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  • Good news: hotel industry is waking up to healthier kids menus
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    Good news: hotel industry is waking up to healthier kids menus

    ByEileen Ogintz June 30, 2013July 5, 2021

    In the past year, a growing number of hotel chains have revamped their kids’ menus to make them healthier with less fat and sugar as well as prepared with locally sourced foods. It’s terrific to see a travel industry contest that actually focuses on something families care about—healthier and better children’s menus–rather than giving them another toy or backpack they don’t need or want.

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  • Nantucket island, once the whaling capital of the world
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    Nantucket island, once the whaling capital of the world

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2013July 8, 2021

    This small island — just 14 miles East to West and 3.5 miles north to south — is so pretty with its weathered gray shingle houses, roses climbing white picket fences and cobblestone streets in Nantucket town. There are more than 800 pre-Civil War houses on the island, which shares the name with a county and a town — the only place in the country that all three have the same name.

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  • Eileen offers best bets for families and kids visiting Baltimore
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    Eileen offers best bets for families and kids visiting Baltimore

    ByEileen Ogintz June 27, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen offers best bets for families and kids visiting Baltimore in Have Family Will Travel by Four Seasons.

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  • Lady Liberty is reopening July 4 after cleanup from Hurricane Sandy
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    Lady Liberty is reopening July 4 after cleanup from Hurricane Sandy

    ByEileen Ogintz June 27, 2013June 28, 2023

    Wow! Even the most jaded teen or tween can’t help but be impressed gazing up at The Statue of Liberty, reopening July 4 for the first time since Liberty Island was seriously damaged and closed last fall in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

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  • Activities for kids abound in Detroit, Michigan
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    Activities for kids abound in Detroit, Michigan

    ByEileen Ogintz June 26, 2013July 8, 2021

    Detroit has plenty of kid-friendly activities too! If you or your kids are history buffs, the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village are perfect destinations. The Ford Museum has an impressive collection of artifacts, including the first Mustang ever made, the car in which JFK was assassinated, the chair Lincoln was seated in when he was shot, and the bus that Rosa Parks rode.

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  • Eileen reports on How to Make the Most of Summer in the Bahamas on Foxnews.com
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    Eileen reports on How to Make the Most of Summer in the Bahamas on Foxnews.com

    ByEileen Ogintz June 25, 2013July 16, 2021

    Eileen reports on How to Make the Most of Summer in the Bahamas on Foxnews.com

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  • Two days discovering Michigan
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    Two days discovering Michigan

    ByEileen Ogintz June 25, 2013July 8, 2021

    Ann Arbor is full of wonderful and unique food. The day opened at Zola, originally started as a small Turkish gem, which still sticks to its roots. Usually, I love sticking to my roots, treating myself to blintz and crepes for breakfast, but the waiter convinced me to try an artichoke omelet with plenty of veggies and hearty flavor.

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  • All of us want the same thing from family travel – a vacation and memories
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    All of us want the same thing from family travel – a vacation and memories

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2013July 17, 2021

    Wherever you go this summer, all of us want the same thing: The chance to relax and make happy memories, Vacation memories, families say, not only last a lifetime but are among the most important they have, helping them to get through the tough times. Just thinking about the vacation ahead can put the fun back in everyday life, Disney Consumer Insight Team’s Amy Foster told the attendees at the First TMS Family Travel Summit in Orlando. “Fun is not frivolous,” she said. “Fun is precious.”

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  • What if it rains when you’re in Orlando?  No worries.
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    What if it rains when you’re in Orlando? No worries.

    ByEileen Ogintz June 21, 2013July 15, 2021

    This was supposed to be our day to hang at the pool. In fact, we chose the Hyatt Grand Cypress in Orlando because it’s got a new water play area—big new water slide and 1500 acres with put-put golf, tennis, sandy beach with paddle boats, smores pit…the list goes on and on. But Tropical Storm Andrea put a wrench in our plan.

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  • A special place in Orlando for families with sick children
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    A special place in Orlando for families with sick children

    ByEileen Ogintz June 20, 2013June 29, 2023

    At Give Kids the World Village near the Orlando theme parks, visiting kids can have ice cream every day for breakfast if they choose. They can celebrate Halloween in June and Christmas in July, complete with presents. But these families belong to a club no parent wants to join.

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