Family World Tour 2019-2020

We have chosen to share every moment of our family world tour, which took place between December 2019 and March 2020. It was supposed to last over 5 months but was cut short by the arrival of COVID-19, forcing us to return home quickly.

Nevertheless, we discovered South Africa, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Cambodia, Bali, Australia, and New Zealand.

Also, comments or links to our site articles about the destinations, hotels, Airbnb accommodations, lounges, and airlines we tried!

In each article, you’ll discover the activities we chose to do with our two children, aged almost 3 and 5 at the time, all our favorites, our tips for saving money and indulging ourselves, and below, the different credit cards we used for our trip.

We hope our photos and stories will inspire you to travel to these magnificent countries!

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers for groceries:

• 5 points per dollar with the American Express Cobalt™ Card
• 5 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card
• 3% cash back with the no-annual-fee BMO^® CashBack^® Mastercard^®*.

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers for gas:

• 3 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card
• 2 points per dollar with the American Express^® Gold Rewards Card
• 2% cash back with Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card no annual fee

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers for restaurants and bars:

• 5 points per dollar with the American Express Cobalt™ Card
• 5 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card
• 3 points per dollar with the BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers for cash back:

• Up to 4% with Scotia Momentum^® VISA Infinite* card
• 2% everywhere with the American Express SimplyCash Preferred Card
• 1.5% everywhere, including Costco, with the BMO CashBack^® World Elite^®* Mastercard^®*

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers for insurance:

• Up to 60 days of out-of-province medical coverage with the National Bank World Elite Mastercard^®.
• Up to 60 days of out-of-province medical coverage with the National Bank World Mastercard^®.

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers for hotels:

• 5 points per dollar with the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express^® Card for bookings at Marriott’s hotels, with a nice welcome bonus
• 5 points per dollar with the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express^MD Card for bookings at Marriott’s hotels, with a nice welcome bonus

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers to avoid foreign currency conversion fees (a 2.5% saving on each transaction)!

• Scotiabank Platinum American Express^® Card
• Scotiabank Passport™ Visa Infinite* Card
• Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card

Here are the different credit cards that milesopedia recommends to Canadian travelers to save on activities like theme parks:

• The BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard allows you to accumulate AIR MILES to get Disney gift cards
• The Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card is the only card that allows you to accumulate 5 points per dollar for activities
• The Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card allows you to apply points to park admissions or other entertainment activities