Mom’s Day gifts for traveling moms and grandmas
She’s usually the chief vacation planner and packer, not to mention the on-the-go therapist, managing sibling disputes, the meal organizer and the first responder when someone is sick or injured.
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Are you ready to take the “UN-PLUG PLEDGE”?
We’re talking all about how to get “unplugged” on vacation. Perhaps you can use a special wallpaper on your phone to remind you that: “The World out there is better than IN HERE.” Or: “How IMPORTANT is it?”
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Taking the Kids — to Portugal
Portugal, it seems, is drawing more Americans and American families. It’s safe. It’s affordable and there is great food and wine, of course. And plenty of sunshine.
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Celebrating Earth Day
April 22 is Earth Day — the time to celebrate our beautiful planet, and lend a hand to keep it that way. Especially if you are traveling, there is no better time to teach the kids an environmental lesson while having fun
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Heading to a national park national park week (or any time)
The annual National Park Week offers daily activities and celebrations at parks and monuments around the country. April 20 kicks it off with National Junior Ranger Day & Entrance Fee-Free Day.
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Salamanca Spain from CroisiEurope cruise
By Eileen Ogintz SALAMANCA, Spain — We are biking across an ancient Roman bridge – so old that it dates to the first century after…
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Martinhal – Redefining Lodging for Discerning Families
At the Martinhal Cascais, there are bikes for adults and kids, including with training wheels, at the entrance and an extensive property where to ride. The dining room contains an area where kids can play, complete with a kid-sized kitchen. There is a spa and, of course, pool, and a large kids’ club where even babies are welcomed
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Hitting the spa — with (or without the kids)
That increasingly includes kids as resorts, cruise ships and city hotels offer special treatments — everything from mani-pedis at the JW Spa Chicago and a Tween Delight s’mores manicure with bubbling foot bath and s’mores pedicure at the Allegria Spa at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek…
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Lifestyle and food to admire: Cascais Portugal
Having time to enjoy life –- and those dual roles — is a big part of the Portuguese lifestyle, those here tell us, even busy parents with dual-career households and making time for delicious long lunches is part of that.
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In Portugal: the Park and Palace of Pena is a story of romance and sorrow
All kings had palaces but none more famous or arresting with its mishmash of architecture styles than the Palace of Pena near Sintra, Portugal
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Exploring family-friendly Portugal just got easier with TAP Air Portugal
Portugal is a great family destination and TAP Air Portugal is greatly expanding its service from the USA this spring and summer
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A historic Army post transformed — San Francisco’s Presidio
Welcome to San Francisco’s Presidio — nearly 1,500 acres transformed from a bustling army post to a national park, the largest national park in an urban area, drawing 7.5 million visitors a year
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Snow or Summer Sun? Crested Butte CO offers best of both worlds
There is biking, hiking, playgrounds, rock climbing and lots of wildflowers—Crested Butte has the moniker for the Wildflower Capital and is packed with tourists in summer
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T. rex, ancient queens, the hobbit and more — new museum exhibits
There’s no better time to take an afternoon to visit a museum, including some you never knew existed, with your kids on spring break
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Last Day at Vail – Best Day of the Ski Season!
And what better place to be than Vail — and Vail’s legendary Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. And though much of the terrain is for experts, you’ll find trails that suit every level and every style of skier.
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Vail’s only true ski-in ski-out luxury hotel option – newly reopened Hotel Talisa
We’re skiing at Vail on newly groomed slopes after a foot of new snow. Even better, we’re staying at the new 285-room Hotel Talisa, Vail’s only true luxury ski-in, ski out resort.
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Legacies of the 10th Mountain Division – all over Vail Colorado
The newly re-opened Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum (it’s free!) in Vail is a great place to learn about the tremendous influence those 10th Mountain Division veterans who founded the modern US ski industry
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Family-oriented hotel in Vail – The Sebastian
Every day at The Sebastian, a family-oriented hotel in the heart of Vail Village, there is a complimentary kids’ activity so parents can relax over a drink in the Frost bar, grab a nap or luxuriate in a spa treatment
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Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci 500 years after his death
Welcome to the new “Leonardo da Vinci’: 500 Years of Genius exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which runs until Aug. 25
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People come to Vail to ski, sure, but also for the spas
At the Four Seasons Vail, men come for a restorative massage after skiing including the “brew and renew” that incorporates warmed cans of Crazy Mountain Brew rather than hot stones. The treatment finishes with a can of cold beer.
