Episode 32: Fall/Winter Holiday Travel Guide with Meagan Wristen
/It’s already the first week of October! Leaves are changing, pumpkin spice is back, the holidays are looming, and it’s time to book your fall/winter family trip.
Do you have any holiday travel aspirations? What’s the ONE fall/winter holiday trip you’d love to book but haven’t had the time to put into the research?!?! We think that we can help a sister (or brother) out making travel plans with expert advice from our esteemed travel blogging guest, Meagan Wristen!
Meagan is a travel blogger who has explored 29 countries, road-tripped more than 100,000 miles in the United States alone, and surveyed hundreds of cities worldwide. She offers travel tips, reviews of hotels and restaurants, activity suggestions, itineraries, and more on her travel blog www.mommytravels.net. Meagan is a featured writer for 10Best, USA Today, Travelocity, Trip Advisor, and many many more!
Meagan is a native Odessa, TX girl currently living in Dallas as a single mom to Noah 21, Eden 19, and Jonah 15.
Meagan offers our “flies on the wall” travel recommendations for the budget friendly, aka camping, to the bougie, aka elite ‘spendy’ hotel/spa experiences. She also has recommendations for Apps for anyone looking for show tickets in NYC.
We have linked all of Meagan’s trip ideas below. (keep scrolling & reading!)
Budget Trips:
· KOA Parks – KOAs are offered at 500 locations across America
· Lodging at Suttle Lake : VRBO
· Lodging at Suttle Lake : Hotels
Sedona, Arizona
· ATV / Buggy / Slingshot Rentals
New York City (NYC)
Bryant Park – free ice skating
Rockefeller Center – ice skating ($$ Cost/ticket)
Juniors – for the “best hot chocoloate in the country”, according to Meagan Wristen
Margaritaville in Times Square
NYC Ticket Apps/Websites
TodayTix app - download this from your phone’s app store
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Lottery –
Alladin Lottery - https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/aladdin/
Lion King Lottery - https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/the-lion-king/
Texas Hill Country Trip Ideas
· Fredericksburg, TX – 180 wineries
DFW Texas Trip Ideas
Two-Bit Circus – adult/family arcade with food, bar / incredible virtual reality (VR) experience
Coming Soon: Peppa Pig Theme Park – North Richland Hills
Coming Soon: Universal Theme Park – Frisco
Epic In-Door Water Park – Grand Prairie
Chicken n Pickle – delicious food & pickleball
Bolder Adventure Park – Grand Prairie
Top Golf – new Angry Birds game makes it fun for the kids (even the ones who can’t swing a club). Top Golf is half-off on Tuesdays!
Oklahoma Trip Ideas
off-roading, fly fishing, kayaking, hiking, wineries, boutiques
River Sport Rapid - man-made white water rafting
Ski Trip Ideas
- Blackcomb Mountain & Whistler Mountain
- gondola between the two mountains
- it is a walkable city
- boutiques
- great food
Deer Valley, Utah - bougie ski option
Southern Idaho (who knew!?!)
· Those three mountains are inexpensive options for skiing.
· Sun Valley Ski Resort – for the bougie adventurer / famous for its celebrity sitings
Meagan’s Favorite Trip of 2023: ISRAEL!
Read all about Meagan’s travel adventures HERE!
Follow Meagan on all of the socials:
https://www.instagram.com/mommytravels/
https://www.tiktok.com/@meaganwristen
https://www.facebook.com/MommyTravels/
https://www.youtube.com/mommytravels
Please join us for October BOOK CLUB!
Our favorite book-nerd-sisters, aka @sistersonthesamepage have chosen a psychological masterpiece for our October selection. The book is “The Neighbors” by Hannah Mary McKinnon and Lauren promises we aren’t going to be able to put this one down. (She also promises it won’t scare us half to death!)
Get your copy HERE! “The Neighbors” by Hannah Mary McKinnon
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