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  • How to travel with a teenager – carefully
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    How to travel with a teenager – carefully

    ByEileen Ogintz February 19, 2012July 17, 2021

    At the inaugural FamilyTravelConference held recently at the Omni Berkshire Place in NYC, attendees said they wished hotels and resorts would take a page from cruise lines and offer more activities for tweens and teens.

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  • NY1 covers first Family Travel Conference
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    NY1 covers first Family Travel Conference

    ByEileen Ogintz February 16, 2012July 16, 2021

    NY1 — New York all-local news channel — covered the first Family Travel Conference

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  • It’s not too late to plan a spring break — or think about summer
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    It’s not too late to plan a spring break — or think about summer

    ByEileen Ogintz February 16, 2012June 29, 2023

    The good news is it’s not too late to plan a spring getaway (check the rest of my website for ideas) whether you’ve got just a few days or an entire week to spend and there’s still time to find a great deal.

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  • There’s something about Orlando
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    There’s something about Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz February 12, 2012July 6, 2021

    The thing about Orlando is no matter how often you visit, there is always something new. That’s why Orlando became the first city in the country to welcome more than 50 million visitors last year—some 54 million to be exact!

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  • Family Travel Conference reviewed on ShermanTravel
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    Family Travel Conference reviewed on ShermanTravel

    ByEileen Ogintz February 11, 2012July 16, 2021

    Travel writer Paul Eisenberg gives the first Family Travel Conference a great review on ShermanTravelBlog

    Read More Family Travel Conference reviewed on ShermanTravelContinue

  • ABC News — Eileen likes Mardi Gras for kids
    Eileen in the Media

    ABC News — Eileen likes Mardi Gras for kids

    ByEileen Ogintz February 11, 2012July 16, 2021

    Eileen quoted by ABC News on places to go and see in New Orleans for Mardi Gras

    Read More ABC News — Eileen likes Mardi Gras for kidsContinue

  • Family travel bloggers urge industry to try harder
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    Family travel bloggers urge industry to try harder

    ByEileen Ogintz February 9, 2012July 16, 2021

    At the first Family Travel Conference, held at the Omni Berkshire Place Feb. 3-4, more than 40 family travel professionals were unanimous that restaurants, hotels and cruise lines need to improve their children’s menus to make them tastier as well as healthier.

    Read More Family travel bloggers urge industry to try harderContinue

  • What you need to know about cruise safety
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    What you need to know about cruise safety

    ByEileen Ogintz February 9, 2012July 7, 2021

    It is important to keep in perspective that the Concordia disaster was by all accounts an aberration in an industry that prides itself on its safety record. Between 2005 and 2010, cruise lines carried nearly 100 million passengers with a total of 16 deaths…

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  • New York Times quotes Eileen on airline baggage fees
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    New York Times quotes Eileen on airline baggage fees

    ByEileen Ogintz February 6, 2012July 16, 2021

    The New York Times quotes Eileen about airline baggage fees. “It’s not a question of money,” she said. “People are just fed up with being nickeled and dimed.”

    Read More New York Times quotes Eileen on airline baggage feesContinue

  • Just a walk in the snowy woods
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    Just a walk in the snowy woods

    ByEileen Ogintz February 5, 2012July 7, 2021

    I was thinking about that Snow Walk the other night when Mel called from college to report giddily that she’d spent the weekend on a back-country skiing trip that “was harder than anything I’ve done on skis.”

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