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  • In Northern Italy, a little-known gem of history and culture: Mantua
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    In Northern Italy, a little-known gem of history and culture: Mantua

    ByEileen Ogintz January 8, 2015June 28, 2023

    You won’t find that many tourists here, but you will find the quintessential Italian experience — restaurants spilling out onto cobblestoned piazzas, locals starting their morning with a cafe, the weekly market that takes over the entire Piazza Sordello

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  • Kid tips for hitting the slopes for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
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    Kid tips for hitting the slopes for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2015July 15, 2021

    If you are a newbie, there is no better time than January, the nationally designated Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month to hit the Colorado slopes.

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  • To Jumby Bay, Antigua: A unique all-inclusive resort in the
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    To Jumby Bay, Antigua: A unique all-inclusive resort in the

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2014July 15, 2021

    Many families have a special vacation spot — a snow sports resort, a lake where the kids caught their first fish, a beach where they build giant sand castles. Jumby Bay is one of them.

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    The Kids Guides, city-by-city, week by week: Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2014July 5, 2021

    Featured on ABCNews.com: The Kids Guide to Boston

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    The Kids Guides, city-by-city, week by week: Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2014July 5, 2021

    Featured on ABCNews.com: The Kids Guide to Boston

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    Eileen quoted in NY Times Travel article

    ByEileen Ogintz December 23, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen is quoted in New York Times Travel article: “Pint-Size Activities With an Adult Twist”

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  • Soaking up the family holiday spirit at a theme park
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    Soaking up the family holiday spirit at a theme park

    ByEileen Ogintz December 18, 2014July 15, 2021

    Across the country, theme parks are adding new and bigger holiday attractions every year, enticing more and more families to come through the gates, glad to forsake holiday shopping and cooking for a few hours, even though it can be a costly afternoon or evening.

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  • Not just any sandy beach, Jumby Ban is a private island family paradise
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    Not just any sandy beach, Jumby Ban is a private island family paradise

    ByEileen Ogintz December 18, 2014July 10, 2021

    Karin Allyn is celebrating a birthday on a beautiful stretch of white sand beach under a thatched umbrella with her children and grandchildren. But not just any beach—she’s at Jumby Bay

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  • Fish fit for a king, or a snorkeler, at Jumby Bay, Antigua
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    Fish fit for a king, or a snorkeler, at Jumby Bay, Antigua

    ByEileen Ogintz December 17, 2014July 10, 2021

    We’re at Jumby Bay on its own island just off the coast of Antigua–an all inclusive where the food isn’t like any other all inclusive I’ve seen—of course this is one of the most exclusive resorts in the Caribbean.

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  • A friends getaway to Jumby Bay, Antigua; an upscale all-inclusive resort
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    A friends getaway to Jumby Bay, Antigua; an upscale all-inclusive resort

    ByEileen Ogintz December 16, 2014July 10, 2021

    Here on a pre-holiday annual getaway with my three oldest friends, I’m glad to be ensconced in this villa within the upscale all inclusive

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