WHO IS AllWaysOutside?
My name is Kinga and I really know how to travel!
As AllWaysOutside, I always strive for complete customer satisfaction. My years of experience in various travel formats have allowed me to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to help everyone plan a trip tailored to their needs - whether it is an individual, couple, group, family, with or without a furry friend.
In addition to that, my experiences gathered while everyday caring for my highly sensitive daughter and traveling with her provide an extensive topic for workshops on traveling with little ones. Both for future and current parents.
And there is photography, my passion. Attentiveness to the emotions of both children and adults allows me to create frames full of feelings. Thanks to my openness and empathy,
I can guarantee an individual approach to clients and a friendly atmosphere during
face-to-face meetings.
I share our everyday life, but also photographs on social media profiles under the nickname @All.Ways.Outside.
My Story
AllWaysOutside is mainly me. However, we operate
and travel as a great family team, along with my Husband and our Little Daughter. The Little One was born in mid-2020,
and we have been traveling together since she turned 2 months old. We have undertaken several closer trips and a few further ones, including two multi-week stays abroad.
However, my passion for tourism was born long before The Little One. It all started with being courius about the world. However, it was my work as a skiing instructor and horseback riding instructor that opened the door to this world for me and... increased my appetite for more :)
I worked as a ski instructor for several seasons
with a travel agency organizing winter trips for adults
and families with children. I mainly taught children from the age of 3 and observed them and their parents, how they behave on trips and what their needs were.
As a horse riding instructor, I spent several summer holidays
with camp groups of children and teenagers of varying ages, mainly
ranging from 8 to 18 years old. This also was an opportunity to observe many interesting behaviors and needs :)
We have also traveled a lot with my husband. Among other places, we have visited Croatia, the Czech Republic, England, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Romania, Scotland. These trips have been very diverse: from classic
all-inclusive vacations, through road trips and sleeping in campings, to horseback expeditions across the desert.
We have used help from various travel agencies, but most of our trips have been planned by ourselves :)
When planning our adventures, I created lists of attractions, sightseeing plans, and itineraries for our journeys.
And then a new era of traveling began -
with our Little Boss :)
The Little One was born at the beginning of the pandemic, so naturally, we started with trips closer and further, but only in Poland. It turned out to be a perfect choice, because it gave us numerous opportunities to get to know each other work out new travel compromises. We felt more at ease when we initially traveled to places we were familiar with or ones that were not too far from home. This allowed us to focus on building a relationship with our child and learning how to travel in a new family situation.
We learned how to support our High Need Baby daughter in new situations, in a lot of new stimuli. And how to focus on joys of shared excursions :)
After a year, the pandemic restrictions started to ease a bit, we already felt confident in our new situations, so it was perfect time for our dream Greek holiday as a family of three!
Since it was our first longer abroad family trip (two weeks), we decided to stay in a hotel with meals included, and to plan sightseeing depending on the mood and needs of our little trio. We had a list of places and attractions we wanted to visit, I prepared plans for day trips. But we didn't have high expectations and a specific plan for the entire trip, apart from ensuring that everyone got enough rest :)
Thanks to this approach and preparation, we could make decisions on the spot about what to do each day, whether to choose one of our plans or opt for a "relaxation day." We were flexible but didn't waste vacation time planning every aspect of our sightseeing.
And it worked out wonderfully! We managed to visit most of the places on our list and even went on a full-day boat trip. All of this while remaining relaxed and considering the needs of our little one.
It was during that trip that I realized proper preparation and compromise are the keys to making a vacation a relaxing and enjoyable experience for the whole family.
Our next trip to a more distant location was also much longer - we spent almost 2 months in Tenerife. Since my husband was working remotely, we could only explore the island on weekends and during a few of his days off. Therefore, this time I also bet on theoretical preparation before our arrival. I created one-day trip plans that took into account nap times and the needs of Our Little One, as well as the places we wanted to see. Once again, having a specific yet flexible plan allowed us to see so much in such a pleasant atmosphere!
I also provided tips on traveling to Tenerife with children, including how to prepare, what to bring, and which trails were the most enjoyable for us. These tips can be found in a chapter I wrote for a polish guidebook about the island, created by Justyna and Paweł @couple.away.
Somewhat unexpectedly in July 2022 my husband was sent on a 2-month business trip to Germany. Of course we went together as a family :)
During those two months we visited numerous places
and attractions in the vicinity of Frankfurt and ... we were in Amsterdam!
All during the weekends.
What helped us to see so much and do it with smiles on our faces?
Plans.
We had a plan for each trip, flexible but prepared before hitting the road. And let's not forget, the plan had a strong emphasis on the needs and capabilities of Our Little One. Every plan was personalized and tailored to our specific needs.
Indeed, it's often challenging to consider such plans as compromises because they tend to lean heavily towards the needs of the child or children. However, a happy child equals a happy parent, and vice versa. Forcing sightseeing with an exhausted or overstimulated little one will not result in enjoyable experiences or relaxation for anyone.
Traveling with a child also doesn't mean that exploring becomes impossible and the only option is to stay the whole vacation in a hotel with a pool or close to the beach. You can actually visit many places together! It just requires some preparation and planning.
2023 is a new adventure!
Since mid-May 2023, we have changed our place of residence... Now we live in Madrid!
Feel free to follow our updates on social media :)
