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  • Like sailing from home — from NYC to Canada
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    Like sailing from home — from NYC to Canada

    ByEileen Ogintz September 18, 2016July 7, 2021

    This is almost like sailing from our back yard — from New York up to Halifax in Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy in Canada, back to Bar Harbor, ME, and Newport RI on Norwegian’s Gem

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  • 10 fall festivals for families
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    10 fall festivals for families

    ByEileen Ogintz September 15, 2016June 28, 2023

    There are literally hundreds of Octoberfests around the country this fall — some kid-friendly — but there are also plenty of apple, pumpkin and harvest festivals from which to choose

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  • Fall is Family Time on Mexico’s Pacific Coast
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    Fall is Family Time on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

    ByEileen Ogintz September 12, 2016July 7, 2021

    Fall is family time along Mexico’s Pacific Coast whether you want to take a bike ride around town, practice your Spanish, head to a local festival or relax at an all-inclusive resort

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  • Antarctica is at the top of the list for adventure travel
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    Antarctica is at the top of the list for adventure travel

    ByEileen Ogintz September 8, 2016July 7, 2021

    An astounding 64 percent of Millennial families took an international vacation in the last year — and Antarctica is at the top of most wish lists

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  • Travel Agents Find Comeback in Millennial Family Travel
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    Travel Agents Find Comeback in Millennial Family Travel

    ByEileen Ogintz September 8, 2016July 5, 2021

    As millennial families head to exotic locales, seeking more adventurous and immersive experiences, travel agents — now called travel advisers — are seeing a significant uptick in business.

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  • Getting slimed at Nick Punta Cana Resort
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    Getting slimed at Nick Punta Cana Resort

    ByEileen Ogintz September 1, 2016July 7, 2021

    This upscale, all-inclusive 208-suite resort, a partnership of Karisma Hotels & Resorts and Viacom International Media Networks, is the first all-inclusive to have been built as a themed resort from the ground up

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  • Airlines under pressure to seat families together
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    Airlines under pressure to seat families together

    ByEileen Ogintz August 25, 2016July 14, 2021

    Anyone who has flown with young kids in recent years knows it’s not uncommon to find that your preschooler has been assigned a seat half a plane away. All too often, parents are told it is up to them to ask someone to switch seats.

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  • Spa or Slime or Both? Last Day at Nick Punta Cana
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    Spa or Slime or Both? Last Day at Nick Punta Cana

    ByEileen Ogintz August 22, 2016July 10, 2021

    The beautiful Vassa Spa at the new Nickelodeon Hotel & Resort in Punta Cana has an 11-step “ritual hydrotherapy “program that comes with a spa treatment, complete with a “spa butler”

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  • Are Kids’ Clubs passe? At Nick Punta Cana Families Relish Time Together
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    Are Kids’ Clubs passe? At Nick Punta Cana Families Relish Time Together

    ByEileen Ogintz August 21, 2016July 10, 2021

    The just-opened Nickelodeon Hotel & Resort in Punta Cana has a well-appointed kids’ club with cooking lessons, arts and crafts, a wide selection of toys, games (video and board games) and a slide that lands you in a pool of brightly colored plastic balls. But most of the families I’ve met have been keeping their kids with them.

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  • Families Flocking to New Nickelodeon Hotel and Resort in Dominican Republic
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    Families Flocking to New Nickelodeon Hotel and Resort in Dominican Republic

    ByEileen Ogintz August 20, 2016July 10, 2021

    It was a no brainer for his family and three others —10 kids aged 3-9 and eight adults—to choose the brand new Nickelodeon Hotel & Resort in Punta Cana, a partnership of Karisma Hotels & Resorts and Viacom International Media Networks.

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