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  • Cool Dad’s Day gifts for outdoors-loving dads
    Cool Travel Gear | Weekly Column

    Cool Dad’s Day gifts for outdoors-loving dads

    ByEileen Ogintz June 8, 2017July 5, 2021

    Maybe he’s an avid camper. Maybe he’s a fisherman or sailor, a hiker, golfer or biker. However the dads in your life enjoy the outdoors, there is plenty of new gear to enhance their experience — just in time for Father’s Day.

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  • Tales From The Spa at the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa in Punta Cana
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    Tales From The Spa at the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa in Punta Cana

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2017July 12, 2021

    Even if your child is still an actual child, the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa offers manicures, pedicures and hair braiding just for the little ones.

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  • Mother-Daughter Dining Options At the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa, Punta Cana
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    Mother-Daughter Dining Options At the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa, Punta Cana

    ByEileen Ogintz June 6, 2017July 10, 2021

    It would be impossible to go hungry at the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa in Punta Cana. Besides free room service, the property offers plenty of menu options,

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  • A Spring Trip to The Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, Arizona
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    A Spring Trip to The Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, Arizona

    ByEileen Ogintz June 5, 2017July 14, 2021

    It’s great that the south rim of the Grand Canyon so close to Flagstaff, Arizona. We could envision wanting a hotel room and shower to stay in after backpacking in the desert heat for 5 days

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  • A Mother-Daughter Getaway to the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa in Punta Cana, DR
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    A Mother-Daughter Getaway to the Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa in Punta Cana, DR

    ByEileen Ogintz June 5, 2017July 10, 2021

    The all-inclusive, family-friendly Grand Palladium Bávaro Suites Resort & Spa is very large, but we’re New Yorkers, so we’re not intimidated by big.

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  • Traveling safely abroad: passports, security, paying attention
    Getting There | Weekly Column

    Traveling safely abroad: passports, security, paying attention

    ByEileen Ogintz June 1, 2017July 6, 2021

    These days, especially, it’s important to know what to do if your passport gets lost or stolen or if you need a passport in a hurry (say for a family emergency abroad or last-minute business trip that you can bring a child along).

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  • Lectures, entertainment and fun on Queen Mary 2
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    Lectures, entertainment and fun on Queen Mary 2

    ByEileen Ogintz May 31, 2017July 7, 2021

    Cunard—and the flagship Queen Mary 2 —is famous for its guest lecturers on board and its planetarium. Some days, the tickets are gone before 9 a.m. for the afternoon shows

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  • On Queen Mary 2 – You might just lose weight!
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    On Queen Mary 2 – You might just lose weight!

    ByEileen Ogintz May 30, 2017July 7, 2021

    A Canyon Ranch meal on Queen Mary 2: red velvet cupcakes, macadamia chocolate tarts, chocolate fondant, three-chocolate mousse, chocolate cake pops and a chocolate fountain to dip cookies on a stick.

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  • Keeping the kids entertained aboard the Queen Mary 2
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    Keeping the kids entertained aboard the Queen Mary 2

    ByEileen Ogintz May 29, 2017July 7, 2021

    The first Queen Mary had a kids club that entertained a young Princess Elizabeth. Today’s Queen Mary 2 has a Kids Zone plus plenty of board games and other activities for families

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  • Gourmet food, formal dining on Queen Mary 2
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    Gourmet food, formal dining on Queen Mary 2

    ByEileen Ogintz May 28, 2017July 7, 2021

    Fifteen thousand meals a day, not counting snacks and High Tea! Twenty-five hundred guests and 1,250 crew have to be fed every day on Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2.

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  • An Atlantic Crossing on the Queen Mary 2
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    An Atlantic Crossing on the Queen Mary 2

    ByEileen Ogintz May 27, 2017July 7, 2021

    Welcome aboard Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2 as she takes a week to sail the Atlantic from Southampton to New York.

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  • What’s in the garden for family vacationers at Chewton Glen?
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    What’s in the garden for family vacationers at Chewton Glen?

    ByEileen Ogintz May 26, 2017July 14, 2021

    The resort, a five star Relais & Chateaux country house hotel is just over 50 years old but the house dates to the 1700s.

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  • 200 Years Later – Celebrating Jane Austen’s short life in her hometown
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    200 Years Later – Celebrating Jane Austen’s short life in her hometown

    ByEileen Ogintz May 25, 2017July 14, 2021

    This tiny house is where Jane Austen was her most prolific—writing in the morning after breakfast at a tiny table. She lived with her mother, her sister and a family friend during the last eight years of her short life.

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  • Planning a family summer vacation – let the kids help figure it out
    Families & Groups | Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Lodging | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    Planning a family summer vacation – let the kids help figure it out

    ByEileen Ogintz May 25, 2017June 29, 2023

    I’m sure the kids have lots of ideas, and they may not all involve theme parks. It’s a good idea to talk to the kids about what you’re thinking for a summer trip

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  • Greenwich, England – famous for time, history and friends
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    Greenwich, England – famous for time, history and friends

    ByEileen Ogintz May 24, 2017July 14, 2021

    In Greenwich, England, famous for “mean time.” You can see famous sites any time. Sharing a meal with new friends…not so much. More ravioli please!

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  • Join the party in London celebrating Harry Potter’s 20th
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    Join the party in London celebrating Harry Potter’s 20th

    ByEileen Ogintz May 24, 2017July 7, 2021

    Ready to join the party? Britain is the host, celebrating Harry Potter’s 20th birthday. The first Harry Potter book was released on June 29,1997

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  • High Tea, a Musical and Cocktail – so British
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    High Tea, a Musical and Cocktail – so British

    ByEileen Ogintz May 23, 2017July 6, 2021

    We were literally across the road from Buckingham Palace looking right at it while we had our own Royal Afternoon Tea at the newly renovated Rubens at the Palace

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  • ‘Taking the Waters’ in Ancient Bath, England
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    ‘Taking the Waters’ in Ancient Bath, England

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2017June 28, 2023

    People have been coming here to “take the waters” since the Romans first built the baths and temple here to worship Sulis Minerva, Goddess of the Thermal Spring.

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  • London’s Athenaeum Hotel is a favorite for visiting families
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    London’s Athenaeum Hotel is a favorite for visiting families

    ByEileen Ogintz May 21, 2017July 14, 2021

    London’s Athenaeum Hotel is family run with whimsical touches –miniature toy soldiers or taxicabs mounted as room decoration, photographs of the Beatles and Spice Girls in the hallways, just reopened last summer after a multi million dollar make over

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  • Learning how the princes and princesses lives
    Destinations | Families & Groups | Travel Diaries

    Learning how the princes and princesses lives

    ByEileen Ogintz May 20, 2017July 6, 2021

    Kensington Palace is one of London’s historic palaces where for more than 300 years Britain’s young royal families lived in the heart of Kensington Gardens

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