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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Summer Blockbuster Stays: Family Entertainment Hotels Where Pop Culture and Fun Collide
Why pay for theme parks when there are hotels with entertainment for families? This summer of budget-watching is the ideal time to discover unique family resorts and hotels with...
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Relax, Recharge, Reconnect: Fun Wellness Vacations For A Healthy Spring Break
Spring Break 2025 is shaping up to be a time for more than just escaping the classroom. It's an opportunity to prioritize family wellness vacations and create healthy habits that...
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Destinations Where Black Culture And Black Lives Matter
Explore historic attractions, institutions and unexpected sites of Black culture where Black lives matter. These destinations will fuel fascinating conversations about race and...
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Pigeon Forge Travel Tips For The First Time Visitor
If it's your first visit to this part of Tennessee, pack our Pigeon Forge travel tips to conquer this destination easily. Families, couples, and solo travelers alike have discovered...
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Must-See Dinner Entertainment In Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is renowned for its dinner plays and outdoor experiences. These events are special because people of all ages can enjoy delicious cuisine and entertaining...
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Leaf Peeker’s Guide To America’s Fall Foliage
Fall foliage tours and affordable leaf peeping road trips are easy to plan if you use this How-To, Where-To Leaf Peeker's Guide with tips on the best places to see leaf colors...
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We Love Memphis For Music, Music Shrines And Elvis
Exploring things to do in Memphis Tennessee is a blast for a lot of reasons — Elvis, music, Elvis, Ducks, Elvis, Civil Rights, Elvis. Sitting on the banks of the Mississippi...
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Memphis, Tennessee – Explore the Civil Rights Movement at the National Civil Rights Museum
Even if you've seen the very special Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC, your family should not miss an opportunity to visit "his" museum:
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A Dozen And More Top Family Golf Resorts
When golf became hot to younger generations, many golf resorts evolved into family golf resorts. They began by focusing on the parent and grandparent players they already had....
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Forget Chasing Bargains: These Are Top Value Spring Break Vacation Deals
Whether you're suffering from Tiktok fever, relentless blizzards or restless kids, many families are looking for a last-minute spring break vacation. Don't worry -- last minute...
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Making Our Travels More Meaningful
Social, economic and political forces have persuaded many families to commit to more meaningful travel since the pandemic pause.
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The King of Tupelo, Mississippi
I recently overheard two guys who'd scaled Kilimanjaro, run Class VI rapids on the New River, and rested their heads on the most expensive pillows in Paris agree that none of their...
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Road Trip USA: The Blue Ridge Parkway From Virginia To Tennessee
The beauty of the Blue Ridge Parkway will inspire your backseat passengers to sing "Country Roads, Take Me Home" as you cruise between the Shenandoah and the Smoky Mountain National...
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Dollywood And Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Home to Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park, Pigeon Forge,...
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The 10 Best Themeparks For Family Vacations
At almost any time of year, family planners can count on a theme park to shift the annual vacation into high gear. Whether you’re planning a long vacation or just a day trip,...
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Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park
From NASCAR to Dollywood to Sevierville, the region bordering Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers an unusually interesting array of manmade and natural attractions. Impact-Site-Verification:...
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The Lotz House in Tennessee
Nashville is more than music, riverfront, and great food. Its surrounding area also has a rich history dating back to the Civil War era. My family and I recently took a trip to the city and explored...
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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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Nashville, Tennessee Attractions
Learn about Music City Nashville's history, visit an 1800's print shop, cruise on a riverboat, and see the Parthenon without ever leaving the South -- and at great prices to boot. When...
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
There's more than a choo-choo train in Chattanooga, an example of what the U.S. News and World Reports dubs a "Smart City" -- a city that exemplifies extraordinary...
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Country Christmas Holiday in the Country Music Capital
Looking for a winter family getaway with style and holiday cheer? Try the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, located on a sprawling 9-acre property in Nashville, Tennessee....
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Custom Itinerary: Tennessee Family Hotels, 3 Kids, 8 Days
Q. Amanda B. from Texas is planning a trip to Tennessee with three kids under 15, and would like to find the most family-friendly hotels in the state.
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Tennessee’s Music City: Nashville Rocks Year-round
Newly revived Nashville has emerged from the May 2010 floods bigger and better, with the lights on at all the attractions that lure all ages to play, eat, and relax among Southern comforts. In...
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My Tennessee Adventure
When I was in tenth grade I travelled to Tennessee to visit my best friend Amber. Amber had moved away when we were in the third grade, but we had always...
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Go West, Young Man (v.2)
"You ready?," I barked out as I opened the rear driver's side door and tossed the case of RedBull and carton of Camel Lights on the creamy leather seats. "Hell yeah!," my cousin responded, hanging...
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Chattanooga, Tennessee Hotels And Restaurants
The experts at Family Travel Forum rate Chattanooga's most family-friendly hotels and restaurants.The experts at Family Travel Forum rate Chattanooga's most family-friendly hotels and restaurants.
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