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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.

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Travel Trends 2006: Smart Sleeping With Hotel Discounts

Savvy travelers can learn from hospitality industry experts how to locate and take advantage of un-publicized hotel and resort discounts. After a steady decline in profits from 2001 until...

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Travel Trends 2006: Family Travel Is Up And Going Higher Across USA

Trends Report - June 2006: FTFc finds family travel is up within the United States, from Americans vacationing domestically and foreigners visiting the U.S. with children in tow. Here's...

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Travel Trends 2006: Cruising’s Up, Cruisers Up

Trends Report, June 1, 2006 The North American cruise industry celebrates rise in passenger numbers and revenues, largely due to multi-generational travel. A recent press conference hosted by the

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Travel Trends 2005: British Parents Share Travel Fears

In July 2005, a travel trends survey done by Britain's ICM interviewed more than 600 parents with children aged 18 or under to gauge their travel concerns. In July 2005, a travel trends...

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Travel Trends 2005: Kids Dig Hotels Designed With Their Needs In Mind

Family Travel Forum's FTFc consulting division reports on forward-thinking hotels with kid-pleasing rooms and amenities.Family Travel Forum's FTFc consulting division reports on forward-thinking...

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Travel Trends 2005: US Vacations For Summer Looking Sunny

Trends Report: May 2005: Several online and brick 'n' mortar agencies predict a healthy summer ahead, particularly in condo and villa rentals.Trends Report: May 2005: Several online and brick 'n'...

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Travel Trends 2004: FTFc Examines State Of The Family Travel Market

Trends Report - January 2004: Family Travel Forum's consulting division examines the hospitality industry's awareness of the Family Market and its needs. Trends Report - January 2004: Family Travel...

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Travel Trends 2003: Togethering Is The Trend Of The Year

Trends Report - December, 2003: In 2003, statistics showed that families were viewing vacations increasingly as reunion opportunities, and that those in the travel industry were adjusting accordingly.

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Travel Trends 2003: Teens Survey Reveals Hotel Preferences

Trends Report, December 2003: The Loews hotel chain and "17" magazine team up to ask tweens and tweens what they want from a family vacation. Parents facing the challenge of enticing...

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Travel Trends 2003: We Will Miss Kemmons Wilson

Feb. 2003: The inventor of "kids stay free" and other family travel concepts at the very first Holiday Inn has passed away. FTF recently learned that Kemmons Wilson, founder of the...

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Travel Trends 2002-2003: Winter Family Travel

Trends Report, October 2002. Flying, cruising, hitting the road, and traveling with pets: discover what was cool for families in a winter past. Numbers are in from various travel pollsters,...

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Travel Trends 2002: Identifying US Vacations For Summer

Trends Report, June 2002. Find out what the trends were for family travelers in summer 2002, when post-9/11 fears ruled the marketplace. When we polled Family Travel Forum families in April...

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