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Jon Bailey

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San Diego
As seen in: MSN, Yahoo Life, National Geographic Traveler, Travel + Leisure, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Points Guy, CornwallLive, AFAR, Grand Island Independent, Frederick News Post and
Covers:  travel, LGBTQ, luxury, family, food, recipes, beverages, health, fitness, lifestyle
Doesn't Cover: sports
Founder/Chief Relationships Officer at i.d.e.a. San Diego #travel #lifestyle #parenting writer. Daddy/travel blogger @2dadswithbaggage

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Jon Bailey is a freelance writer based in San Diego and focused on luxury travel and other subjects for a variety of media outlets including Travel & Leisure, msn.com, vacationer.travel, The Points Guy, National Geographic, San Diego Magazine, British Airways and more.

He is also founder of 2DadsWithBaggage.com. Along with his husband Triton and their daughters Sophia and Ava, he chronicles their adventures as a same sex family in the modern world. Their travels, recipes, stories and more are …

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The Best Time to Visit These Hot-Weather Destinations May Be the Hottest Time of Year

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By Jon Bailey
| AFAR Verified
Hot and sticky summer months in the northern hemisphere can make you wish you were lounging on a breezy coastline or searching for a cold-cation destination up north. But there’s a strong case for embracing the heat and planning a summer vacation to a hot destination when it’s at its hottest.
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Are We Too Young to Feel This Old? Life After the Kids Leave Home

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By Jon Bailey
| 2dadswithbaggage.com
tThe other day, Triton and I stood in the kitchen looking at each other in a silent moment, thinking, “Well… this is weird.” Not bad weird. Just that quiet, sneaky kind of weird that shows up when life changes before your heart fully catches up. You see, on Sunday both girls finished moving out of the only home they have ever known. We bought this house 26 years ago with the dream of raising a family here, and our dream came true with our two amazing daughters.
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La Jolla Shores Hotel Review: Beachfront Done Right in San Diego

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By Jon Bailey
| 2dadswithbaggage.com
If you’re searching for a San Diego hotel where you can walk directly from your room to the sand — no shuttle, no crosswalk, no parking lot in between — the La Jolla Shores Hotel deserves to be at the top of your list. We stayed here as a family and came away with one clear conclusion: this is Southern California beachfront the way it’s supposed to be done.
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