Family Travel Forum Announces Winners Of 2019 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
(New York, NY – September 24, 2019) Family Travel Forum (FTF) and its travel industry partners congratulate the winners of the 2019 FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship. Completing...
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Cape Town…a dream destination for children!
1. Table Mountain Children love the cableway! It takes 15 minutes to go to the top (1086m) and you and them will...
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Travel Search Engine Smackdown Reveals Cheapest Airfares
FTF tests out travel metasearch engines to find which site returns the most results and cheapest flights. And the winner is Momondo.com.
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Sponsor Allianz Global Assistance Helps Student Travelers Every Day
We want to thank Allianz Global Assistance for their sponsorship of the annual FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship for 2019. Did you know they assist student travels every day, in many other ways? Operating...
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Peak Moments from Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
“I’m going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and plant trees with Jane Goodall!” “A bucket list trip?” people would ask. For the record I hate the word bucket list about as much as I despise...
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8 Ways Travel Alerts Should Impact Your Vacation
Frightening travel alerts, amplified by the 24-hour news cycle and lots of genuinely bad news, have become a daily occurrence… and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Although terror incidents, strikes,...
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Family-Friendly River Cruises
With 17 ships in its fleet, Uniworld is considered a first-class river cruising company. The company has been recognized by both...
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Trends: Halal Tourism, By and For Muslims
Travel by Muslims, whether or not they are actively religious or following Islamic social laws, is a market segment known as Halal Tourism. (Halal means a code of dietary laws, similar to the kosher dietary...
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Club Meds Of Morocco
Combine an exotic locale, millenia of history, and a comfortable resort atmosphere populated by like-minded families and voila! You have the three Club Meds in Morocco, each an all-inclusive and family-welcoming...
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Amanjena, Peaceful Paradise In Marrakech
A day at the Amanjena Resort in Marrakech is like a tour of the palace depicted in the tale "One Thousand and One Nights." Simply put, it's a more refined narrative of Arabian life than...
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Making Travel Sustainable
Travel close to home, stay longer, and don’t go at all are key takeaways from ITB Berlin on how to make tourism sustainable.
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Vounteer Vacations Where Going Away Means Giving Back
Interest in volunteer vacations has grown as travelers seeking a local experience realize their presence affects a destination -– for better (creating jobs) or worse (degrading the environment). Because...
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Atlantic Morocco: Beach With Benefits
An Atlantic oceanfront view of north Africa's most intriguing country, Morocco, presents this family with a relaxing and rewarding vacation. We knew a few things from our first trip to Morocco: its...
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Innocents Abroad: Students Traveling Alone
For teens and college students, the freedom of their first trip or study abroad program without parents can be a rush. Empower them to stay safe by sharing this advice. Parents often...
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Safe Travel At Home And Abroad
Even though you may have the most responsible and trustworthy kid in the class, her BFF may be the type that finds trouble wherever she goes. It's not hard for your young travelers to have a fun but...
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Secure Tourism Summit Reveals What’s Next in Airport Security
The first Secure Tourism Summit was held in New York City on April 9,2017. It was sponsored by the industry trade organization, US...
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Tracks Across The Sabi Sands Of South Africa
Savanna Tented Game Lodge provides a surprisingly comfortable home base for a Sabi Sands safari for familes in South Africa. For personal comfort level, expectations were kept in check when we arrived...
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Botswana one of our favourite African destinations to visit
Botswana, a former British colony, gained its independence in 1966 and has since grown to be one of the most stable African countries both politically and economically. So why should Botswana be on...
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Our trip to the Sahara Desert in Morocco
We spent one night in the desert of Morocco. We rode the camel from the Desert Luxury Camp to the sand bluff and then climbed...
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8 Essential Dos and Don’ts While Volunteering in Kenya With Your Family
Immersing in humanitarian work in Kenya is a brilliant way to learn about the cultural nuances of this region and explore the wilderness at the same time. However, one must keep a note of a few important...
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Trends: Millennial Families Travel Differently Than You or Me
The 4th annual TMS Family Travel Summit reveals how the largest leisure travel segment likes to dream, plan, go and selfie their family vacations. (New York, NY, April 28, 2016)...
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Be An Exchange Student In Egypt – Respect Is Free
Interested in seeing the world, meeting new friends and exploring different cultures? Hostelling International is hosting a two-week learning program in Egypt that will include four very lucky American...
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8 Essentials Tips For Planning a Family Safari in Africa
When planning a safari -- one of those bucket list trips we can all agree on -- you need advice on when and where to go, where to stay, what's best for kids, health and safety, and some suggested tour...
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Rovos Rail Across South Africa
Explore Cape Town, then journey across South Africa to Pretoria in utter comfort on the luxurious Rovos Railway custom train. Chamber music and champagne on the station platform is the welcome to passengers...
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Arrg, Piracy On The Rise: Tips For Smooth Sailing
From the coast of Peru to the South China Sea, acts of piracy have been a fear of cruisers since about 2009, when these incidents were widely reported. How likely is it to happen to your family? Fortunately,...
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Our Top Family Adventure And Educational Tours
If you ready to plan the next big family adventure, here's our short list of educational and family-oriented tour operators. Whether you're interested in those led by an educational institution, or...
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Dream Trips: Catching the Migration in Kenya and Tanzania
Two-by-two, the wildebeest come in a seemingly endless line of gray that cuts through the Masai Mara’s golden plains. The wildebeest and their migrating companions, the zebra, move...
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Beautiful Seychelles In-Vogue In Africa
Located off the African continent’s east coast in the Indian Ocean, Seychelles is the new destination hot spot for all types of vacations, ecotourism, culture adventures, water sports...
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Star Trekking: Beach Getaways for Celebrity Stalking
If you’ve got the funds and your family feels like doing some star-gazing while you hang out on the sand, here are some of the A-Listers’ favorite getaways this summer.The Maldives:...
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Tunis, Tunisia Hotels And Resorts
Tunisia, north Africa's newest spot for culture and history travelers, boasts fine hotels and restaurants.Several of Tunis' hotels extend a warm welcome to families and the country's star rating...
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Tunisia’s Beaches = Africa’s Vacation Playground
This is a friendly Mediterranean country where Arab culture meets European sunbathing at the very popular Hammamet and Sousse resorts.In a North African country known for its 60 million olive...
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Family Safaris: Pricey, But a Trip of a Lifetime
Most of us are pretty anxious about our investments and jobs and homes in this economy.Of course Travel is taking a hit, down, but bouncing back.And it never goes away.For...
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Star Trekking: Paradise On Vamizi Island Mozambique
When confronted with having to buy a gift for that special someone who has everything, the only recourse we've found is a remote, one-of-a-kind family beach vacation on Vamizi, one...
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Taking Your Children on Safari
A safari is one of the most memorable holiday experiences you can have. You get to see exciting wild animals in their natural environments, and you can do this in relative comfort thanks to the many guided...
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No Shoes, Just Service
Red dirt. Hot, sticky air. Children laughing. Chai brewing. Tumaini Orphanage is alive with the happiness of their 52 orphaned children and the volunteers were just as excited to be part of this unique...
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Volunteering in South Africa
Following the summer after high school, I traveled to South Africa, where I will be living and volunteering for nine months. I have wanted to live in Africa and study primates since I first learned...
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One Kilometer
The frustration caught in his eyes ricocheted off the small tent’s walls, and the potency of his gaze struck me to the core, as I am sure it did many of the other gathered individuals. The young Zimbabwean...
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Watering the Mambas
People say that Africa gets inside you, grabs ahold of something in you. That for many it’s hard to get away once you’ve lived in this land of red earth and tall grass. I saw so many beautiful and...
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Nigeria
My name is Chigozilim Udonna Menakaya and I am a Nigerian-American. Whenever I tell somebody this, they’re always like, “please, there's no such thing as a Nigerian-American. Either you’re Nigerian...
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Custom Itinerary: 75th Birthday Celebration That’s Cheaper by the Dozen
Q. Cynthia B of New York City asks "Can you help me plan a vacation to celebrate my 75th birthday? I would like to travel with my family...
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African Safaris Welcome Families
Safari companies in South Africa and Kenya open their doors to families seeking adventure with children of all ages. Safari, or “travel” in Swahili, is no longer limited to adventure-seeking...
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Pins on a Map: A Family’s Yearlong Journey Around the World
Pick up this charming memoir by David Boesch and join his family of five on their enlightening one-year, 6-continent, 17-country journey. The kids (ages 7, 10 and 13) helped select...
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Custom Itinerary: Volunteering Vacation with Older Teens
Q: Andy L. of Conneticuit has decided that it's high time his kids learned something about the value of money. He's decided to take them on a volunteer trip so they can do some work with their...
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Tours Combine Adventure and Volunteering
If you enjoy adventure and helping others, and you're looking for ideas for your next vacation, then Adventure Center might have the answer for you. Adventure...
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When Will We See The Pyramids Again?
The questions as to when travel to Egypt will resume, and Egyptian itineraries re-established are big ones among the decision makers in the US travel and tourism industry, and are being discussed daily. The...
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Tourism to Egypt Snapshot
Call it the Digital Revolution become Political.The “Jasmine Revolution” that ousted Tunisian ruler Zine Ben Ali spread with uncanny speed to Tahrir Square, the heart and soul...
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Untroubling Tunisia: Waiting for Travel and Democracy
The thirty or so countries that make up the Arab world are not known for enlightened or progressive leadership.But it was not always so.In the Middle Ages...
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Unique Family Journeys In The African Wild
One family of travelers explores the culture and wildlife of Kenya while on safari in Africa. It was the sheer number of animals that took our breath away in Kenya. There was something new...
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Cape Town South Africa – A Playground for Children of all ages
p> What makes a great family holiday destination? You want lots of activities and adventures that the entire family can enjoy together. And, as important, enough fun activities to keep children occupied...
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