whether you are a solo mom figuring out how to make this work, or just a parent who is tired of waiting for the "right time," I built this space for you. The right time is now. Go.