Top Cheap Ski Getaway: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Lake Tahoe, on the Nevada California border is a winner of FTF's Top 10 (Cheap) Getaways For Family Travelers 2008 award. Ski vacations can be expensive and difficult to plan if you don’t...
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Whale-watching, black raspberry-picking, hiking, good eating, arts n' crafts, and elk-tracking are a few of the quiet family pleasures to be found in California's most popular park preserve. Whale-watching,...
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KidsSuites are Family Treat at California’s Beverly Garland Holiday Inn
Minutes away from many of Hollywood’s most popular destinations, the
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North Lake Tahoe For Non-Alpine Winter Fun
Do you hate snowsports? The California - Nevada border boasts many couch potato diversions in winter, and at good prices.Skiers of all ages hail Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in the U.S.,...
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Loews Coronado Bay Resort, California
A luxury California resort has a variety of options for playing, dining, and having fun in the sun - no matter what your age.Enchantingly sprawled across a 5.5-mile-long peninsula, the charming...
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Los Angeles Comes Out to Play
Activities from the Hollywood Walk of Fame to the Los Angeles Zoo plus California's great weather makes LA a year-round travel hot spot. With flair and attitude, Los Angeles, California...
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Experience of A Lifetime
It felt like we had been hiking forever when I finally saw it; the most beautiful beach I had ever seen. I was in Monterey, California in June 2007 with my sister visiting my mother’s side...
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San Francisco Fun Activities For Toddlers
San Francisco is full of fun for Tiny Travelers.We know the kids are out of school during summer, but if you visit San Francisco from September to November you're likely to have much sunnier and...
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Planning a Beach Reunion for 14
Q. I am a grandfather of five from Kansas City trying to host our annual week-long, three-generational family reunion of 14 (five kids and nine adults). We need six bedrooms and...
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Top 10 Getaway for Luxury Travelers – Hotel Del Coronado, California
In 2006, FTF's annual Top 10 survey of award-winners honored Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, California as a Top Luxury Beach Resort. Whether a high-end vacation is a matter of course for you and your...
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No-Cost Fun in San Diego, California
San Diego's temperate climate, rich history, ethnic culture, and art offer budget savings for family travelers.California's second largest city of San Diego attracts year-round visitors with...
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Long Beach, California
Here's a southern California getaway designed with little travelers in mind: small towns, animals, beach fun, and gentle surf.Long Beach, the city by the sea, embraces the charm of a bustling...
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San Diego, California Hotels And Resorts
Family Travel Forum has the inside scoop on San Diego's best places to stay for beautiful beaches and great kids clubs. There are perhaps thousands of places to sleep in this popular southern...
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Velkommen to Solvang, California
Take this FTF family's advice on what you should see and where you should stay in the Danish-American community of Solvang , meaning "Sunny Fields" in DanishStraight out of a Hans Christian...
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Kids Rule At Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, California
Grandma and Grandpa take 14-year-old cousins to this classic southern California family resort and say that being together has never been more fun. Anticipating the excitement of sharing special moments...
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Palm Springs Attractions
Hollywood's sunny getaway offers year-round recreation, glamour, fine dining, museums and a surprising array of kid-friendly attractions that lure all types of families to the desert.Multi-faceted...
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San Francisco Loves Little Ones
California's golden city of San Francisco has lots to offer kids of all ages, even the youngest in your family.Although many people discover San Francisco as an adult, my favorite memories...
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Success! 5 Generation Family Reunion
When you have to entertain pre-schoolers and matriarchs in the same reunion weekend, you need a homebase that anticipates and delivers everything. Stunning sunsets, sparkling waters, and sandy...
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Custom Itinerary – Los Angeles Family Vacation
Q - Monica R. of Las Vegas, Nevada writes: My family is planning a driving trip to Los Angeles. We have a 15-year-old son and a baby girl, which makes planning difficult. We would love a hotel with...
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California’s Silicon Valley: Hi-Tech Capital Of Kid’s Museums
The high-tech area around San Jose and San Francisco offers exploration and discovery on your next great family vacation.In a way, a visit to a museum makes everyone a child again. The discovery...
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A Outing On Catalina Island, California
Catalina Island makes a great day trip from Long Beach, or a trypical southern California style weekend getaway with the kids. Only 22 miles off the coast of California lies Santa...
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Hotel Del Coronado, California
As a family-friendly resort in California, the Hotel Del Coronado is both classy and fun for kids. Find out the scoop on Family Travel Forum's ratings of this famous property.The "Del"...
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San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo offers families small town charm, big city culture, history and old-fashioned fun.A delightful family getaway, the old mission town of San Luis Obispo is found amidst rolling pastures,...
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Underwater Adventures Afloat at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Interactive aquarium programming for children makes the Monterey Bay Aquarium a cut above the rest.A trip to California's Monterey Bay Aquarium...
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Napa Valley, California Hotels And Resorts
Since vineyard-hopping is an adult pleasure, where should you stay with your under-age family members while visiting the wine country? What's the best way to enjoy a sublime adult experience if...
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Northern California Getaway to Marin County
A great family getaway is to the coastal destination of Marin County where the pace of life is in sync with the seasons. Hikers will find lots of reasons and places to hit the dirt....
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Where In The World Is San Mateo County?
From San Francisco, instead of heading to Marin, go south and check out the area between SF and San Jose for some great surprises.You may never have realized it, but if you’ve ever flown...
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The Lodge At Torrey Pines, La Jolla
Fit for multi-generational travel and the U.S. Open, it's the place to stay and play on the beautiful southern California coast. Blessed with an ideal climate year-round, California's La...
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Aboard the RMS Queen Mary
Long Beach, California's restored museum ship welcomes the next generation aboard as her "daughter" ocean liner begins sailing the globe. Ah, the romance. The glamour. The echoes of...
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Paradise Point Resort And Spa, California
This resort on a small island in Mission Bay offers comfy accommodations and lots of activities in close proximity of the treasures of San Diego.Many families looking for fun in the sun head to...
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California North Coast Reunion In Carmel And Monterey
With kids and grandparents, the quiet pleasures of a reunion in Carmel and Monterey -- hiking, shopping, dining -- create a perfect multigenerational vacation.
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I’m In Heaven: Toting Toddlers To Heavenly Resort, California
What's in store for your tiniest travelers headed to Lake Tahoe, California? A lot of fun, if you're hanging out at Heavenly Ski Resort.For the first two years that we were in San Francisco,...
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A Charlie Brown Weekend
A fan of the legendary "Peanuts" comic describes his pilgrimage to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa.Some Americans wait lifetimes to make pilgrimages to Gettysburg or Graceland. I made...
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Strolling Around Oakland, California
Here's some advice on sights to see and family-friendly places to stay in this vibrant Bay Area city in northern California.Sports fans know Oakland in northern California for its teams--baseball’s...
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Wild Wild West
With another family, my family of four flew to California, and then rented two cars for 14 days to tour the West. Entering Nevada, the trunk lid on our car broke, but it didn't prevent the trip from...
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SoCal, Where The Del Guarantees Happy Tweens And Teens
Here's a long-time classic Southern California resort that's reinvented itself as San Diego's coolest spa and sports getaway, with class and style.Looking for a way to amuse the...
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Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, California
Hollywood's classiest upscale hotel transforms itself on request into an urban resort for sightseeing families.You might have heard of the Beverly Wilshire, a legendary hotel smack dab in the...
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Forget Trick or Treating Just Dance all Night Instead!
About two months ago my friend, Paul, told me about the line up for HARD Haunted Mansion. I was still in Ireland and had already missed out on seeing Soulwax...
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San Francisco’s SoMa District
Follow a family of movie buffs as they trace the steps of royalty from "The Princess Diaries" and find a little fun of their own in San Francisco, CaliforniaIf my family hadn't loved The...
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