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We all know that traveling with kids is messy, aggravating, frustrating and wonderful, just like raising kids. Taking the Kids is your best family travel source for how to get the most fun-and memories-out of your family vacations as well as the most bang for your travel buck.  Amongst family travel blogs, Eileen Ogintz possesses over 20 years of experience as a journalist tracking travel trends and a mom who has traveled with her three kids and others in the family from Orlando to Yosemite, the Caribbean to Alaska to Europe and beyond. Taking the Kids' main purpose is to help you show your kids the world and have a good time in the process.

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Touring the Big Apple with Big Apple Greeters (it's free!)

/uploadedImages/images_upload/2009_Q4/Big Apple Greeter Tour.jpg Everyone visiting NewYork for the first time needs a friend like Coreen Bourke. The lifetime New Yorker and retired phone company administrator was our designated Big Apple Greeter (www.bigapplegreeter.org), volunteering her time to show visitors like us the New York neighborhoods she knows so well. It’s a free service underwritten by generous donors....

 

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Sample food from the Big Easy

With more than 1,100 restaurants in the Big Easy offering every variety of cuisine, The Louisiana Restaurant Association acknowledges the city’s culinary identity with the “We Live to Eat” campaign designed to instill pride and support for the food-loving community.... 

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Featured Destination - Theme Parks

So what if you’ve waited half an hour or more.   Just because a child is old enough—or tall enough—doesn’t mean they are necessarily ready for that big roller coaster.  Same goes for parents –and teens--who would prefer to skip the Coasters.  Don’t push a child—or teen—who would prefer to sit this one out.
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Best Family Travel Blog 2009 Finalist