85 Fall Getaways: One Is Guaranteed To Get You Out Of The House
Fall, our favorite season, is here, easing the chaos of summer fun, nonstop kids, and constant spending. Whether you’re raising toddlers, teens, or savoring an empty nest, the...
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A Pharaoh’s Playground: The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens GEM Childrens Museum
If you’re asking when the Grand Egyptian Museum will have its grand opening, you are asking the wrong question. On a recent visit to Egypt, my family toured the stunning GEM,...
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14 Travel Hacks You May Not Know For Planning A Bucket List Adventure
Make Bucket List dreams come true, and affordably, by using a few of my favorite travel hacks. Current research and a lifetime of travel experience taught me some new tricks to...
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Shoes Off? Shoes On! The Latest Air Travel Tips To Ease Family Vacation Hassles
The Dept. of Homeland Security just announced the end of their shoes-off mandate, proclaiming the new policy will increase hospitality for travelers. Really? Given the...
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Required Documents And Travel Consent Letters For Travel With Minors
Whether you’re married and leaving a spouse behind to work; grandparents taking grandchildren on vacation; same sex couples with adopted children -- even a military family trying...
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51 Summer Trip Ideas – Plan Your Perfect Family Vacation
It’s time for our annual roundup of the 51 best family summer trip ideas! Wave goodbye to work and school stress, and forget about travel hiccups or economic woes. Right now,...
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Global Entry And TSA PreCheck Reduce Airport Hassles
Over the past month, I've been renewing my Global Entry and TSA PreCheck status. With increased immigration scrutiny at all borders, they're more...
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Teen Travel Trends: A Look At Where And Why Teens Travel
Thank you for your interest in "Family Travel Forum Reports: Teen and Student Travel Trends." We have collected a lot of anonymized data on where teens travel and why they go....
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Fashionable Sun Protection Clothing
Protect yourself and your kids with sun protection clothes, hats, sunglasses, and other products that are effectively UV resistant and stylish. Increased awareness of the power...
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Best Sites for Vacation Packages – Top Travel Deals
We are often asked how to save money with vacation deals, so we are sharing our favorite sites for discount travel booking. As a network of frequent traveling parents, we do a...
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How To Get Your Own US Passport & Start Your Adventure
Your U.S. passport is a travel essential because a U.S. citizen's birth certificate does not suffice to cross borders. That law applies to citizens of any age...
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Summertime: Sun Precautions When The Heat Is On
Doc Holiday updates you on specific sun precautions to take during the blistering heat of summer, especially when traveling with very young children.
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12 Favorite Family Winter Getaways And Travel Deals
Sun or snow or stay close for your family winter getaways? Maybe your winter escape is that long-delayed trip to Orlando. Perhaps it's a cruise with extended family or experiencing...
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Big Family Vacation Travel Deals On Travel Tuesday 2024
Travel Tuesday is coming (Dec. 3, 2024), offering some of the best family vacation travel deals of the year. Some deals will be available longer; others (typically from airlines)...
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Green Skies Ahead: Education Builds A Sustainable Aviation Industry
Sustainable aviation, technology, and customer education have joined forces to make seeing the world a less environmentally damaging activity. That’s because aviation is arguably...
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Perfect Egypt Itinerary For 4 Or More Days Of Family Adventure
Here are some ideas for a perfect Egypt itinerary that provides four to 10 nights of family adventure. I will help you take advantage of every minute to get to know this fascinating...
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Priceless Pyramid Views At The Marriott Mena House, Cairo
I grew up hearing about The Mena House at the foot of the ancient Pyramids of Giza, one of the most famous hotels in the world. My mother, who traveled to Cairo...
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Car Trip Essentials And Survival Kit
We polled staff and site visitors to compile a list of the top 30 car trip essentials. Let's dive into the health, safety, and entertainment items guaranteed to keep road trip...
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Teen And Family Volunteer Vacation Opportunities
Family volunteer vacations, once known as voluntourism, are back in action as the global pandemic comes under control. From community service to building homes, environmental research...
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Stress Free Flying With Baby: 8 Must-Know Tips For Infant And Toddler Air Travel
Our flying with baby tips will protect baby's health in-flight, as well as the sanity of other passengers (and your own!) Discover answers to the 8 most common air travel with...
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Sustainable Travel: 8 Ways To Travel Responsibly As A Family
Sustainable travel and ecotourism were always hot topics around Earth Day. But, when the pandemic put the world on pause and we watched our environment begin to heal itself, sustainable...
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Celebrate Givers Of Life: Top Gifts For Moms And Dads
Other than planning breakfast in bed or a fancy brunch, what do you usually come up with as gifts for Moms and Dads? We try to imagine which experiences or useful items might make...
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Predictability Is The Key to Successful Special Needs Travel
Predictability is the key to every family vacation’s success, not only for special needs travel. In researching
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Traveling Tina Fey Rocks Super Bowl Ad For Booking.com
Did you tune in to watch the NFL’s biggest game, check out the Super Bowl ads, find Taylor Swift in the crowd or revel in Usher’s halftime show? If your house is like ours,...
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How To Protect Your Family Against Travel Disasters – 10 Tips To Travel Prepared
Our 10 travel disaster tips help you prepare for natural or manmade disasters, plus other unexpected problems that may arise on vacation.
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Maximizing Your Layover: Finding Affordable Rooms Near Me
Most air operators define a domestic layover as a period between flight connections of under four hours. When you're connecting to an international service, this period extends...
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Anywhere Travel Yoga Keeps Your Vacation Stress-Free
Take advantage of our 'anywhere' travel yoga poses to stay stress-free while on the go. Family vacationers appreciate these easy, healthy yoga moves you can do on the plane, on...
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Why Travel Insurance For Families Is Essential
We love family travel insurance and won't leave home without it. Our family has found it essential since the very first holiday spent battling storms and re-booking missed flights...
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Americans Are Confident About Vacations Again, Traveling More
If you don’t believe families have regained a confident mindset about vacations and travel, just ask Ron Bozman. He’s one...
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How To Volunteer On Vacation
Choosing to volunteer on vacation with so many options available can be a daunting task. This is especially true for families and teens...
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Step And Blended Family Vacations
Planning a family vacation with your step or blended family? We share resources and expert advice to make step and blended family vacations -- and any travel together -- a success.
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Make Or Break Spring Travel Plans – Hassle Free
It’s never too late to make (or break) Spring...
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Traveling With Jewelry To Avoid Damage And Theft
Traveling with jewelry may seem as simple as packing up your favorite pair of jeans or a nice outfit for dinner, but it is a little more complex than that.
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Search And Compare Flights Made Easy
Did you know that travel planners visit an average of 6.5 different websites on different devices to search and compare flights? Two new websites, Directflights and flightroutes,...
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Holiday Gift Guide for Travelers
Looking for a holiday gift guide for travelers? We know that people who love to travel want to encourage wanderlust in loved ones. There’s no better way than presenting them...
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Insider Tips on Taking the Best Photos on Your Vacation
Here are 10 helpful suggestions from travel writers and photographers for taking the best photos on your next vacation. The...
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Heads Up! Negative COVID-19 Test Among Revised Traveler Requirements for the U.S.
In revised traveler requirements, only non-citizen, non-immigrant travelers with proof of vaccination will be allowed to board an airplane for the United States.
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Holiday Travel Plans Holding Strong Says New Survey
Surprise! Despite Biblical plagues swirling around the globe, families are holding strong to holiday travel plans. More than three quarters of residents recently surveyed in Spain...
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The Latest Holiday Travel Tips and Trends for Winter 2021
Eager to travel this season and wondering about the latest holiday travel tips and hacks? We got you covered. There’s good...
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Dubai World Expo Is A Dazzling World’s Fair
The United Arab Emirates welcomes visitors to the dazzling Dubai World Expo from Oct. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2022. During this six-month period, the 1,100-acre
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This Will Make Flying Safer
A lot has been done to make flying safer since the age of coronavirus began. Yet, it's still a big topic as confidence in leisure air travel -- and crowds -- increase. U.S. passengers...
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10 Reasons To Take This Mediterranean Cruise Now
After a very tough year for everyone, you probably don’t need 10 reasons to take a Mediterranean cruise. Just hearing about Atlas Ocean Voyages new Mediterranean cruise itineraries...
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Health & Safety Guidance for Holiday Travelers
I won't tell you not to be among the holiday travelers, because my family is, but I will share the health and safety guidance that we practice to keep everyone safe. We follow...
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How To Avoid Typical Travel Ripoffs
As smart as we all are about buying vacation packages online, it's important to refresh our scam antennae to avoid travel ripoffs.
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9 Lessons Learned: Michelle Obama on Becoming a Family Traveler
I recently learned some family travel lessons from former First Lady Michelle Obama. As one of the most traveled women in the world, she spent some of her White House years becoming a family traveler. Anyone...
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Reopening Soon? Summer Travel in the Untied States
Look ahead to travel reopening during summer 2020 and you’ll know why we call it the Untied States of America. The...
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How Coronavirus Will Affect Your Travel Plans
Updated Mar. 29, 2020. As Passover, Easter and summer vacations approach, families around the world are very concerned about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and its impact on...
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Top 25 Recommended Rail Journeys Worldwide
Do you enjoy the rumbling of the rails? Rail journeys combine the contemplation of slow overland travel with the pleasures of getting somewhere, letting you take environmentally-friendly...
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One Day Layover In Dubai
In Dubai, a one day layover is an ideal family adventure because this financial hub of the United Arab Emirates is a unique destination.
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