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  • Eileen in the Media

    Eileen presents before the California Governor’s Conference

    ByEileen Ogintz March 26, 2013July 16, 2021

    Download a PDF file of Eileen’s presentation to the California Governor’s Tourism Conference in San Diego. California Governors presentation March 2013

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  • San Diego is more than the Zoo; museums and arts abound in Balboa Park
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    San Diego is more than the Zoo; museums and arts abound in Balboa Park

    ByEileen Ogintz March 26, 2013July 15, 2021

    We all know that San Diego is home to the San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld but we may not realize there are so many museums that because they are in one urban park are so easy to visit (you can also buy a park passport that’s good for a week–$49 for adults and $27 for kids 12 and younger.

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  • Six days in Southern California from Legoland to Hollywood
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    Six days in Southern California from Legoland to Hollywood

    ByEileen Ogintz March 25, 2013July 15, 2021

    At the new LEGOLAND Hotel in Carlsbad, CA you—in consultation with your kids, of course—can choose which theme you prefer and your room will be decorated accordingly at the 250-room hotel set to open with great fanfare April 5.

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  • A ski area in Vermont owned by skiers who grew up on there
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    A ski area in Vermont owned by skiers who grew up on there

    ByEileen Ogintz March 23, 2013July 5, 2021

    It’s easy to see why families are attracted to Bolton Valley—the low-key atmosphere reminiscent of when parents learned to ski in Vermont and the fact that lift tickets are about 20-30 per cent less than at neighboring Stowe.

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  • Take your bunny ears and find a great family spot for Easter brunch
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    Take your bunny ears and find a great family spot for Easter brunch

    ByEileen Ogintz March 21, 2013July 10, 2021

    It’s Easter Sunday and at the sumptuous brunch at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay in California, little girls are dressed in brightly colored dresses, boys in dress shirts that don’t want to stay in their pants and kids and grown-ups proudly sport bunny ears, some with blinking lights.

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  • Pink everywhere on Royal Caribbean’s Barbie cruise
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    Pink everywhere on Royal Caribbean’s Barbie cruise

    ByEileen Ogintz March 19, 2013June 28, 2023

    As we ate pink napoleons and cream puffs we discovered what a multinational group we were. Girls from all over the world had come for the Barbie Experience – New York, Utah, Toronto, Mexico City, São Paulo, London, Dublin and even Sydney! Barbie truly speaks the international language of fun for young girls of any culture.

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  • Special guest of Barbie on Royal Caribbean’s biggest ship
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    Special guest of Barbie on Royal Caribbean’s biggest ship

    ByEileen Ogintz March 18, 2013July 7, 2021

    When given the opportunity to cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas as part of their brand new Barbie Premium Experience, I felt like I had won the lottery. This cruise sounded amazing, especially since it coincided with our daughter’s 4th birthday. It was a bonafide vacation and I was sure there would be plenty of sun and at least one pool side cocktail involved.

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  • Survey shows kids are invested heavily in family vacation time
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    Survey shows kids are invested heavily in family vacation time

    ByEileen Ogintz March 17, 2013July 17, 2021

    The majority of adults polled for a new U.S. Travel Association Family Vacation Survey said they were motivated to take family vacations by the desire to create positive memories for their children—fond memories like they have from the vacations they took as children as young as five. The majority noted that some of their favorite photos and videos are from family vacations.

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  • First destination skivacation — blue skies in Park City
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    First destination skivacation — blue skies in Park City

    ByEileen Ogintz March 15, 2013July 15, 2021

    It was our first destination ski vacation. My partner Dan Foldes and I had skied in Colorado throughout our college years, but we had only gone on day trips up to the mountains. This was the first time that we would be flying to a ski town, staying in a hotel, and skiing for three days straight, just the two of us.

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  • A family reunion on the snow in Colorado
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    A family reunion on the snow in Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz March 14, 2013July 15, 2021

    There were round-robin emails in the weeks before the trip in which we discussed the menus and shopping lists. My husband, raised in Texas, brought his “famous” chili, frozen from home, and my British sister-in-law the ingredients for Shepherd’s Pie.

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