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Join date: Dec 16, 2023

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In late 2017, I decided to take the leap and start building a family travel app. For years, I had wanted a way for our family to learn about the history of the places we visited and keep track of the memories we had together.


What came from this is DuckAbroad, a family friendly travel app for tracking the places you visit by collecting stamps and stickers in your own virtual passport. It's been a fun and challenging experience. I've created all the collectible stamps and stickers, coded an app that's now available on iOS and Android, and worked endlessly on the content to provide knowledge and insight on over 150 cities, 350 points of interest, and every country.


Eight years later, I'm still adding more content and better ways for families to explore the world together.



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Jul 28, 2026 ∙ 2 min
Your Phone Just Became Part of the Landing Ritual
There's a moment every traveling family knows. The wheels touch down, the seatbelt light is still on, and every phone in the row comes out of airplane mode at once. It's the first minute of the trip actually beginning. Starting this week, DuckAbroad is part of that moment. Introducing Airport Arrival Alerts. When you land, DuckAbroad welcomes you with a notification: "You've landed at Dublin Airport!" Tap Log Landing right on the notification and the airport goes into your family's travel...

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Jul 17, 2026 ∙ 10 min
How to Make Museums Fun for Kids: Seven Objects Worth Finding
Most kids can do about twenty minutes in a museum. You know the twenty minutes. They're interested, they're reading things, they're pointing. Then something goes out of them and they're asking how much longer, and you're standing in front of something remarkable trying to convince a seven year old to care about it. I don't think kids hate museums. I think kids hate being passengers. They didn't plan the trip, they didn't pick the building, and now they're being walked past things in an order...

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Jun 12, 2026 ∙ 8 min
D-Day for Families: The Story of June 6, 1944 and the Places Where Kids Can Experience It
My grandfather, Sergeant Peter Farley, landed at Omaha Beach about twelve days after D-Day. He was a communications sergeant in the 83rd Infantry Division. On July 4, 1944, the day his division launched its first major offensive south of Carentan, he was wounded by grenade shrapnel. He recovered, rejoined his unit that winter in the Ardennes, and came home. I've stood on the beach where he landed and walked the towns near where he fought. And recently, in Amsterdam, I stood in the Anne Frank...

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