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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8 Days Wellington to Queenstown: New Zealand Our Way
My fiancé and I set off to explore the South Island of New Zealand on an eight-day road trip that coincided with the wedding of dear friends. Using online travel blogs and friends’ recommendations,...
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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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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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A Journey to the Heart of Australia – the One and Only Ayers Rock (Uluru)
It was late June and my hubby and I were still undecided as to where to spend our winter holiday, but we had our hearts set on an adventure -– we just didn’t know how tremendous of an adventure it...
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Mi Casa, Su Casa: Home Exchanges
What's the best money-saving and culturally educational accommodations option available to travelers today? Well, I'm not planning a trip to the French Caribbean right now, but the idea of a complimentary...
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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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Top 10 Beach Resort Getaways For Family Vacations
Almost everyone's favorite getaway is a family beach vacation, whether it's winter or summer. Here are FTF's winners from a decade of "Top 10 Getaway" awards in the best family beach category. Our...
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Milford Sound And Fiordland National Park
Fiordland on the South Island, one of New Zealand's most scenic regions and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of those bucket list destinations every family should...
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5 top tips for an unforgettable multi-gen holiday
Taking your whole family on holiday is not an easy task to pull off, and making everyone happy on said holiday is just as impossible. When the age gaps are so big everyone tends to disagree with each...
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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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Rotorua Hobbits and Maori Culture
A New Zealand family introduces their kids to the wonders of Maori culture, with a bit of Hobbit lore from Hobbiton, as seen on Rotorua. Last January, the warmest month in New Zealand, is the...
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Australia’s Outback By Train
The classic train journey aboard The Ghan between Adelaide and Darwin reveals how immense, how vast, how achingly, stunningly wide and endless is the Australian desert.Flying by plane...
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Nemo’s World
Come aboard as three generations cruise along Australia's Great Barrier Reef looking for "Nemo" and his undersea friends -- and find them.“Can we visit Nemo again?” asked my eldest son as...
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Foreign Airlines Expanding Kids In-Flight Programs
Know of any parents who haven't had a hard time flying with kids? I don't. From fussing to wrigling, crying and whining - we've all been there. Luckily, airlines have stepped up to the plate and are...
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Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort, Fiji
Shangri-La' s Fijian Resort in Fiji, previously a winner of FTF's Top 10 Getaways for Tiny Travelers award, gets a fresh look in 2015.A...
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Meet Melbourne, Australia’s Capital of Cool
Central Melbourne is filled with a gorgeous and eclectic combination of wide, easily walkable boulevards and narrow, graffiti-covered alleys. This contrast perfectly conveys what makes the city so diverse...
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Hopping Around Adelaide And Kangaroo Island, Australia
We began our Australia journey in the city of Adelaide, located in the province of South Australia. An odd choice, some might think, but...
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The Call Of The Water: Sailing Australia’s Whitsundays
Taking the family sailing into the azure blue of the Whitsunday Islands off Australia's coast is easy; the hard part could be taming them before returning to civilization.Now and then, a shared...
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Top 3 Kid-Friendly Beaches in Sydney
Following my dreams, I moved to Sydney a couple of years ago and ever since, I couldn't help, but fall in love with the city. Its astonishing museums, quirky markets and breath-taking...
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Family Flashpacking In Fiji
Fiji offers offbeat budget travel opportunites for a family beach vacation that combines a hip backpacker vibe with the comforts of an all-inclusive family resort. Family Adventures...
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Queenstown, Adventure Capital Of New Zealand
Calling Queenstown the Belle of New Zealand's South Island is scant praise to bestow upon this gorgeous lakefront town surrounded by snow-capped mountains and endless views. Instead, we...
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It’s Wellywood To Movie Fans, Wellington New Zealand In 48 Hours
What can a family do with only 48 hours in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand? Enjoy every one of the 28,800 minutes being transported to new worlds. Filmmaker...
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On The Otago Central Rail Trail
Kids love trains and so does the Otago region of New Zealand, where more than 150 kilometers of once busy railroad tracks have been removed and converted into Rail Trails for cyclists....
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Our Too Brief Location Scout in Auckland
Three days into our travels we begin Day One of our filmmaker's tour of New Zealand. The skies are a brilliant blue, the light is surprisingly soft, and Ron, my producer husband, is excited to...
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Movies Take Us to New Zealand, Act I, Scene 1
Act I of our Moviemaker's Tour of New Zealand takes us aboad Air New Zealand and onto the Premium Economy Class adventure. So how did my husband Ron and I choose a vacation adventure...
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How I spent 10 days in a camper in New Zealand
It is true what they say about New Zealand: "The world in one Country". As European I have seen a lot of countries especially in Europe but also outside, but what amazed me the most was how much...
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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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Star Trekking: Kate Plus Eight Go Down Under
Ending 2010 with a bang, reality television star and single mom, Kate Gosselin, packed up her eight children, and headed to New Zealand and Australia for a two week get-a-way. Sources report...
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Star Trekker: 12:10: Oprah Goes Down Under with Elvis
Oprah Winfrey, the popular talk-show host, billionaire and philanthropist, may not have children to travel with, but she still surrounds herself with family. She lives with her long-time boyfriend,...
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StarTrekking:12:10: Winfrey Takes Show Down Under to Sydney’s Oprah House
In a surprise announcement that brought incredulous delight to audience members at the popular "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Ms. O herself told her fans that they would all be going to Australia this Christmas...
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“A Gift of Hope”
It has been nearly two months after the devastating tragedy on September 29, 2009. Our Principal Simon Mageo came to our National Honor Society of our Samoana High School...
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Visiting Rotorua, New Zealand
If you're planning a vacation to New Zealand, read on about the Maori people, sheep, geothermal activity, kiwi and hobbits.Families who want to explore what makes New Zealand unique should...
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A Journey of Song
This was it. The moment I’d been waiting for! I took one step at a time as I ascended the red carpet stairs. My dress shimmered and sparkled as the movement of my feet ruffled the soft fabric...
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Getting to the Heart of Australia
Ask most Americans about Australia, and their minds fill with images of the Sydney Opera House, beaches,...
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New Zealand: Rotorua’s Maori Culture
A New Zealand family introduces their kids to the wonders of Maori culture on Rotorua.Last January - the warmest month in New Zealand – is the time we stopped for a while in...
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Club Crocodile Resort, Whitsunday Islands of Australia
Club Crocodile Resort on Long Island, part of the remote Whitsunday island chain off the eastern coast of Australia was a paradise I had never before experienced. Reachable only by...
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Madang – A Little Bit of Paradise
Imagine relaxing on a comfortable wooden chair near a tiny beach at a comfortable resort. Or imagine spending an afternoon snorkeling through an under water world. Picture lounging on a little "dock"...
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Anthropology of Fiji for the Backpacker
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By Rail Aboard The Overland: Adelaide To Melbourne Australia
A southern Australia vacation by family-friendly train offers mountains, rivers, kangaroos and a whole lot more, while someone else does the driving. As on many train journeys throughout North...
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My trip to New Zealand !
In January 2008, after visiting Asia and Australia, we traveled to New Zealand for two weeks. Here are some of my highlights of that great trip!
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Kangaroo Island – the best wildlife place ever !
We flew from Sydney to Adelaide, then drove to the ferry to go to Kangaroo Island. When we got there we went to this place called Seal Bay where we went on a guided walk on this beach with lots of sea...
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Trips, Teddies And Tides in Gippsland
In Australia's Far East, this lovely area of Gippsland is famous for its natural lakes, forests, wildlife and relaxing ambiance.We puttered along the wild shores of South Eastern Australia’s...
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Kid Suites At International Family Resorts
Some popular family hotels and resorts in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia boast large family suites whose decor and amenities have been designed with kids in mind. Between June and September 2009,...
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French Polynesia For Families And Lovers
Don't think just white sand beaches and sparkling lagoons. A family vacation to Moorea and Bora Bora offers special, once-in-a-lifetime experiences.Jumping off your overwater bungalow’s...
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Exploring Australia: Hawkesbury River Region, New South Wales
The Hawkesbury River
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Australia’s Mysterious Rainforest In Northern Queensland
Sugar plantations, historic sights and colorful vineyards along the Canecutter Way trail make a tour of Northern Queensland a delightful family road trip.With apologies to Shelley: “My name...
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Along The Southeastern Winding Way – Adelaide To Melbourne
Two families with infants explore the natural beauty and coastal villages of southeastern Australia by car, finding serenity in the region's small town pleasures and beauty along the Great Ocean Road. Australia...
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