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    Get out of the mall and into a national park!

    ByEileen Ogintz April 24, 2008June 28, 2023

    Where are all the nature lovers? According to a new family travel poll conducted by Travelocity, parents with kids are visiting national parks and other nature sites a lot less often than their parents and grandparents did. The poll suggests: more than twice as many families focus on activities like shopping! Instead of camping, families are touring cities and going to theme parks.

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  • A tiny island on the reef off Belize
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    A tiny island on the reef off Belize

    ByEileen Ogintz April 23, 2008July 12, 2021

    It’s just me and the two Pelicans. I’m watching them from my chair on a tiny island — less than an acre around — named Robert’s Cay that’s about 20 miles — and more than an hour’s boat ride in a choppy sea with waves up to five feet — from the Inn at Robert’s Grove where we’re staying.

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  • A Week in Belize (after a nightmare in the airports)
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    A Week in Belize (after a nightmare in the airports)

    ByEileen Ogintz April 22, 2008July 7, 2021

    We arrived yesterday evening after typically frustrating flights. First, we had to get our flights changed because of the American Airlines MD-80 inspection mess. That took hours on the phone. We thought we were home free when we were able to rebook our flights on Delta but no such luck. At the airport in New York, we encountered incredibly long lines for check-in and security.

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  • TRADING HOUSES FOR YOUR NEXT VACATION
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    TRADING HOUSES FOR YOUR NEXT VACATION

    ByEileen Ogintz April 20, 2008July 5, 2021

    A cottage in the English countryside or a flat in Paris, a deluxe Caribbean villa or a house with a pool in Orlando, San Diego, Canada, Colorado, New York City or San Francisco. Take your pick for summer vacation. Price is no concern. It won’t cost you a penny — really. There’s just one tiny hitch

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  • FINDING THE KID-FRIENDLY LAS VEGAS
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    FINDING THE KID-FRIENDLY LAS VEGAS

    ByEileen Ogintz April 13, 2008July 14, 2021

    Cheap hotels, every kind of food you can imagine. Plenty of sizzle, spectacle, first-rate theatrical productions, giant red rocks for climbing and water playgrounds.

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  • Volunteering in New Orleans (where they still need a lot of help)
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    Volunteering in New Orleans (where they still need a lot of help)

    ByEileen Ogintz April 6, 2008July 14, 2021

    All along the block in the middle-class Lakeview neighborhood where the Strauss family lives, less than a mile from the 17th Street Canal levee break, are houses in various stages of construction. Some are still boarded up; others are brand new, with flowers planted outside. Fewer than half the houses in the neighborhood are occupied.

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  • MEETING THE FOLKS BEHIND THE MOUSE’S MAGIC
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    MEETING THE FOLKS BEHIND THE MOUSE’S MAGIC

    ByEileen Ogintz March 30, 2008July 14, 2021

    They are Imagineers. That means they spend their workdays (and probably a lot of work nights) dreaming up and ultimately implementing new attractions for Disney parks and resorts around the world. There are about 1,000 Imagineers, 750 of whom work in Glendale, Calif., in an office building (once a cosmetics factory) that has tighter security than many government buildings.

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  • Want to Help Rebuild New Orleans — Here’s How
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    Want to Help Rebuild New Orleans — Here’s How

    ByEileen Ogintz March 28, 2008July 7, 2021

    If you are embarking on a volunteer project with your kids in New Orleans or elsewhere, Vincent Ilustre, who is the executive director of Tulane…

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  • Families working to help the Strausses get back into their home
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    Families working to help the Strausses get back into their home

    ByEileen Ogintz March 27, 2008July 6, 2021

    Eleven year old Izzie Alley, who is from suburban New York, is looking around the converted garage where the Strauss Family is living while their…

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  • Plenty to see while helping rebuild New Orleans
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    Plenty to see while helping rebuild New Orleans

    ByEileen Ogintz March 26, 2008July 14, 2021

    Whether you are splitting your time between a volunteer project, there is lot for a family to see and do in and around New Orleans

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