Virginia’s Coast: The Land of Pleasant Living
Coastal Virginia has untold pleasures in store for those who care to savor them while enjoying the region's beauty and each other.I come from a family of water lovers. We used to...
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Diagon Alley at Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter Deal
Come experience the magic at Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter- Diagon Alley! Beginning June 29, 2014 you can experience the new theme park with a special deal from...
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Celebrate the Panama Canal’s Centennial with the Family
Come celebrate the centennial of the Panama Canal’s opening at an affordable price with an all-inclusive, multi-day trip to Panama, its highlights, and the site of canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific...
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Panama’s Gamboa Rainforest Resort
Picture a deluxe eco-resort in Gamboa, Panama where kids are welcomed into the heart of nature in the midst of one of South America's richest rain forests.Before traveling to Panama on a media...
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Flamingos – Ecotourists Of Celestun, Mexico
Ecotourism is basically traveling with mindfulness and a keen eye for the natural world around you and, by the look of it, the Celestun Biosphere Reserve in Yucatan, Mexico...
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Taos Ski Valley Leads The Sporting Life
Spanish charm, a beautiful mountain setting, and an intense focus on improving your snowsports skills, athletic prowess and general wellness; that's Taos, New Mexico, long the bastion...
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Outdoor Fun in Kunming, China
The capital of south China's Yunnan province offers a mildly active, yet satisfying, outdoors getaway for Asian families all year round.Yunnan Province, long traversed by backpackers foreign...
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Buenos Aires, Argentina Family Values
When family vacation planners think of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the image that arises could be the tango, which was threatened with being banned in the early part of the 20th century. Or the image may...
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Martinique Family Attractions
Martinique family vacations certainly include sun 'n' sand and a splash of French culture, but there are also plenty of other activities, especially for preschoolers. Martinique really is the perfect...
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Sint Maarten and Saint Martin Share A Caribbean Island
Saint Martin is the smallest island in the world to have been partitioned between two different nations, the Netherlands and France, but each side offers a surprising variety of quiet attractions. ...
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Villas in Assisi Available for Guests and Special Events
As of April 2014, Zenaide Giunta, descendent of Emperor Napoleon, opened two of her castles in the countryside of Assisi, Italy -- one serving as a villa for guests, and the other as a venue for special...
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My Favorite U.S. Virgin Islands Haunts
Long considered the playground of the tan, the fit and the wealthy, and host to too many toga parties and limbo contests, the U.S. Virgin Islands are saying good bye to hedonism -- and they're welcoming...
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North Dakota Attractions
There are Badlands in both Dakotas, but the north can boast about its forbidding landscape, Pioneer Days celebrations and Theodore Roosevelt memorabilia.Find out what's the best in the West in...
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New-York Historical Society Sets Sail with Circle Line
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, New York City’s iconic sightseeing company (more than 60 million passengers since 1945), recently unveiled a new joint program with New-York Historical...
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Paris – France Family Shopping Sans Budget
Whenever she visits Paris, the designer toddler clothes, haute couture for dolls, and toys for les jeunes make this shopper cry, "Vive la France!"Last year, a friend called me in a panic. It...
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Visit Victoria, Queen Of British Columbia
With the mildest climate in Canada, half the rainfall of neighboring Seattle and Vancouver, and a stunning setting on the edge of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a great year-round destination full of...
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Along The African Diaspora Heritage Trail In St. Louis
Show me St. Louis! Missouri's 'Gateway to the West' reveals its black heritage trail and celebrates a long tradition of African American culture. From the Gateway Arch to the Old Courthouse, thriving...
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Branson, Missouri With The Grandchildren
Branson is one of our favorite destinations. People go back year after year to enjoy all the shows and my husband and I have been there four times. To see how it's grown is amazing. Branson started...
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My Family Biked From Alaska To Argentina
17,300 miles is the distance from Los Angeles, California to New York, New York -- seven times. It is about 5,000 miles less than the entire circumference of the Earth. It is a number I had only seen on...
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Guide To Family Cruising Aboard Carnival
Carnival Cruise Lines does a very good job of living up to its tag line of "Fun Ships" and, with Fun Ship 2.0 upgrades and a creative partnership with Dr. Seuss, they guarantee even...
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Doing Disney Justice
We were a family with a mission. Two adults, three children, three days. Would the two older children (8 and 11) be bored with their third trip to Orlando? Wisely, the family put their Florida itinerary...
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Taking The Grandchildren To Orlando
What could be more daunting for senior travelers than facing the prospect of a week at Orlando, Florida's many theme parks with hyperactive grandchildren? Where could we find other things to do in Orlando?...
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Free Travel Fun In Disney World
Walt Disney World will most likely leave you breathless: its gigantic size, the magic, the shining eyes of children and yes, the prices. Yet it is possible to enjoy many of Disney’s wonders without...
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Making Walt Disney World with Kids Easy
Frommer's Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids is the perfect family vacation companion for that magical kingdom of crowds and confusion.Although not the flashiest guidebook out there,...
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Some perfect family holiday destinations in India to visit this Summer
Whenever someone asks about our favorite childhood memory, we would most probably recall our summer vacation with family within a second. Today, being a parent, we too look forward to giving our kids...
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Chapada Diamantina National Park – Bahia, Brazil
When was the last time you took your kids out in the nature? Studies show that children that have been constantly going out of town on weekends have way less respiratory problems, show reduced asthma...
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Family Resorts Of The Philippines
A Filipino travel writer shows you how to travel between these beautiful tropical islands and explore the best family resorts in the Philippines.The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands,...
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Hotels Offering Royal Pampering to Expecting Parents and Families
When Kate Middleton and Prince William announced their engagement, the world rejoiced. In America and elsewhere, people wore their best dresses and hats and watched the ceremony live on TV. So when...
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Daytona Beach Welcomes Bikers, Car Lovers and Families
It doesn’t matter if you arrive on a plane, Harley, SUV, or tricycle, Daytona Beach invites motorheads and thrill seekers of any age looking for fun in the sun in Florida. While the...
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Take the Kids or Leave Them Home?
A Family Travel Forum mother offers frank and tried advice: if you want to bring your kids along, think of what appeals to them, too.What trips work best for kids? As a member of the now obsolete...
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Last Minute Vacation Is Disappointing
I’m a single mother with two teenagers and a limited budget. Every year my kids and I take one week’s vacation in the summer. Last year I carefully planned out a trip to an all-inclusive resort...
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Exploring the Ecuadorian Coast
Located on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, Manta is the heart of the Manaba province.Manaba is famous for its local dishes, its beaches and its friendly people and did I mention its food and...
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America’s Image Abroad – Are We All Canadians?
I’m not a huge proponent of national pride. That’s not to say I don’t love my country, but I feel, in the chaotic scheme of life, humans were dumped onto different landmasses and that was that....
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Flight Attendants Get No Respect. Can They Do Their Jobs?
Wanted: Someone to push heavy carts along a narrow aisle dispensing Coke (the drink), cookies and conversation, with a smile.Applicant must be able to evacuate a plane, determine, behind closed...
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BedBugs Bite, Hotel Reputations Fall: Terminix Rates Your City
The bedbugs keep biting, and the reputations and pocketbooks of hotels and inns are getting infected.A couple of months ago we did a “trending spotting†piece on bedbugs, and the...
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Men And Women Travel Differently. Here’s How
Men and women are different. Who dares argue the point? So it’s no surprise that we now know they travel differently, seeking different travel experiences.Men and...
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Selling the “Polygamy Tour” in Arizona
Twitter Follow And why would we be surprised? We have Medical Tours where travelers combine a few days in a luxury hotel and first class beaches in Thailand,...
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Travel Through The Theatre of the Mind
Twitter FollowListen to a poor Elvis Presley talk about his daddy’s arrest and imprisonment for forging an eight dollar check to feed his hungry...
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In Portugal Port Wine is King
If Vasco do Gama, Magellan and Henry the Navigator fortified themselves with Port, Portugal’s most famous product, it might have made their journeys less horrific.But Port wasn’t created...
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Nantucket on My Mind
Years after Nantucket’s whaling industry virtually decimated the Atlantic whale population and became fabulously wealthy in the process, Ahab and the White Whale are gone, but the wealth and charm...
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Medical Tourism Biz Booming in India
What was a footnote in the travel business, Medical Tourism, has grown into a full blown industry. And India is taking the lead in attracting a huge number of patients from around the world to...
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Why Does Airline Food Taste so Awful?
Is it actually the food the airlines serve (when they do) that tastes so bad, or is it the flying experience make the food taste so awful?Wired Magazine reported...
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Travel Video Review: Union Street Inn
Please watch the Video Inn Review at the end of this postYou could almost miss the Union St. Inn blending as it does with the many...
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The Chaos of Travel: Who Can Help?
While it might have been a bit ambitious for PhosCusWright to call its recent Webinar, Chaos Calls: Philip Wolf Answers, that's exactly what they did. PhoCusWright, a leading travel market...
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Is Your Baby Safe Flying?
It’s tortured reasoning.The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) position on mandatory child restraint systems (CRS) on planes is, that they’re not necessary.Child...
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VIP Chaperone Service Treats Visitors To New York Nightlife
It’s not every Monday night that a quirky Serbian bartender whisks you away in a chauffeured limo and introduces you to three of New York’s coolest cocktail bars. But then again,
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Selling The Acropolis -Travel Bargains in Greece
Shakespeare's play, Timon of Athens, tells the story of Timon, an extravagant Athenian nobleman spending his money wastefully, until his creditors show up and demand payment to cover his debts. Timon...
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Inn Review – Rabbit Hill Inn, Vermont – A Great Non-Family Family Inn!
The Rabbit Hill Inn in Lower Waterford, Vermont, right over the New Hampshire border, may not be kid receptive, kids meaning kids up to 14, but it’s still very family friendly, families being all...
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Happy Airports Make More Money
Happy airports make more money. It’s basic economics: happy airport customers spend more money in the airport’s retail shops than do unhappy ones.In fact, global marketing and information...
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Continental and United Say, “I Do,” or At Least, “I’ll Try”
Continental and United Airlines Tie The Knot, Say I Do. Will it Work.It seems the final I do’s or at least I promise to try have been spoken in the long and somewhat rocky...
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Innkeepers Meet the Social Web: Will They Ever Be The Same?
Brian and Leslie Mulcahy work very hard for their accolades and consistently outstanding reviews by always being there for their guests."It’s not easy,†say the innkeepers of the...
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Best Way To See Portugal
Portugal's Historic Mansions - One of Portugal's greatest gifts (other than its wine) is its vibrant Solares de Portugal ("houses of family heritage),...
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Carbon Offsets – More Hype Than Hope?
Travel honchos in the travel and tourism industry are running a bit scared.With all the hand-wringing about Global Warming, the execs wondered if they are about to become the next Exxon...
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Isle of Skye, Scotland: Hearts and Highlands
Become a TVP Twitter follower at http://www.twitter.com/travelpostcard“Ah, the Scottish Highlands. We always think of Skye as a spiritual...
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Stand Up Paddle Boarding: Great Family Fun
Yolo Boarding? Stand up Paddle Boarding or Stand up Surf BoardingNever heard of it?Well Stand Up Paddle Boarding is new thing to do in the Beaches...
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Catch the GeoCaching Fever!
So, we crossed the wooden Cornish-Windsor Bridge from Vermont into New Hampshire, just over a narrow section of the Connecticut River. It’s the longest covered bridge in the world.The bright...
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See, Hear, The Quiet Places of Virginia
The quiet places of Virginia's Northern Neck in Irvington, Virginia, are a pastiche of dandelion fields, and southern breezesLuxuriate for a weekend at the Tides Inn in Virginia.This...
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Trip Advisor Warns of Fake Reviews
In this space, not so long ago, we posted a Blog called: Can You Trust Trip Advisor? It's here, on Family Travel Forum. So we were not so surprised to see an MSNBc report, on July 15,2009...
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Why Travel (and Anything Else) Can Be Free
By Kaleel Sakakeeny with credit to Wired MagazineKing Gillette had the idea first: Give the razor away but charge for the blade.That’s...
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