Infographic: Travel Advice from your kids
10 original ideas from kids to help parents everywhere increase the fun while planning, packing, participating in activities and making memories for their family vacations.
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What price will you pay for your child’s safety?
This week there was news of more incidents in which air turbulence injured passengers — and one case sent a baby flying through the cabin (very luckily uninjured). The FAA and the airlines need to act — and parents need to ask themselves again: Is your small child’s safety worth not paying for the extra seat?
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Top 12 Family Travel Directions For The Year Ahead
From food to technology to educational experiences and more, here’s what Eileen Ogintz and Kyle McCarthy from Family Travel Consulting see as the 12 major factors influencing family vacation planners in 2014.
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Our annual guide to surviving visits to relatives over the holidays
The American Automobile Association (AAA) is projecting more than 94.5 million Americans will travel during the holidays. Here’s my annual TAKING THE KIDS GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE RELATIVES:
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The Luminous History of the National Christmas Tree Lighting Event
The National Parks Foundation has a guest post chock full of history of the National Christmas Tree lighting events.
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10 Deals to brighten your Cyber Monday
You’ll find plenty of bargains on Cyber Monday. Check what your favorite hotel chain, cruise line or resorts are offering. Here are 10 deals that are just a sampling of what’s out there
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Yes, those museum trips with your kids pay off
The next time the kids groan when you suggest taking them to a museum or a historic monument, tell them you’re investing in their future—literally.
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How the government shutdown affects family travel
National Parks, monuments and other government-operated tourists attractions are cutting back or shutting down because of the politics in Washington. Passports may be delayed. Hundreds of thousands of workers are being furloughed and business that depend on parks and tourism will be hurt. What does the government shutdown mean for family travel?
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Passport is a must to teach kids the world
“The passport is the new diploma,” Keith Bellows, editor of National Geographic Traveler and the father of three, told the nearly 50 influential family travel writers and bloggers who had gathered this past weekend from around the country and Canada at the TMS Family Travel Conference in Niagara Falls, NY.
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Memories of a family sailing/diving trip to the British Virgin Islands
Today we are all diving as a family. The Wreck of the Rhone is just off Salt Island in two big pieces 60 to 80 feet down, but there are many smaller pieces.
