Portland, Heart of Oregon
Portland, Oregon -- the Pacific Northwest's hippest city -- is also its greenest, most friendly, and a fun place for a weekend away with the family. The show Portlandia also helped put...
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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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Ghost Towns of the American West
Up for a bit of a scare blended with historical haunts on your next vacation; discover the ghost towns of the Southwest in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, California, and Utah. Learn about the history...
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Six Easy Safety Tips For Theme Parks
Keep your family safe during your next theme park adventure with these six easy tips.Trips to the theme park are usually on the top of every child's wish list. But when kids make a beeline...
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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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Biggest Yard Sale Ever: The Route 127 Corridor
An adorable vacation: Roadtrip it from OH to AL to see the 1,000s of objects for sale in America's longest yard sale.From nearby festivals to outside family barbecues, the summer season offers...
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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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Among The Relaxed On Pine Island
I was cursing the high-season traffic along Florida’s Gulf Coast until we made a right turn off grid-locked Cape Coral onto Pine Island. Then I remembered the travel truism: The best...
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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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Top 10 Family Camps For Family Together Vacations
Family Travel Forum's picks have been compiled from more than a decade of "Top 10 Getaway Winners" to help your family begin their lifelong love of nature. The following options combine...
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A Perfect Philadelphia Getaway For Every Age And Stage Of Life
Philadelphia, Greek for “city of brotherly love,” really is perfect for a city-focused family getaway with kids of any age. Running the gamut from stirring American history sites, to arts and culture...
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Top 3 Northeast Family Resorts
Mohonk Mountain House, the Tyler Place Family Resort and Smugglers Notch are among the top family getaways in the Northeast, and all three will fulfill your...
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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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The Dream Road Trip of a Lifetime in the USA
A traveler from the UK shares his dream road trip: Driving the American West, visiting film locations in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Here's his journal.Hollywood's location managers...
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San Antonio, Texas Hotels
Here are reviews of favorite family-friendly hotels near the top sightseeing and cultural attractions in sunny San Antonio, Texas. Keep in mind that San Antonio is known as 'Fiesta City,' and there's...
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Should Kids and Casinos Mix on Vacation?
Since New York State just approved casino gambling outside of Native American lands, I wanted to explore how this affects travel with kids to New York's resort areas. The Mount Airy Casino Resort, which...
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San Antonio, Texas Attractions
FTF's favorite family spots in San Antonio include historic sites and armadillos, Mexican cafes and a lively riverfront, all in this southern Texas city. And as a destination, it has much more to offer...
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Walt Disney World Rocks Its Grandparents Side
In a welcome new spin on Disney’s laudable efforts to make themepark vacations available to everyone, of every ability, of every culture, of every age, Walt Disney...
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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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Star Trekking: Vanessa Hudgens Visits Disney World in Orlando
Vanessa Hudgens, the star of Disney’s High School Musical series, spent time in Florida this weekend at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The actress and singer was doing a press visit...
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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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Disney Cruise Ships Sail New Seas: Mickey Waves To New York, Seattle, Galveston
Disney Cruise ships will be sailing new high seas for 2012. In an exciting event at New York's waterfront Chelsea Piers, Captain Mickey and assembled Disney Cruise Line team members...
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Top 10 Disney Vacation Ideas for All Ages
A Disney vacation is what many families dream of and save for. Our guides to the best attractions for all, money-saving tips and strategies to help make your Disney dreams come true
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Stoweflake At Stowe, Vermont’s Spa Resort
Summer is approaching, and parents with Vermont on their vacation radar will find an entire menu of kid- and adult-friendly activities at Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, which...
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Star Trekking: Empire State Building is City’s 80 Year Old Star
If you're heading to New York City, stopping by the place visited by Pierce Brosnan, Mariah Carey, Fidel Castro, the acrobats from Cirque du Soleil, Bill Clinton, Tom Cruise, Celine...
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The Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, California
The Bahia Resort in San Diego has all the advantages of its mid-century vintage -– a pick-of-the-litter location on Mission Bay, its own private beach, and lush, mature tropical landscaping that gives...
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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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First Look at Diagon Alley #WizardingWorld
With justified pride, the creative team at Universal Orlando Resort recently revealed a first look at Diagon Alley,
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Heading to Virginia: Tides Inn Crab Net Kids Program
One of our favorite places to go, Tides Inn in Virginia’s Northern Neck reintroduces its kids summer vacation package with unlimited golf, tennis, and daily breakfastTides Inn is actually...
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Prince Edward Island: The Gentle Province
The first view is of red clay cliffs, gently sloping to the Northumberland Strait. The plane banks slowly… and all of Prince Edward Island (PEI) comes into sight: a patchwork of color...
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Shuck ’em and Eat ’em: PEI Mussels
Shuck ‘em and Eat ‘em Prince Edward Island’s Malpeque Oysters and Blue Mussels have earned Canada’s smallest province a big reputation worldwide....
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Dude Ranches for Families
When 180 horses’ hooves pounded the ground a few feet from me, manes flaring and breaths misting ghost-like in the chill Colorado mountain air, this city boy was transfixed.It was the 5:30...
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Miccosukee Resort And Gaming, a Florida Resort
An enterprising Indian tribe has built a full-service family resort and casino in south Florida. Miccosukee Resort, Miami is an...
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Be One With The Trees In Nebraska
Lied Lodge is located at Arbor Day Farm and, like trees in a forest, the lodge and the farm are firmly entangled in each other’s business. Both are operated by the Arbor Day Foundation n Nebraska...
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Alaska Aboard Holland America’s Noordam
Parents, adult son, seven days, mega ship, mucho scenery: an Alaska family cruise is transporting -- no matter what your age -- and summer is the time to take one. Imagine a destination...
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Royal Caribbean and Universal Orlando Surf and Turf Family Vacations
In an exciting move to offer family vacation planners an all-in-one kids vacation, the Royal Caribbean cruise line is offering a deluxe Caribbean cruise vacation...
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Travel Packages Don’t Always Mean Big Savings with Toddlers
We live in Chicago and have a 4-year-old we enjoy traveling with a great deal. Prior to Matthew (the 4 YO), we usually booked package deals from the airlines or Apple Vacations (large wholesaler.) They...
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Custom Itinerary – Off The Beaten Path Thanksgiving Getaway
Q. Donna C. of Northern California writes that her family with 5 and 6-year-old children is looking for a Thanksgiving getaway within driving distance, that is off the beaten path, relatively quiet,...
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In and Around Eugene, Oregon
Below are some highlights for a family visit to Oregon, as selected by a group of "ten something" age...
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Montreal, Quebec Hotels
Our pick of charming Old Town B&Bs, downtown Quebecois favorites and Montreal, Canada's greatest luxury hotels will help you plan the best vacation ever to this wonderful city.Located along...
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Learning English on A Cheap American Vacation
Looking for affordable vacations where you can experience a new culture or maybe even learn a new language while still being able to enjoy the sunshine, beaches, fresh air...
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New York Grand Hyatt Woos Kids with American Girl Big City Deals
Embarking on a family trip to Manhattan takes a little planning, and perhaps more than in other urban destinations, a key consideration is hotel location. Do you want to be in...
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Weekend Adventures with Kids Around the Bay Area
We love San Francisco’s Bay Area and the Monterey Peninsula and return often with our family to sample new hotels, restaurants and the ever-changing scene. Fans who have been leery of attempting...
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Kauai Adventures For Adventurous Families
Kaua’i invites families to be as active or laid-back on their Hawaii beach vacation as they choose: plop in the sand, play in the surf, or follow rainbows in a rental car exploring the island’s...
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Amelia Island Plantation: All Natural Florida
Amelia Island is an all natural, friendly and all-comfortable resort in north Florida that is often overlooked by the beach traveler. Don't make that mistake, especially now that a...
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Devil’s Thumb Ranch
Devil's Thumb Ranch typifies the best of western Colorado and Western culture, the way it was meant to be experienced by all ages. Located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Ranch encompasses 4,000...
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Short Breaks And Weekend Getaways From Washington DC
Capital region families are ideally poised to head north or south along the Atlantic coast for a variety of urban and beach getaways suited to every season. If you and your family live near...
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Short Breaks And Midwest Weekend Getaways From Chicago
Living in the center of the US, Chicago area families have some driving to do for weekends away at fun museums, waterparks, and great cities. The Midwest is both the Land of Lincoln and the...
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Kauai, Hawaii Hotels And Resorts
Hawaii's so-called "Island of Discovery" Kauai boasts so many natural treasures that families often don't spend much time thinking about the man-made facilities available...
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Los Angeles Hotels: Westside And Santa Monica
Find out the best places to stay west of Hollywood or near the Pacific Coast beach in this California playland. As you move west across Los Angeles, the real estate values rise and the smog disappears...
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