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  • This year do you want new-style holiday gifts, or a family trip?
    Families & Groups | Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Food and Dining | Lodging | Weekly Column

    This year do you want new-style holiday gifts, or a family trip?

    ByEileen Ogintz December 15, 2011June 28, 2023

    I’m not filling any stockings this year or piling presents under the tree. No presents for Hanukah either. (We celebrate both holidays in our house.) And my gang couldn’t be happier.

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  • Ornaments on our tree: family travel memories
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    Ornaments on our tree: family travel memories

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2011July 7, 2021

    Our tree is loaded down with skiers from Colorado, shells from Florida, sailboats from Maine, ferries from Washington state, flip flops from Hawaii, monkeys from Costa Rica, Victorian queens from England, fish from Caribbean islands, Disney characters from Orlando…you get the idea.

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  • Last day in Park City – time to “surrender” to the Montage Spa
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    Last day in Park City – time to “surrender” to the Montage Spa

    ByEileen Ogintz December 9, 2011July 16, 2021

    I’m at the year-old Montage Deer Valley spa—35,000 square feet indoor lap pool, separate mens and women’s facilities with steam room, sauna, whirlpools and more, a private sundeck with radiant heated floors and spectacular mountain views and a big fitness center.

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  • Holiday lights on FoxNews.com
    Eileen in the Media

    Holiday lights on FoxNews.com

    ByEileen Ogintz December 8, 2011July 16, 2021

    Eileen was interviewed by FoxNews.com about the best holiday light displays for families to visit around the United States.

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  • SnowMamas — changing the face of the ski industry
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    SnowMamas — changing the face of the ski industry

    ByEileen Ogintz December 8, 2011July 16, 2021

    Meet Park City Mountain Resort’s new crop of Snowmamas, chosen from applicants by Park City Mountain resort officials from around the country. The website has become the go-to place in the industry to help moms make trips to the snow easier and more fun.

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  • To Pearl Harbor – a national historical treasure
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    To Pearl Harbor – a national historical treasure

    ByEileen Ogintz December 7, 2011August 22, 2024

    As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack, the question is one of many in the updated and first-rate Junior Ranger Program for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument that helps children make meaningful connections during a visit here.

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  • Park City Day 2 – meeting up with the Ladies Club
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    Park City Day 2 – meeting up with the Ladies Club

    ByEileen Ogintz December 7, 2011June 28, 2023

    Now the resort wants to make sure all moms—all women—make the most of their time here. To that end, they’re establishing Ladies Club—a two-hour session that starts at 10 a.m.—to give moms enough time to get their kids to ski school or older kids out the door.

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  • Four days with the SnowMamas in Park City, Utah
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    Four days with the SnowMamas in Park City, Utah

    ByEileen Ogintz December 6, 2011July 16, 2021

    Maybe buying ski boots isn’t that big a deal. But it says something about my desire to invest in myself instead of everyone else in the family for a change. And every season, I say I’m going to hang up my skis because I’m not having fun out there—certainly not when I try to keep up with my family, experts all.

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  • C is for Cookie, and candy and Christmas in New Hampshire
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    C is for Cookie, and candy and Christmas in New Hampshire

    ByEileen Ogintz December 4, 2011July 17, 2021

    When it comes to cookies, it’s not just Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster who’s singing the praises. C is for cookies, candy and Christmas as twelve inns in New Hampshire’s Mt Washington Valley open the doors to hundreds of holiday revelers.

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  • On a unique mom’s getaway in Jamaica
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    On a unique mom’s getaway in Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz December 1, 2011July 7, 2021

    No I’m not dreaming of an effortless holiday gathering that could never be real — at least in my world. I’m actually wide awake in Jamaica, enjoying a pre-holiday moms’ getaway with my three oldest friends from grade school at the most unusual all-inclusive resort I’ve ever visited.

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  • Nutcracker characters in action at Palace Hotel in NYC
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    Old holiday traditions give way to less drama this year

    ByEileen Ogintz November 27, 2011July 5, 2021

    There’s something to be said for creating a new holiday tradition with no drama, especially when new young friends are part of the equation. We were joined by 12-year-old Enesi Domi, who we got to know last summer when he spent some time at our home through the Fresh Air Fund.

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  • Driving Smart with Kids in the Car This Holiday Season
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    Driving Smart with Kids in the Car This Holiday Season

    ByEileen Ogintz November 24, 2011July 6, 2021

    The best thing we can do when taking to the road this winter, especially with kids in the back, is be prepared. Make sure your cellphone is charged and the relatives know what time to expect you.

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  • Meeting the locals around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica
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    Meeting the locals around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz November 23, 2011July 16, 2021

    I can’ t stop thinking about Delta when we return to our Bluefields Bay villa overlooking the sea served breakfast—a traditional Jamaican concoction of saltfish with vegetables cooked in coconut milk called Rundown.

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  • Tips on family flying on Fox25 News in Boston
    Eileen in the Media

    Tips on family flying on Fox25 News in Boston

    ByEileen Ogintz November 22, 2011July 16, 2021

    Eileen “skypes” with Fox25 News in Boston on traveling with children on planes during the stressful holiday season.

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  • In Jamaica, a man on a mission to promote tourism
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    In Jamaica, a man on a mission to promote tourism

    ByEileen Ogintz November 22, 2011July 16, 2021

    Wolde Kristos is a man with a mission—and a vision. He hopes to bring the sleepy Jamaican town of Bluefields Bay into the 21st century—tourist wise.

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  • Interviewed by a Gnome!
    Eileen in the Media

    Interviewed by a Gnome!

    ByEileen Ogintz November 21, 2011July 16, 2021

    Eileen is interviewed by Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome on the Window Seat Blog

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  • Exploring the area around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica
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    Exploring the area around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz November 21, 2011July 16, 2021

    Our driver Percy Baldwin first takes us to the Black River—at 44 miles the longest navigable river in Jamaica. We’re only going to cruise for about an hour down the pristine river where Crocodiles and birds live and mangroves grow.

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  • A holiday tale: grandma’s house and travel insurance
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    A holiday tale: grandma’s house and travel insurance

    ByEileen Ogintz November 21, 2011July 17, 2021

    See how many travel preparation errors you can spot in this holiday tale, then check your answers and find out how things might have gone more smoothly at InsureMyTrip.com.

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  • Bluefields Bay Jamaica — an unresort-like resort
    Beach Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Food and Dining | Lodging | Travel Diaries

    Bluefields Bay Jamaica — an unresort-like resort

    ByEileen Ogintz November 18, 2011July 16, 2021

    Welcome to Bluefields Bay Villas—the most unresort-like resort I’ve ever visited — in Jamaica, about an hour and 15 minut4es drive from Montego Bay in the small community of Bluefields Bay.

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  • Surviving the Relatives This Thanksgiving
    Backyard Vacations | Families & Groups | Weekly Column

    Surviving the Relatives This Thanksgiving

    ByEileen Ogintz November 17, 2011July 16, 2021

    Honestly, I don’t know how we all do it over the holidays — with a smile no less — even when the guests are oh-so-annoying, the visiting toddler grinds cracker crumbs into the carpet, the tween refuses to eat anything she’s served and the uncle falls asleep on the couch, snoring loudly.

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