{"id":872930,"date":"2023-05-11T14:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/?p=872930"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:49:42","slug":"trafalgar-mothers-day-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother’s Day with your travel stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s one of the most special and emotive days in the calendar \u2013 Mother’s Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives. We didn’t want to let the occasion pass without picking out some of our favorite Mother’s Day stories you’ve shared with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a mother-daughter pair of teachers exploring the world they’d only previously read about in textbooks, to a sweet 16 tour of Europe, these are the stories that leave us feeling inspired to show the love ourselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n Related blog<\/span>\n \n

These two mother-daughter stories gave us all the feelings \u00a0<\/h2>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘European Whirl with my mum was such a memorable trip’ \u2013 Isabelle’s story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Australian Isabelle and her mother enjoyed a trip of firsts on our European Whirl<\/a> tour:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“European Whirl with my mum was such a memorable trip with so many great moments. As an Aussie, I’d never seen snow in real life before, so the cruise of the Rhine was really special and beautiful. Getting to throw a few snowballs on our way to the boat was definitely a highlight!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\nTour not found.\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘My daughter gained confidence in herself as a solo traveler’ \u2013 Pat and Mikaila’s story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pat and her daughter Mikaila traveled to Italy for Mikaila’s 18th birthday, inspiring a newfound love of solo travel in the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My daughter and I celebrated her 18th birthday and graduation from high school by taking a Trafalgar trip to Italy<\/a>. We enjoyed touring with other families and helped a couple celebrate their 50th anniversary! Two of the group members held impromptu music and singing sessions which delighted all 40 travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mikaila gained confidence in herself as someone who could enjoy solo travel and the next summer she went to Malta on her own for anthropology field school. One of the best parts of our trip was being featured in the AMA Westworld magazine the summer after our trip. We were interviewed and photos we had taken were published in the magazine! Many friends and family members enjoyed our story and we have a lovely keepsake of our trip.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\nTour not found.\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Mom was always my pillar and trusted travel companion’ \u2013 Chantal’s story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mother-daughter pair Chantal and Ilona enjoyed a colourful trip to Holland that created particularly special memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mom was always my pillar and trusted travel companion. She loved flowers, so obviously I took her to see the tulips in celebration of her 70th birthday. Sadly Mom is no longer with us, but thanks to Trafalgar we made so many beautiful memories together that I will forever cherish in my heart.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\nTour not found.\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘There were actually 6 mother-daughter travelers in our group!’ \u2013 Daisy’s story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When mother and daughter Daisy and Karissa headed to Europe together, they were surprised to find like-minded fellow travelers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This was the first mother-daughter trip that my daughter Karissa took. She turned 16 that year and instead of having a party she chose to go traveling instead. We had a good experience on this trip! Not only did we saw lots of beautiful and famous landmarks in Europe but we also met new friends\u2014there were actually 6 mother-daughter travelers in our group at that time. We surely had lots of time sightseeing and getting to know each other along the way!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n Related blog<\/span>\n \n

Traveling with Dad: your heartwarming and hilarious stories<\/h2>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Israel was everything and more and we made precious memories’ \u2013 KellieRose’s story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

KellieRose and her mother both work as teachers, but knowing about the world from textbooks and seeing it for themselves were two different things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cteaching gene\u201d runs strong in my family. Both of us are teachers, my mother and me! We\u2019ve spent our careers learning about far off places in books, now we like to see how these destinations really look! As mother and daughter we took a fantastic vacation to an amazing historical destination. Israel was everything and more and we made precious memories galore! We look forward to making more memories with Trafalgar, my mother and me! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I\u2019m so happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait until she was 52 (like me!) to see the world’ \u2013 Kelly’s story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From gondolas of the Alpine kind to those in Venice, Kelly and her daughter both enjoyed new experiences in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Here, my daughter and I are in a gondola in Venice on our first mother-daughter trip to Europe. Just that morning, we were riding in a gondola up the Swiss Alps! We saw so much on this trip. I\u2019m so happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait until she was 52 like me to see the world!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘One of my favorite moments was perusing the streets of Rome under the full moon’ \u2013 Melanie’s story <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another Italian adventure, Melanie and her mother had a magical experience in Rome, Florence and Venice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In 2017, my mom embarked on the Real Italy tour with Trafalgar, which took us to all the major cities \u2013 everywhere from Rome to Venice to Florence and everything in between! One of my favorite moments of this mother-daughter trip was walking through the streets of Rome, right after the sun set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I tossed a coin into the Trevi Fountain and made a wish, then grabbed a scoop of gelato while perusing the streets of Rome under the full moon. There was something so magical about being there in that very moment. It was my, \u201cwait, am I really here?\u201d moment for me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover more of your personal travel stories from our <\/em>Trafalgar Unlocked Awards<\/em><\/a>. Want to share your own Mother’s Day travel tales? Leave a comment below<\/em>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s one of the most special and emotive days in the calendar \u2013 Mother’s Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives. We didn’t want to let the occasion pass without picking out some of our favorite Mother’s Day stories you’ve shared with us. From a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":872935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4909],"tags":[22182,201,191,37,12469,15669,1480,22495],"class_list":["post-872930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-stories","tag-daughters-graduation","tag-europe","tag-holland","tag-italy","tag-mother-and-daughter-vacation","tag-mothers-day-present","tag-mothers-day","tag-trafalgar-unlocked-awards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCelebrating Mother's Day with your travel stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother's Day with your travel stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Real Word\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-11T13:36:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-16T09:49:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jess Williamson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jess Williamson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jess Williamson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7b12fc6fa212773acaffd25447fc0674\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother’s Day with your travel stories\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-11T13:36:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T09:49:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":932,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"daughter's graduation\",\"europe\",\"holland\",\"italy\",\"mother and daughter vacation\",\"mother's day present\",\"mothers day\",\"Trafalgar Unlocked Awards\"],\"articleSection\":[\"People & Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrating Mother's Day with your travel stories\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-11T13:36:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T09:49:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"Two women smiling in the shallows of a lake on Mother's Day, one covered in mud and wearing a bikini, the other in a floral dress.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother’s Day with your travel stories\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/\",\"name\":\"Real Word\",\"description\":\"Travel articles, insights and stories from Trafalgar\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Real Word\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/TT_RealWorld_Opt01-horizontal-Black.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/TT_RealWorld_Opt01-horizontal-Black.svg\",\"width\":643,\"height\":83,\"caption\":\"Real Word\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7b12fc6fa212773acaffd25447fc0674\",\"name\":\"Jess Williamson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/jess-williamson_avatar-500x500.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/jess-williamson_avatar-500x500.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/jess-williamson_avatar-500x500.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Jess Williamson\"},\"description\":\"Hi, I'm Jess. While my years of writing experience in the whisky industry took me far beyond Scotland, I now have the chance to write about more places for The Real Word (adding ever more to my bucket list). A highlight trip has to be backpacking around Vietnam with my sister, though my trips to Yosemite National Park, Madrid, and the Greek islands are up there too, captured haphazardly on my very unprofessional film camera.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/jess-williamson-39b096176\\\/\"],\"honorificPrefix\":\"Miss\",\"gender\":\"female\",\"knowsAbout\":[\"Writing\"],\"knowsLanguage\":[\"English\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Campaign copywriter\",\"worksFor\":\"TTC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.trafalgar.com\\\/real-word\\\/author\\\/jesswilliamson\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Celebrating Mother's Day with your travel stories","description":"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother's Day with your travel stories","og_description":"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/","og_site_name":"Real Word","article_published_time":"2023-05-11T13:36:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-16T09:49:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jess Williamson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_description":"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jess Williamson","Estimated reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/"},"author":{"name":"Jess Williamson","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#\/schema\/person\/7b12fc6fa212773acaffd25447fc0674"},"headline":"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother’s Day with your travel stories","datePublished":"2023-05-11T13:36:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-16T09:49:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/"},"wordCount":932,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg","keywords":["daughter's graduation","europe","holland","italy","mother and daughter vacation","mother's day present","mothers day","Trafalgar Unlocked Awards"],"articleSection":["People & Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/","name":"Celebrating Mother's Day with your travel stories","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-05-11T13:36:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-16T09:49:42+00:00","description":"Mother's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate one of the most important and pivotal figures in our lives \u2013 and these are your stories.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/KellieRose-Wilson-Direct-Uploader-11th-Feb-2023-20_18-UTC-1-scaled.jpeg","width":1920,"height":2560,"caption":"Two women smiling in the shallows of a lake on Mother's Day, one covered in mud and wearing a bikini, the other in a floral dress."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/trafalgar-mothers-day-stories\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018I\u2019m happy my daughter didn\u2019t have to wait to see the world!\u2019 \u2013 celebrate Mother’s Day with your travel stories"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/","name":"Real Word","description":"Travel articles, insights and stories from Trafalgar","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#organization","name":"Real Word","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TT_RealWorld_Opt01-horizontal-Black.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TT_RealWorld_Opt01-horizontal-Black.svg","width":643,"height":83,"caption":"Real Word"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/#\/schema\/person\/7b12fc6fa212773acaffd25447fc0674","name":"Jess Williamson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jess-williamson_avatar-500x500.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jess-williamson_avatar-500x500.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jess-williamson_avatar-500x500.jpg","caption":"Jess Williamson"},"description":"Hi, I'm Jess. While my years of writing experience in the whisky industry took me far beyond Scotland, I now have the chance to write about more places for The Real Word (adding ever more to my bucket list). A highlight trip has to be backpacking around Vietnam with my sister, though my trips to Yosemite National Park, Madrid, and the Greek islands are up there too, captured haphazardly on my very unprofessional film camera.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jess-williamson-39b096176\/"],"honorificPrefix":"Miss","gender":"female","knowsAbout":["Writing"],"knowsLanguage":["English"],"jobTitle":"Campaign copywriter","worksFor":"TTC","url":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/author\/jesswilliamson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}