by Andy Yemma | Jun 16, 2021 | Eileen's Blog, Families & Groups, Getting There
By Matt Yemma Special to Taking the Kids June 14, 2021 The last time my fiancée and I had flown was late February 2020, right before COVID exploded into a global contagion. My fiancée and I, freshly engaged, trying to grapple with what to do with our wedding and keep...
by user | Apr 7, 2014 | Eileen's Blog, Getting There, Travel Topics
Savvy parents are increasingly including their kids in family vacation planning. In fact, 63 percent of parents said their children influenced their choice of vacation destination, according to the 2014 Portrait of the American Travelers survey. With this in mind,...
by user | Nov 21, 2013 | Families & Groups, Getting There, Travel Topics, Weekly Column
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency I hate waiting in long lines. Theme parks are bad enough but in my book, there’s nothing worse than long lines at airports when you’re already stressed by holiday travel (a long weekend with that cousin who always teased you...
by user | Nov 14, 2013 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Getting There, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
DAY 4 – NEAR REIMS, FRANCE — We’re sitting in a family dining room in a tiny French village eating chicken cooked in champagne and sipping champagne. Why all the champagne? For one thing, the owners of the home –Martine and Alexandre Penet—are champagne makers. ...
by user | Nov 11, 2013 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Getting There, Lodging, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
DAY ONE — PARIS — Claude Monet certainly knew what he was talking about. The area in the Musee de L’Orangerie in Paris that he created to showcase his famous Water Lilies is meant, he said then, to create a space between the hustle and bustle of the city...
by user | Aug 29, 2013 | Beach Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Getting There, Lodging, Travel Topics, Weekly Column
By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Got your bike helmet strapped on? Then you’re ready to explore the island of Nantucket for a family vacation! Thirty miles off the coast of Massachusetts, Nantucket is as famous for its more than 30 miles of bike trails around...
