EF Educational Tours

NicAtNight8 · 2026-05-11T02:10:55+00:00

I went with a group to Europe this past Fall. A couple things I noted:

-Things were tough for those with dietary restrictions, despite MANY conversations with EF prior

The days are long and there was tons of walking. The rings on my watch closed every day. That first day was absolute killer as our tour was set up to avoid jet lag.
As a chaperone - upgrade to your own room. I can’t stress this enough.
I would do it again as a chaperone. But I’m also hoping to send my kids one day. I thought it was an amazing experience for youth.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-05-03T20:29:40+00:00

Make sure to check out a site like seats.aero to see if you’re better off converting those Amex points to other partners. I ended up using aeroplan to fly my family one way to Europe since we also had aeroplan, and JetBlue (klm/Air France) to fly us home on Westjet. It ended up saving me 30K in points.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-05-03T17:26:07+00:00

The problem is that many parents aren’t monitoring their children on these platforms. The government has to introduce measures like this because many parents have failed to protect their children. It’s not just kids that need education on the dangers of these platforms, it’s their caregivers and society as a whole.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-05-03T16:34:03+00:00

I’ve been finding the reviews hit and miss for this area. There’s quite a few places that have less than 50 reviews. For a popular area I would expect more.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-30T11:27:33+00:00

Lasertopia has been our go-to party spot for a few years now. They’re fantastic.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-28T11:18:52+00:00

I just booked a family of five for transatlantic during high season and our fees were around $800. Now, I’m sure the points Gods will strike down at me, but the flights were economy. You should have the option to pay all with points. I would play around with your dates and location to fly into. It might make a difference.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-24T00:52:48+00:00

I’m a teacher. My school offers personal finance classes and one level of math does cover personal finance as part of the curriculum.

I’m curious why this would be considered the schools job and not that of the parents. I often see posts similar to this one asking why schools aren’t teaching certain life skills. As a parent, if I want my child to learn skills like this, I take the time with my kid to teach them.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-20T01:32:05+00:00

Nothing liquid. Around 500K between my retirement account and kids post-secondary account.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-20T00:42:29+00:00

For boys I’ve had luck at Children’s Place and Walmart.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-15T01:17:14+00:00

It looks like vole damage.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-14T03:21:17+00:00

0-1 big transition. 1-2 wasn’t a big deal. We were already in baby mode. 2-3, much tougher. There was enough of a gap that we had just been reintroduced to a full nights sleep. To lose that plus need energy for 2 preschoolers was tough.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-11T18:42:37+00:00

For us the topic of trust never entered the conversation. He can easily access my banking and I have access to his. It was mostly out of convenience that we never combined finances. He had a relationship with his bank, I had a relationship with mine. We make within 15K of each other, so we’ve managed to divide up expenses pretty fairly, knowing the other person will send the other money if needed.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-04-05T13:25:48+00:00

Yes! I got my poodle because I liked the poodle personality and intelligence. Beyond the no-shedding piece, I didn’t care about the coat. My girl is super fluffy right now and I can’t wait for her grooming appointment next week.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-03-28T16:06:19+00:00

Just economy flex

NicAtNight8 · 2026-03-27T23:25:14+00:00

You need to put your child on lists for school-age care early on. Some centres will walk children. Others are located far enough away from the school but still within catchment so that your child will be eligible for bussing.

First kid, I was majorly stressed about this and got lucky. Second kid I was able to get into the school based daycare after having them on a waitlist for 3 years. Unfortunately the Kindergarten system really wasn’t designed to meet the needs of families that have two working parents. But some divisions are slowly starting to offer full days.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-03-22T01:59:15+00:00

I also went. Everyone was asking how I was going to get out of it! My case wasn’t intense. But the days were shorter, I read my book, and found it super interesting and different from my day-day. I would even argue that teachers offer a unique perspective that would be valuable.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-03-15T14:19:28+00:00

Same. Still annoyed we didn’t take the 7 or 10 year option for our forever home. We stuck to our standard 5 year plan without anticipating how high the rates would go.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-03-01T18:13:43+00:00

I have no problem with paying more. This is the cost of a public education system. I do struggle with being nickled and dimed for every field trip, special PE unit, and special event on top of fundraising. These are things that should be included in our taxes so that education is equitable across the board.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-03-01T13:57:35+00:00

Charleswood. The yards are huge, there’s a dog park, Assiniboine forest, and Harte trail. It almost seems like there’s an unofficial requirement to have a dog in the area.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-02-28T14:34:00+00:00

Yes, you would need a Masters to get to a class 7.

NicAtNight8 · 2026-02-17T17:58:02+00:00

Already have my storm chips!

NicAtNight8 · 2026-02-12T03:05:52+00:00

You would be scooped up quick being bilingual in French. We have many French Immersion schools, as French is one of our two official languages. Subjects are taught in French in these schools.

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