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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.

Cruise ships docked at Caribbean port
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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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Bands of LED lights and reflective surfaces add life and ornamentation to the MSC Seascape, a clever energy- and cost-efficient design.
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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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Three covers of the Negro Travelers' Green Book from the years 1947, 1948 and 1955 at the New York Public Library
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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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Group of skiers at Big Snow, New Jersey
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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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Kids in snowsuits scream while playing in the snow.
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The Best Family Getaways to Light Your Winter

Ready to plan one of the best winter family getaways ever this year? Sun or snow? Maybe you want to take that long-delayed trip to Orlando, go on a cruise with extended family...

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Family in snow gear outside Alta Lodge, Utah
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The Best Ski and Snow Family Vacations

Finally, a year when families need our annual ski and snow family vacations guide! After several winters of meager natural snowfall, ski and snowsports resorts all over the West...

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Father and daughter hold ballooons in front of Cinderella Castle, decorated for Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary. Photo c. Disney
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Walt Disney World Turns 50 And Better Than Ever

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Graphical chart of travelers' confidence in taking a vacation for summer 2022 from Allianz Worldwide Partners survey.
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Americans Are Confident About Travel Again

Americans are confident about travel again, spending more on vacations this summer, according to a new survey by Allianz Partners USA.

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A portable patio setup outside a Cougar model RV home parked at KOA Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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Scouting RV Shows? Find Out If RV Travel Is Right For You

As the number of families contemplating RV travel vacations in the outdoors grows, so do the crowds attending RV shows. Living in the United States, we are very lucky to have such...

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Beautiful old banyan tree in a park. Photo by Palinska for pixabay.
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Sustainable Travel: 8 Ways To Travel Responsibly As A Family

Sustainable travel and ecotourism were always hot topics around Earth Day (this year on April 22). But, when the pandemic put the world on pause and we watched our environment...

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Queen Mary 2 deckhand walks three dogs on deck of the ship while at sea.
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Family Cruise Vacations Back For Summer

What’s next on your travel bucket list – hope it’s one of my favorite family cruise vacations! Perhaps you’ve always...

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8 Best Resorts for Same Sex Families

Every family, including same sex families, looks for vacations where everyone feels welcomed. Gay couples with kids, however, have an added dilemma. Same sex parents must choose...

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