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  • Mother’s Day gifts: what she needs in her travel tote
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    Mother’s Day gifts: what she needs in her travel tote

    ByEileen Ogintz April 28, 2016July 10, 2021

    Mom’s tote bag is so important. (Are you listening dads and kids?) You don’t want to end up like I did on my way out of the country with a bag that broke at the airport.

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  • Do Millennial Families Travel Differently Than Everyone Else?
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    Do Millennial Families Travel Differently Than Everyone Else?

    ByEileen Ogintz April 27, 2016July 5, 2021

    Millennial families are more diverse, likely to travel farther, seek out new destinations and spend more than their peers without children

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  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lights Up for Evening Adventure
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    Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lights Up for Evening Adventure

    ByEileen Ogintz April 25, 2016July 6, 2021

    Soaring lights dance across the evening sky at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, but it’s no longer just soft lights illuminating the closed park while the animals play.

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  • On an adventure closer to home this summer
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    On an adventure closer to home this summer

    ByEileen Ogintz April 21, 2016July 16, 2021

    Will we be safe? Everywhere I go people have the same question about travel this spring and summer. So what’s a travel-loving family to do this summer?

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  • Eileen’s Colorado Kids Guide featured by Mile High Mamas
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    Eileen’s Colorado Kids Guide featured by Mile High Mamas

    ByEileen Ogintz April 19, 2016July 16, 2021

    @MileHighMamas tweeted: We love @takingthekids new book w/ recommendations for kids by kids for fun in Boulder, Denver & Ski Country! Here’s the blog:

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  • 10 Family Pleasing activities in Edinburgh, Scotland
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    10 Family Pleasing activities in Edinburgh, Scotland

    ByEileen Ogintz April 14, 2016July 14, 2021

    Check out Daigon Alley! Not at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando or Hollywood, but in Victoria Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, where J.K. Rowling famously wrote the first Harry Potter book while seated in a local coffee shop.

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  • National Parks Week is the time to introduce your kids to the outdoors
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    National Parks Week is the time to introduce your kids to the outdoors

    ByEileen Ogintz April 7, 2016July 16, 2021

    Throughout National Parks Week, many parks will also host Every Kid in a Park events, which encourages fourth-grade students to visit national parks and other public lands by offering a free annual pass.

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  • 10 TIPS FOR FIRST TRIP TO DISNEY FROM A DISNEY EXPERT
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    10 TIPS FOR FIRST TRIP TO DISNEY FROM A DISNEY EXPERT

    ByEileen Ogintz April 5, 2016July 7, 2021

    Congratulations! You’re taking your first trip to Walt Disney World. Now comes the hard part— the planning! Everyone has advice—different advice, of course. There’s so much research out there you feel overwhelmed and maybe intimidated.

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  • Learning the consequences of war at five great war museums
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    Learning the consequences of war at five great war museums

    ByEileen Ogintz March 31, 2016July 10, 2021

    Stand on the “bridge” of the USS Enterprise, the aircraft carrier that was so critical to the Allied efforts in the Pacific. Walk through “Green Hell” in Guadalcanal,

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  • In Albuquerque: an historic Inn and Organic Farm
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    In Albuquerque: an historic Inn and Organic Farm

    ByEileen Ogintz March 30, 2016July 14, 2021

    Check out the peacocks! Smell the lavender! Tonight we’re at the family- owned Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm in Albuquerque, which was established in 1934.

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