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  • New Year Getaway: SeaDust Cancun Family Resort For Your 2018 Travel Bucket List
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    New Year Getaway: SeaDust Cancun Family Resort For Your 2018 Travel Bucket List

    ByEileen Ogintz January 3, 2018July 10, 2021

    The brand new SeaDust Cancun Family Resort reopened its doors to guests late last summer. The property boasts tropical vistas, the sandy white beaches that Cancun is renowned for

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  • Adventure travel tragedy in Costa Rica
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    Adventure travel tragedy in Costa Rica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2018July 5, 2021

    I’m so sorry for all those who died and all those who are grieving their loss. I’m also sorry for the fallout this is bound to have for Backroads, as well as for Costa Rica

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  • Best Tips for a Family Cruise… Eileen on WGN Radio Chicago
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    Best Tips for a Family Cruise… Eileen on WGN Radio Chicago

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2018July 16, 2021

    On WGN Radio (720 in Chicago)… Eileen Ogintz’s Best Tips for a Family Cruise!

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  • Crystal Caves: Bermuda’s Underground Treasure Chest
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    Crystal Caves: Bermuda’s Underground Treasure Chest

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2018July 7, 2021

    While Bermuda offers plenty of above ground pleasures are wonderfully worthy, Bermuda’s don’t-miss family attraction is actually hidden underground

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  • Spending New Year’s with the whales in Antarctica
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    Spending New Year’s with the whales in Antarctica

    ByAndy Yemma December 28, 2017November 10, 2025

    Everyone is busy getting ready for the black-tie New Year’s Eve bash. Here in Antarctica, it’s a giant penguin party, of course. Whales are invited too

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  • Gawking at giant gingerbread creations
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    Gawking at giant gingerbread creations

    ByEileen Ogintz December 21, 2017July 10, 2021

    Wherever you find yourself this holiday season, you are likely to discover ever bigger and elaborate gingerbread structures to inspire your home creations

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  • Holiday gifts for your favorite little traveler (and big ones, too)
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    Holiday gifts for your favorite little traveler (and big ones, too)

    ByEileen Ogintz December 14, 2017July 5, 2021

    Many think gift cards are the holiday-gift-of-last-resort, but when the card is chosen wisely, it just might turn out to be the most appreciated gift of the season

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  • Travel Industry Analysts Say Millennial Parents Are Key To Marketing
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    Travel Industry Analysts Say Millennial Parents Are Key To Marketing

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2017July 16, 2021

    Travel Marketers should be paying special attention to millennial families as well as kids, especially on social media channels, according to new research presented at the 6th Annual TMS Family Travel Conference

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  • Our special place — Curtain Bluff Resort on Antigua
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    Our special place — Curtain Bluff Resort on Antigua

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2017July 16, 2021

    “This is our special place,” said Gwen Larder. I get it. We honeymooned here 35 years ago and have returned 5 times. Curtain Bluff is our special place too.

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  • A day trip off Antigua’s beaches on a 65-foot catamaran
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    A day trip off Antigua’s beaches on a 65-foot catamaran

    ByEileen Ogintz December 10, 2017July 16, 2021

    We are on board the Mystic II, a 65-foot Catamaran sailing around a portion of the Antigua coast –a Tropical Adventures day trip popular with the many cruisers coming to Antigua.

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