Rules of the Road
As I've mentioned before, in my profile that I have these three rules that I live by. I feel I should explain them a bit better so you can full understand what I'm all about when I travel. 1)...
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Kids Camps For Children With Special Needs
Family vacations can incorporate supervised overnight camp programs noted in our roundup that are specially designed to be fun for kids with physical and/or mental disabilities. With so many camps to...
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Canada And US Partner To Clarify Border Regulations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency recently joined efforts to remind travelers of document requirements to travel into both countries.
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Introduce Foreign Foods With Recipes For Picky Eaters
Picky eaters can drive parents crazy. I know one baby raised solely on creamed spinach (imagine those diapers) and a little girl who refuses to eat brown food. One Texan friend could only get her son to...
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Easy To Cook Enchiladas Say Hola! Mexico
Most children have had some introduction to Mexican food, whether it's a visit to Taco Belle or an order of guacamole and chips at the local cantina. Nonetheless, it's hard for families with...
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10 Tips For Planning A European Vacation
Congratulations! Your family is heading out of the country for the next family vacation. You may have waited years for this moment to arrive, patiently watching the kids grow old enough to appreciate a...
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New Secure Flight Procedures Required By TSA
New screening protocols, full body scans and mandatory ID verification at least 72 hours in advance of flights are among new regulations. In response to two packages sent by air freight to...
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Finding Vacations On A Family Or Mom Blog
The Family Blog, Travel Blog, Mom Blog, Baby Blog... These personal journals are a great resource for traveling families, so we recognize some of the best.
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Joy on the Beach, Beach Wheelchair For The Mobility Impaired
Individuals with special needs can have “Joy on the Beach” with a specialized beach wheelchair for the mobility impaired. During...
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Ecotourism: Green Travel With a Purpose
Educational, fun vacations can be responsible, too, when you learn what makes a good eco-destination and how to be a green traveler. Traveling is one of life's great pleasures; seeing natural...
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Packing A Travel Safety Kit
Traveling parents can rest more easily knowing they are prepared for almost anything, in the event something happens to themselves, their children or their destination. With terrorism, mysterious...
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Tips for Europe Touring: Sibling vs. Spouse
Now, I'm sure no one wants to hear all of the funny stories that won't be nearly as amusing to others as it was to us. So, instead, I am going to offer up some advice and tips about traveling...
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Summer Camp Tips for Parents
Planning for your kids' summer? If you are considering day camp or sleep away camp, here are some issues to consider.Planning for your kids' summer? If you are considering day camp or sleep away...
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Jet Lag In Children
Doc Holiday discusses the best ways to adjust to a new time zone for parents and their cranky children. Jet lag, or disruption in sleep and wake cycles with travel across time...
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U.S. Trusted Traveler Programs And WHTI Regulations
The latest regulations from U.S. Customs and Border Protection explain some of the alternatives to expensive passports for international border crossings in the WHTI.U.S. border crossing requirements...
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Cheaper Travel ID Options For Kids At Certain Borders
As many families already know, since January 23, 2007, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) has required all U.S.As many families already know, since January 23, 2007, the...
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Air Travel For U.S. Citizens: Necessary Documents For WHTI Countries
Read on to see if your family can save money on required identification papers when crossing borders between the US and WHTI countries.These regulations concern the Western Hemisphere...
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10 New Air Travel Regulations You Need To Know
Family Travel Forum urges families flying to the U.S. to prepare for new security regulations in place at international airports around the world. Since Northwest Flight 253 was threatened...
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Greening Your Family Travels
Needless to say, we love traveling, but we also love the Earth, and present this guide to cutting down on the carbon emissions produced in your travels... and other tips to living green. I...
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Negotiating Family Airline Travel in the 21st Century
Here are 10 tips on what to bring to make family airline flights fly by Airline travel may be down this year, but there’s still the risk of H1N1 and the added airline expenses associated...
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Keeping Allergies And Asthma in Check
Here are some medically proven allergy prevention tips, designed to help you identify and overcome travel situations likely to aggravate asthma or allergies, and cause problems that can ruin a vacation. Did...
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Pickpockets: Where To Find Them And How To Avoid Them
Thanks to the popular hotel review site, TripAdvisor, we have some fresh thoughts on how to avoid pickpockets, the bane of every traveler's existence. Well, some would say that airport security...
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Parents Away on Business Travel
How do kids feel and what do they do differently when parents travel without them? Find out the stats, plus some tips from road warriors on easing the pain of separation, courtesy of Sheraton Hotels and...
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The Long View: Coping With Carry-On Regulations
FTF's cruising expert examines carry-on regulations and how family sailors can cope with leaving the liquids and gels behind.I haven't willingly checked a bag in 10 years, even for a weeklong...
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No Snow? No Surf? Mountainboard!
Find out how mountainboarding has grown from an extreme trend to a widespread and professionally-recognized sport.Leave it to sports adventure enthusiasts to solve a duel dilemma: How can we snowboard...
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Family Travel: Today A Nightmare, Tomorrow A Memory
How to survive in-laws, missed flights, heatstroke, lost luggage, broken refrigerators and even a hurricane to have the best family vacation ever on Sanibel Island. As editor of a travel newsletter...
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Online Travel Bargains
Short breaks by air and last minute packages - courtesy of the Internet - continue to be strong travel bargains, summer or winter. Since you're reading this story, we know you are comfortable...
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Tropical Climates Demand Medical Precautions
Tips on prevention and simple remedies if anyone in your family succumbs to common ailments while traveling in tropical climates with kids.When traveling with young children to any tropical climate...
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Vegetarian Road Food
Your family's guide to in-the-car fast food and on-the-road dining the meatless way.According to a 2000 Vegetarian Resource Group Roper poll, 2% of children between the ages of 6 and 17-years-old...
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Tourism Industry Works To Protect Children’s Rights
Find out how ECPAT and UNICEF have been working internationally with the tourism industry to curb child sex tourism. When ECPAT...
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Travel Wise with Children
A learning expert shares her strategies for making your travel time with youngsters as fun and educational as possible. My friend Suzann told me a story which illustrates many truths about traveling...
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Making Magic at Museums
Tips for making the museum visit experience extra valuable for childrenIf the idea of another pretend bus, or roomful of blocks, or vague art project makes you shun the local children's museum,...
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How Much Vacation is Enough?
How does vacation time compare in countries throughout the world? Maybe Americans don't want to know! Check out these figures of U.S. workers' annual average vacation time compiled by the...
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Tired From Visiting Family? Exhausting Vacation Relief
Family vacationing can be tiring -- read about this travelers' survey to learn where the fatigue comes from.According to a 2002 survey by the Gallup Organization of 1,000 American adults,...
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The Responsible Traveler
A Brief Guideline to the Health Issues and Cultural Codes of Traveling from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Whether traveling from state to state or across the ocean, cultural, hygienic,...
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Can Business = Family Travel?
Road Warriors share their experiences - good and bad - about toting kids on business trips. Longtime financial journalist Achs delivers the bottom line on how to make a productive business trip a successful...
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Wildlife Viewing Tips
To get the most out of your wildlife-viewing experience, in Estes Park, Colorado or elsewhere, read Family Travel Forum's tip sheet. Wild animals in Estes Park, Colorado? They abound. Not...
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Reality Camping
Everything you need to know about camping with the family, and how to get started in a nearby park so you can practice before your national park expedition. I have a confession to make. I...
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Packing Tips – Pack Lightly And Carefully
Read the experts' advice on what to take, what to leave home, and suggestions for packing carefully.Next to flight delays and long lines at the airport, packing is probably the least pleasant...
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Travel Jitters: Coping With Real Concerns
Family Travel Forum's tips on traveling safe 'n' sound, plus securing your vacation investment in a changing world.Family Travel Forum's tips on traveling safe 'n' sound, plus securing...
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Inviting the Buddy: A Guide for Hosts and Guests
Emily Post never covered it, so FTF provides essential tips for making your family vacation, plus the "all important" friend, a success.If your child is a baby or toddler, the item most essential...
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Feeding the Titanic Fever
If the Titanic story interests you, here are a few museums and exhibits around the globe that are dedicated to the notorious ship and its demise.Interest in the Titanic, Britain's "unsinkable"...
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Family Togetherness–RV Style
Are you new to RV travel, or an old pro looking for fresh ideas? Here's how to make your next RV journey as comfortable and fun as possible. Are you new to RV travel, or an old pro looking for fresh...
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European Air Passes
FTF tells you where to find the best flight deals through Europe. Fought hard to book mileage award tickets or get cheap flights to Europe? Don't forget that intra-European...
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Euro Collectors Arise! New Currency To Horde
Find out how to collect the current European currency and how each Euro reflects the character of the country you are visiting. Since January 1, 2002, when 12 European Union nations formally converted...
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Bike Smart
Using the acronym b.i.k.e.s.m.a.r.t. with your kids will introduce them to the basic rules of bicycling safety. Using the term "bike smart," the Virginia...
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Across the World, Internet Cafes Keep Travelers in Touch
FTF tells you how to find Internet cafes worldwide. As high school and college-aged travelers visit distant lands with ever-increasing frequency, Internet cafés have popped up all over the...
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Business Travelers’ Staying in Touch Tips
What do high-profile parents do when business travel calls and the children stay at home? Keep in touch, of course. Executives in the travel industry and a variety of other business travelers have conjured...
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Top 10 Take-Along Classic Kid’s Movies
If you're tired of the Harry Potter and High School Musical movies, here are some old flicks for the new generation. Kids and parents alike will enjoy these (somewhat recent) classics. Hitting...
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