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  • Business and leisure – Airbnb enables “bleisure”
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    Business and leisure – Airbnb enables “bleisure”

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019June 28, 2023

    Today, more and more road warriors want the flexibility to fit business travel into their lives rather than scheduling their lives around business travel

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  • Maine State Parks – perfect places for outdoor winter fun
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    Maine State Parks – perfect places for outdoor winter fun

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2019May 9, 2022

    Maine State Parks are perfect places for outdoor winter fun for families, whatever your ages or ability at winter sports.

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  • Cyber Monday 2019 – 80+ Great Travel Deals
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    Cyber Monday 2019 – 80+ Great Travel Deals

    ByEileen Ogintz November 11, 2019July 5, 2021

    If you thought you couldn’t afford a vacation in 2020, think again. And mark your calendars for Monday, December 2, 2019 – Cyber Monday.

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  • The Most Comfy Travel Shoes Ever
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    The Most Comfy Travel Shoes Ever

    ByEileen Ogintz November 10, 2019July 16, 2021

    I’m always skeptical when someone says they’ve got the most comfy shoes for travel ever. But Arcopedico has turned me into a believer.

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  • Free entertainment nightly for the Holidays: Snowflake Lane, Bellevue WA
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    Free entertainment nightly for the Holidays: Snowflake Lane, Bellevue WA

    ByEileen Ogintz November 7, 2019May 9, 2022

    Free is good—actually really, really good during the always expensive holiday season. That—and the terrific nightly entertainment—is why Snowflake Lane is so popular in Bellevue, WA.

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  • Taking the Kids RVing
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    Taking the Kids RVing

    ByEileen Ogintz November 7, 2019July 10, 2021

    The secret to this unusual road trip bliss: A 36-foot rented RV where the kids can be safely strapped in seatbelts but still able to play games at the table between them

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  • Explore Mural Art in Aruba
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    Explore Mural Art in Aruba

    ByEileen Ogintz November 5, 2019July 10, 2021

    It’s tempting to spend your entire holiday splashing in the warm turquoise water but there’s much to do in Aruba beyond the beach

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  • Swimming with horses at Half Moon Resort In Jamaica
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    Taking the Kids — away for Thanksgiving

    ByEileen Ogintz October 31, 2019July 16, 2021

    Families increasingly are seizing Thanksgiving week for a family vacation. Families explain it is typically a slow week at work and school — some kids have the entire week off, and there may be fewer family obligations.

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  • A wedding in Santa Fe and an unexpected Halloween Treat
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    A wedding in Santa Fe and an unexpected Halloween Treat

    ByEileen Ogintz October 30, 2019July 14, 2021

    The morning after the wedding we found a note on our door inviting us to a “Fur Friends Costume Contest” that afternoon to benefit the Espanola Humane Society, which has found adoptions for more than 152,000 dogs and cats over the years. How could we pass this up, Trooper seemed to ask us.

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  • How I got the “money shot” in Custer State Park
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    How I got the “money shot” in Custer State Park

    ByEileen Ogintz October 29, 2019October 3, 2023

    After some explicit can’t miss instruction I went to the road, dodged an occasional car, fended off a few mountain lions, and took this photo that may not win me an award, but is definitely the coolest night photo I’ve ever taken

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  • To Belize for sun, sand and adventure
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    To Belize for sun, sand and adventure

    ByEileen Ogintz October 24, 2019July 16, 2021

    Belize boasts more than 500 species of fish and marine life. The water is so clear you can see the reef, sea turtles, rays and more from a kayak too

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  • Resources and Tips to Take the Stress Out of Holiday Family Travel
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    Resources and Tips to Take the Stress Out of Holiday Family Travel

    ByEileen Ogintz October 23, 2019July 14, 2021

    There’s a great resource available in FlightHub, a site that offers answers to frequently and not-so-frequently asked travel questions – as well as offers tools for navigating travel issues

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  • On an RV trip or any trip, you always forget something you need
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    On an RV trip or any trip, you always forget something you need

    ByEileen Ogintz October 20, 2019July 10, 2021

    We toured part of Utah and Colorado in a new Winnebago Boldt that was equipped with most everything — and I did bring things we’ve used everyday

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  • Apples, Pumpkins and Festivals: Fall Family Activities
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    Apples, Pumpkins and Festivals: Fall Family Activities

    ByEileen Ogintz October 17, 2019July 8, 2021

    When kids are part of the equation, there is a lot more fun to be had in the fall whether you’ve got a weekend or a week. Here are five guaranteed-to-please ideas to get you started

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  • 10 ways to savor fall — before it’s gone
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    10 ways to savor fall — before it’s gone

    ByEileen Ogintz October 17, 2019July 9, 2021

    When was the last time you spent a day biking or hiking with the kids, crunching leaves under your feet and seeing who can spot the most colorful leaves? It’s not too late for fall foliage

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    5 Good Reasons Why You Should Attend a Summer School

    ByEileen Ogintz October 17, 2019July 1, 2021

    The advantages of summer schools are far-reaching and there are numerous academic, cultural and social benefits of attending a summer school

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  • Families love their RVs – it’s all about togetherness and outdoors
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    Families love their RVs – it’s all about togetherness and outdoors

    ByEileen Ogintz October 15, 2019July 10, 2021

    “A hotel isn’t the same,” added Zach Dubey. “We get to be outside more,” cooking together, sitting around a fire. (Here, we rent a fire pit for $20 for our stay, plus wood.)

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  • Arches and Canyonlands National Parks – Spectacular Utah attractions!
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    Arches and Canyonlands National Parks – Spectacular Utah attractions!

    ByEileen Ogintz October 14, 2019January 20, 2022

    It’s easy to see why Arches National Park, just 5 miles north of Moab Utah, is the world’s largest concentration of natural sandstone arches — over 2,000 throughout the park’s more than 76,000 acres.

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  • Why they call it an adventure! On the road in an RV for the first time
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    Why they call it an adventure! On the road in an RV for the first time

    ByEileen Ogintz October 13, 2019April 4, 2024

    The 40 million people in the United States who RV camp regularly sure would be laughing at us newbies. But this is a first, and an adventure for us and whenever you step out of your comfort zone, you’ve got to figure there will be some bumps along the way. That’s why they call it an adventure! Duh.

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  • Continuing the discussion about climate change
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    Continuing the discussion about climate change

    ByEileen Ogintz October 10, 2019July 10, 2021

    Zoos, aquariums and science museums can also be excellent places to explore this important topic and start a dialog with kids — even young ones — about what they might do to be good environmental stewards

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