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    On a cruise for spring or summer break

    ByEileen Ogintz January 19, 2017May 13, 2024

    Welcome to the world of cruising. The best part: You can easily stay within budget and bring the grandparents along without any trouble.

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  • Terranea, A Southern California Resort Respite
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    Terranea, A Southern California Resort Respite

    ByEileen Ogintz January 13, 2017July 8, 2021

    Perched on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Terranea is a rambling resort on 102 acres of land, pristine and brimming with flora and fauna

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  • Why families need travel insurance
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    Why families need travel insurance

    ByEileen Ogintz January 12, 2017July 14, 2021

    . I know most families don’t think they need travel insurance, but it really can save the day — and lots of money as costs can run into six figures when someone must be evacuated in a medical emergency. And, as travel insurers note, that is as likely to happen at a Mexican resort as on a cruise ship in some exotic locale.

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  • Five ways to make food a fun part of your 2017 vacation
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    Five ways to make food a fun part of your 2017 vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz January 5, 2017July 17, 2021

    You can teach the kids a lot about the culture of a place through its food. Besides, it’s fun. Two-thirds of those polled for the 2016 Portrait of American Travelers say fine-dining is important on vacation.

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  • Memories for a lifetime: kids in Antarctica
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    Memories for a lifetime: kids in Antarctica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2017July 7, 2021

    Each kid on this A&K expedition to Antarctica has many memories but distinct favorites. “Sailing by an iceberg, it was so beautiful,” said Lake, 12, from New York City.

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  • New Years Day to Remember: the whales in Antarctica
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    New Years Day to Remember: the whales in Antarctica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2017July 7, 2021

    Then there were the whales—feeding at the edge of the ice here in Wilhelmina Bay, which is kind of a supermarket for whales with abundant Krill that the Southern humpbacks feed on.

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  • Snow fun in the sun in Antarctica on New Years Eve!
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    Snow fun in the sun in Antarctica on New Years Eve!

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    The kids—and some of the parents from this Abercrombie & Kent expedition to Antarctica — are sliding down the hill they’ve just trudged up on their backsides. It is so warm everyone has shed parkas, hats and mittens.

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  • Day One in Antarctica – kids try a spin in the Zodiacs
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    Day One in Antarctica – kids try a spin in the Zodiacs

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    We’re ashore with Abercrombie & Kent on the rocky, crescent shaped Half Moon Island which was known to sealers as early as 1821. The stars of the show are the Chinstrap Penguins

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  • Football, roses and art – Pasadena CA has it all
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    Football, roses and art – Pasadena CA has it all

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    Pasadena, just 12 minutes from Downtown LA via light Metro Rail, has a lot to offer every day—not least the sunshine, 300 days a year.

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  • Watch for whales, seabirds and penguins on icebergs
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    Watch for whales, seabirds and penguins on icebergs

    ByEileen Ogintz December 30, 2016July 7, 2021

    Adults and kids alike on the Abercrombie & Kent trip aboard Le Boreal are on deck, bundled in parkas and hats as we pass a giant iceberg where Chinstrap penguins frolic

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