The perfect road trip app for any egocentric toddler

by Molly | Best Apps

One of my kids’ favorite things to do on my iPad is flip through all the pictures and search for photos of themselves. Yes, they’re self-centered like that. So you can imagine their sheer joy at this newest app which makes their shining little faces the...

4 iPad car mounts. a.k.a. 4 ways to avoid hearing “are we there yet?”

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

With holiday car travel hitting its peak this week (oh lord, I’m fearing I-95 on Wednesday), we know that the iPad has become the new DVD player–a good way to keep the kids occupied, happy, and of course, quiet. Here, just a few of the cool gadgets...

CoulVue – a must-have for those long holiday car trips

by Jeana | Travel

When you’ve exhausted the road trip games, the naps ain’t happening and the snacks are all gone, it may be time to whip out the digital entertainment card. Enter, the iPad.  Rather than endure the arguments about whose turn it is, you can make it a...

Itinerus: Group travel without the hassle

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

The idea of trips with the girlfriends or big family vacations sound amazing until you actually have to plan and organize them. Then, let’s just say the magic disappears pretty quickly. That’s why I’m super excited about a new site that is aiming to...

Dads Dig This – Yelp app

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

We’re thrilled to welcome Ernest Martinez as our guest Dads Dig This blogger. He’s Creative Director of Radio Disney and lead on-air personality, known to both his colleagues and millions of listeners as “Ernie D.” You can catch him on-air each...

Take the A train. To the C train. Then walk four blocks and catch the bus.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

If you’re a city-dweller like me–or even a city visitor–HopStop is definitely a lifesaver. This site offers an easy way to get transition directions by subway, cab, bus, or even by foot. (Although truly, it’s the subway that gets the most use...

3 top language translation apps you’ll want to have on the road

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Having just returned from two weeks in Spain with my family, I can assure you traveling internationally with a couple of kids can truly be a joy. (Fear not the plane ride!) But then, there are times it was also a little stressful, what with me having studied French...

Piquing our geek – Gogo Vision makes flights even smoother

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

With my husband being a pilot, we do our fair share of traveling. However with four kids, you can bet we’re heavily reliant on technology to make the trip as smooth as possible. So when I got wind of a revolutionary change that’s coming to inflight...

Tripit is making me fall in love with travel again.

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

With a ton of trips coming up, including the big BlogHer conference in San Diego this week, I feel like I’m losing my mind trying to keep it all organized. In fact, last night I had a brief panic attack as I tried to track down my airline confirmation, and not...

Double your power, double your fun

by Cool Mom Team | Travel

Last week on a business trip, I realized just how many gadgets I’m traveling with: iPad, phone, camera, laptop…wow. Fortunately, Energizer now makes a couple of handy chargers that do double duty when you’re on the go. Literally. The Energizer dual...