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Family Travel Consulting


Meet Family Travel Consulting, the most powerful partnership in the fastest growing segment of the travel and tourism industry. With vaccines rolling out and tremendous pent-up demand for dream vacations, the family market is primed to explode. Did you know family travel was already huge in 2019?

  • 100+million trips per year included kids to equal a multibillion-dollar business
  • More than 1.7 million children under age 18 were cruising annually
  • 87% of traveling parents said kids influence vacation decisions -- and that before Zoom!
  • 44% of grandparents traveled with grandkids – and skip-gen travel was taking off.
  • Families were taking nearly 9 million international trips annually pre-COVID.

Work with us to reach this vast market because Family Travel Consulting content is trusted by millions of families. Family Travel Consulting is well known in the family travel space and marketplace. Family Travel Consulting partners with a broad network of influencers to amplify clients' messaging and reach family vacation planners when they're ready to plan.

The family travel marketplace is always growing, changing, re-inventing itself, just like our kids. Check out what's on our minds these days, below. And do get in touch.

Classic train waiting to depart the Strasbourg Pennsylvania station.
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7 Top Train Trips for Exploring the East

With more than 50 years of service experience, Amtrak presents seven top Eastern train trips -- all short ones ideal for family-friendly trips. We know families with little ones...

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Sustainable Cruise Brands Invest in Our Planet

The theme of Earth Day 2023 -- #investinourplanet – has prompted the Carnival Corporation cruise brands to share their investments in sustainable cruising.

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Sustainable Aviation Is Travel’s Latest Environmental Effort

Sustainable aviation is the latest buzz phrase in the race to make seeing the world a more sustainable -- and less environmentally onerous -- activity. That’s because aviation...

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How Health and Wellness Trends Impact Family Travelers

It’s hard to pick up a magazine or listen to a podcast without noticing how wellness trends impact family travelers. Personal wellness, now estimated to be a $2.2bn market worldwide,...

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Destinations Where Black Lives Matter

Explore historic sites, institutions and Black culture destinations where Black lives matter. These destinations will fuel fascinating conversations about race and justice that...

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Travel Fitness Exercise Routine

Stick to your resolutions with these simple travel fitness exercises from a top New York City trainer. We guarantee they'll help travelers keep in shape with a quick and easy-to-do...

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The Very Best Spring Break Vacation Ideas

Are sun and sand, snow or city lights among your spring break ideas? Maybe you want to sail away being pampered every minute (No meals to cook! No beds to make!) Maybe you want...

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Our 18 Favorite Mardi Gras Carnival Celebrations Outside New Orleans

Here are the top 18 places known among party-lovers and Catholics for superb Mardi Gras Carnival celebrations. Expect extraordinary Carnaval festivities and other...

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Cruise With Kids Vacations And Family-Friendly Ships

The Caribbean or Mexico? Alaska or the Mediterranean? Maybe you’re dreaming about a cruise with kids on an expedition trip to the Galapagos Islands or Japan?

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Sustainable Cruise Travel Now First Port Of Call

As the travel industry attempts to reduce its environmental impact, sustainable cruise travel has become a priority for cruise companies. An April 2022 survey...

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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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Big Snow Is Coming!

Every autumn as the winds pick up my family thinks “Big Snow is Coming!” but that’s because we love snow sports. That’s not true in every family. Turning kids into snow...

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