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  • Learning New Tricks at Caribbean Resorts
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    Learning New Tricks at Caribbean Resorts

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2009December 5, 2025

    This summer, whether you want to learn to dive with your tween or snorkel with your kindergartner, teach your grade-schooler to sail or fly on a trapeze, you’ll find plenty of opportunities at Caribbean resorts — at prices that are surprisingly affordable.

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  • A SNORKLERS AND STINGRAY-LOVERS PARADISE
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    A SNORKLERS AND STINGRAY-LOVERS PARADISE

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2009July 7, 2021

    DAY FOUR (June 14, 2009) — Ready to kiss a Stingray? Eight year old Timmy and 13 year old Miles Singer are game but 12…

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  • SKATEBOARDING WITH A CHAMPION
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    SKATEBOARDING WITH A CHAMPION

    ByEileen Ogintz June 13, 2009June 28, 2023

    Douglas Cameron, the Canadian who manages the park and oversees the camp — just in its second year — says it’s as much for local kids as visitors. It has 64,000 square feet of ledges, boxes, v-hips, banks and stairs and half pipes, which to the uninitiated look like a lot of hills built into the cement.

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  • CHECKING OUT THE BEACHES AND THE RESCUED IGUANAS
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    CHECKING OUT THE BEACHES AND THE RESCUED IGUANAS

    ByEileen Ogintz June 13, 2009July 17, 2021

    DAY THREE (June 13, 2009) — Finally, a Caribbean beach that’s everything a Caribbean beach should be — quaint, with hammocks strung in the palm…

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  • TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS WITH TWO SKATEBOARDERS
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    TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS WITH TWO SKATEBOARDERS

    ByEileen Ogintz June 12, 2009July 17, 2021

    The skate park is amazing — all kinds of dips, jumps — the boys got there around one and didn’t quit until it got dark just after 7 pm. (More about the camp tomorrow).

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  • Kansas City here we come
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    Kansas City here we come

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2009June 28, 2023

    This summer, when we’re all watching our vacation budgets so carefully, let’s remember there is a lot to see and do wherever you live — and those cities — large and small — want and need your business as much as far flung destinations.

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  • To ski country in summer
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    To ski country in summer

    ByEileen Ogintz May 31, 2009June 28, 2023

    Yes, ski resorts in summer. They might just be the best vacation value going in this summer of great vacation values. Ski instructors around the country whisper that they came to the mountains for the snow but stayed because of the glorious mountain summers.

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  • TO PRAGUE
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    TO PRAGUE

    ByEileen Ogintz May 24, 2009June 28, 2023

    Another day, another castle. But no one’s complaining. Not in Prague, which many now call The Paris of the East. It’s crowded with tourists on this brilliant summer day.

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  • Checking out 21st-century resort kids’ programs
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    Checking out 21st-century resort kids’ programs

    ByEileen Ogintz May 17, 2009June 28, 2023

    Hyatt heralded the movement toward kid-friendly resorts 22 years ago when it started the Camp Hyatt program here… Today you’ll find innovative programs at resorts across the country and beyond

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  • LET’S CELEBRATE!
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    LET’S CELEBRATE!

    ByEileen Ogintz May 10, 2009June 28, 2023

    Birthday, anniversary, wedding, good report card, Mother’s Day, being back home safe after a military deployment … whatever you want to celebrate on your next vacation, you’ll not only get feted like a VIP but also save some significant bucks

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