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  • Snow sports aren’t cheap, but they can last a lifetime
    Destinations | Families & Groups | Snow Vacations | Travel Diaries

    Snow sports aren’t cheap, but they can last a lifetime

    ByEileen Ogintz February 6, 2020July 16, 2021

    Snow sports “are something you can do together for a long, long time,” said Leary, who raised two kids in the Vail Valley and still skis with them

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  • Taking the Kids — on different kind of trip to Alaska
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    Taking the Kids — on different kind of trip to Alaska

    ByEileen Ogintz February 6, 2020July 16, 2021

    You can’t get much more remote — or farther away from cruise crowds than at Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge, which opened 10 years ago — the first and only lodge in the national park and accessible only by a four-hour boat trip from Seward

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  • Ski socks get smarter, lighter, more comfortable
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    Ski socks get smarter, lighter, more comfortable

    ByEileen Ogintz January 30, 2020July 16, 2021

    At the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show there was plenty of ski apparel. From experience we know no apparel is more important on the slopes ski socks!

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  • Protect your smartphone from the deep freeze – and the big drop!
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    Protect your smartphone from the deep freeze – and the big drop!

    ByEileen Ogintz January 30, 2020July 16, 2021

    We’ve all been there. It’s a brisk, cold morning on the slopes. It’s not even lunchtime. You need to make a call or check an email. And your smartphone’s battery has died!

    Read More Protect your smartphone from the deep freeze – and the big drop!Continue

  • Adjustable canvas belts for on and off the slopes
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    Adjustable canvas belts for on and off the slopes

    ByEileen Ogintz January 30, 2020July 16, 2021

    At the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show in Denver this week, we found two great belts for the skier or snowboarder guy to wear on and off the slopes.

    Read More Adjustable canvas belts for on and off the slopesContinue

  • At the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Show in Denver: a photo essay
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    At the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Show in Denver: a photo essay

    ByEileen Ogintz January 29, 2020July 16, 2021

    This year’s Outdoor Retailer winter market is big on clothing that has been made from repurposed materials, like plastic water bottles, recycled rubber products and more. Taking the Kids took a stroll through the aisles.

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  • To a special Jamaican villa
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    To a special Jamaican villa

    ByEileen Ogintz January 29, 2020July 16, 2021

    The experience, of course, is entirely different, as I discovered. Think being on a mega cruise ship with morning-till-night activities vs. your own private yacht with a staff to cater to every whim

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  • Food and dining in Vail CO meets everyone’s tastes
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    Food and dining in Vail CO meets everyone’s tastes

    ByEileen Ogintz January 26, 2020July 6, 2021

    Food certainly has come a long way at ski resorts, including options for those who are Vegan, Vegetarian Gluten Free. But it is expensive

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  • Kids playing on a ski slope near Vail Village
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    The right kind of family condo found! The Antlers at Vail

    ByEileen Ogintz January 24, 2020July 14, 2021

    The condos here range from one to four bedrooms but they all are unique—the one bedroom we have, for example, has a separate alcove with two bunk beds—perfect for a young family.

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  • Seeing San Antonio like local families
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    Seeing San Antonio like local families

    ByEileen Ogintz January 23, 2020August 23, 2021

    At the state-of-the-art Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, where you can step inside a cast of an Alamosaurus footprint at The Dino Lab. What’s different from other dinosaur exhibits? This one is focused on ancient creatures that called Texas home, including ancient fish, turtle and, yes, a full-size Tyrannosaurus rex.

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  • Quoted on “skip gen” travel in Skift
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    Quoted on “skip gen” travel in Skift

    ByEileen Ogintz January 21, 2020July 16, 2021

    Eileen Ogintz is quoted in an article on “skip generational” travel – which involves grandparents taking grandkids on adventures in the travel industry publication Skift.

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    Are Boutique Hotels Really Kid Friendly?

    ByEileen Ogintz January 20, 2020February 13, 2024

    Since these hotels offer personalized attention, they are perfect for a whole family. So you don’t have to worry about bringing along your children when you are planning to stay in one of them.

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  • Jamaican Villas with solid family ties
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    Jamaican Villas with solid family ties

    ByEileen Ogintz January 18, 2020July 16, 2021

    Adam’s Stewart’s family is now so big—seven siblings and 13 grandchildren—they spread out between two villas in Jamaica

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  • At this Jamaican villa you won’t go home disappointed
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    At this Jamaican villa you won’t go home disappointed

    ByEileen Ogintz January 16, 2020July 16, 2021

    Villa rentals here and elsewhere in the Caribbean have become increasingly popular for extended families looking to get away together. The difference from other popular shared accommodations: A staff to see to your every need—and whim.

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  • When rain upends your plans on a cruise ship
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    When rain upends your plans on a cruise ship

    ByEileen Ogintz January 16, 2020July 7, 2021

    Weather can derail the best-laid plans. We almost didn’t make it to San Diego and the Oosterdam before she sailed, in fact, because of canceled flights

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  • Camp for Special Needs Kids at Beaches Ocho Rios, Jamaica
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    Camp for Special Needs Kids at Beaches Ocho Rios, Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 15, 2020July 10, 2021

    Beaches Resorts became the first resort company in the world to attain advanced certified autism center

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  • The Top Five Trampoline Parks in the United States
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    The Top Five Trampoline Parks in the United States

    ByEileen Ogintz January 14, 2020March 29, 2022

    To help you find the best location to visit with your family, we have identified the top five trampoline parks and franchises in the United States.

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  • In Jamaica, the story of Martha Brae and the Rio Mateberion
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    In Jamaica, the story of Martha Brae and the Rio Mateberion

    ByEileen Ogintz January 13, 2020July 12, 2021

    During the plantation and slavery era, the river was used to connect the sugar plantations in Trelawny to the port town of Falmouth–long bamboo rafts were used to float the sugar and other crops to the harbor and ocean-going vessels bound for Europe

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  • On an annual old girlfriends’ getaway – to a fab villa in Jamaica with our own butler and chef
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    On an annual old girlfriends’ getaway – to a fab villa in Jamaica with our own butler and chef

    ByEileen Ogintz January 12, 2020July 16, 2021

    Welcome to Sundown Villa in Discovery Bay, Jamaica right on the ocean. This five-bedroom house adjacent to another two-story four bedroom house, is owned by Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts International.

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  • To a galaxy far, far away
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    To a galaxy far, far away

    ByEileen Ogintz January 9, 2020June 28, 2023

    Kevin Gerber isn’t even a “Star Wars” fan, but he had happily just spent $100 to build a droid with his 5-year-old son at Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’s Droid Depot

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  • Family fun central in winter at YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park CO
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    Family fun central in winter at YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park CO

    ByEileen Ogintz January 6, 2020July 5, 2021

    Named “Best Family Resort in America” by USA Today’s Reader’s Choice Awards, YMCA of the Rockies is Family Reunion Central

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  • The good eats on Holland America’s Oosterdam
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    The good eats on Holland America’s Oosterdam

    ByEileen Ogintz January 3, 2020July 7, 2021

    If you’ve been aboard a cruise ship lately, you have probably noticed that fitness centers are getting larger while midnight buffets are disappearing

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  • Rain happens: Making the most of it on a cruise ship
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    Rain happens: Making the most of it on a cruise ship

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2020July 7, 2021

    Shore excursions typically go rain or shine — and it’s raining. Pouring actually. We had thought we would go explore before our Sunset Sail but it didn’t look like there would be much of a sunset

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  • On a winter adventure that won’t bust the budget
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    On a winter adventure that won’t bust the budget

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2020June 29, 2023

    With our partners at Family Travel Forum, we have put together 20 Winter Adventures for 2020, whether you want some fun in the snow, in the sun or to in a new city together, regardless of age, physical ability level or budget.

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  • #BestTamalesEver? Try the sweet corn in Matazalan on a local food tour
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    #BestTamalesEver? Try the sweet corn in Matazalan on a local food tour

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2020July 14, 2021

    We are in Mazatlan, Mexico, the second port on our New Years’ cruise aboard the Holland America Oosterdam and we have forsaken a cruise tour today to see the city with a local, through its food.

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  • 20 New and Familiar Trends in Family Travel: A 2020 Whitepaper
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    20 New and Familiar Trends in Family Travel: A 2020 Whitepaper

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2020June 28, 2023

    Eileen Ogintz of TakingTheKids and Kyle McCarthy of The Family Travel Forum have been chronicling the growth and trends in Family Travel for more than three decades. Entering the Third Millenium’s Third Decade, they have produced this white paper on trends to expect in the time ahead.

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  • Are resorts boring? Some kids think so. This one begs to differ.
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    Are resorts boring? Some kids think so. This one begs to differ.

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2020July 16, 2021

    The day we were in Los Cabos, we visited Grand Velas—a luxe 307-suite all inclusive resort that also was at capacity with 800 guests, more than 300 of them children.

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  • Kids experience aboard Holland America Oosterdam
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    Kids experience aboard Holland America Oosterdam

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2020July 7, 2021

    A new style Kids Club designed more for families to do activities together— everything from Fooseball to video games, old-fashioned board games to giant puzzle mazes

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  • On a cruise to Mexico – learning culinary arts, history and culture
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    On a cruise to Mexico – learning culinary arts, history and culture

    ByEileen Ogintz December 31, 2019July 7, 2021

    This demonstration is part of a larger port-to-table initiative just started and being piloted on the Holland America Ooosterdam

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  • Travel insurance protects you from the unexpected
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    Need to be somewhere important? Go a day early

    ByEileen Ogintz December 31, 2019July 7, 2021

    The ship was to leave port at 5 p.m. PST. We were supposed to arrive in San Diego on our morning flight at 10 a.m. PST. But we ended up getting re-routed to Sacramento

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