My Camino
Colombia has beautiful colinas: green clouds that go on forever and make you feel as though you can jump from one to the other in a leap. My abuelo has a farm with hills like these and dirt paths that...
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Sweet Home Alabama
It all started four years ago. My entire world flipped upside down in the blink of an eye in June of 2010. This was the end of one book and the beginning of another as I trekked...
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A Not So Podunk Town
Texas is full of Podunk towns. On the hundred-mile plus stretches between more bustling cities, little towns dot the rural landscape, many equipped with not more than a questionable three pump gas station...
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My Favorite U.S. Virgin Islands Haunts
Long considered the playground of the tan, the fit and the wealthy, and host to too many toga parties and limbo contests, the U.S. Virgin Islands are saying good bye to hedonism -- and they're welcoming...
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The Little Things
Sometimes it takes traveling 600 plus miles away from home to be closer with the ones that you live with there. That is exactly what happened when my family decided to take a weeks vacation...
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Spine of the Earth: A Hike Through The Great Smokey Mountains
Sweat dripping down my back and feet crunching the dry earth, I pushed past tree boughs drooping in my path as I walked along the ridge of the Great Smokey Mountains on what has been referred to as...
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North Dakota Attractions
There are Badlands in both Dakotas, but the north can boast about its forbidding landscape, Pioneer Days celebrations and Theodore Roosevelt memorabilia.Find out what's the best in the West in...
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Percussion Ensemble trip to Austin, TX
The trip to Austin was exciting, funny, loud, emotional, and hot. After working our way to the top in Area, our Percussion Ensemble received the gold medal and the green light to advance to State....
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Portland, Heart of Oregon
Portland, Oregon -- the Pacific Northwest's hippest city -- is also its greenest, most friendly, and a fun place for a weekend away with the family. The show Portlandia also helped put...
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Pandas and Places You Only See in China!
When my sister was living overseas in Hong Kong, I jumped at the opportunity to visit her and get a glimpse of what my culture was like. As a fifth generation Chinese-American, I...
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New-York Historical Society Sets Sail with Circle Line
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, New York City’s iconic sightseeing company (more than 60 million passengers since 1945), recently unveiled a new joint program with New-York Historical...
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Ghost Towns of the American West
Up for a bit of a scare blended with historical haunts on your next vacation; discover the ghost towns of the Southwest in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, California, and Utah. Learn about the history...
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Baby Proof Travel Essentials
Multigenerational travel comprises 27% of all leisure travel according to the 2014 TMS Family Travel Summit, and 81% of these travelers say safety is their top priority. Given that so many grandparents...
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A Volunteer Reading Road Trip at Beaches Turks and Caicos
Once upon a time, the questions my children asked during our family travels were easy. Are we there yet? How long are we staying? Will there be other kids to play with? These questions were sometimes...
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Six Easy Safety Tips For Theme Parks
Keep your family safe during your next theme park adventure with these six easy tips.Trips to the theme park are usually on the top of every child's wish list. But when kids make a beeline...
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Paris – France Family Shopping Sans Budget
Whenever she visits Paris, the designer toddler clothes, haute couture for dolls, and toys for les jeunes make this shopper cry, "Vive la France!"Last year, a friend called me in a panic. It...
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Visit Victoria, Queen Of British Columbia
With the mildest climate in Canada, half the rainfall of neighboring Seattle and Vancouver, and a stunning setting on the edge of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a great year-round destination full of...
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A Final, Perfect Memory
“This is the best part!” says Hannah as we watch cheese buyers and sellers haggle. We are at the cheese...
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Biggest Yard Sale Ever: The Route 127 Corridor
An adorable vacation: Roadtrip it from OH to AL to see the 1,000s of objects for sale in America's longest yard sale.From nearby festivals to outside family barbecues, the summer season offers...
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Student Travel And Semesters Abroad
FTF offers guidance on how to prepare students for study abroad programs, so parents can maintain the maximum peace of mind.Although strict new regulations from America's INS Department have...
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Along The African Diaspora Heritage Trail In St. Louis
Show me St. Louis! Missouri's 'Gateway to the West' reveals its black heritage trail and celebrates a long tradition of African American culture. From the Gateway Arch to the Old Courthouse, thriving...
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Among The Relaxed On Pine Island
I was cursing the high-season traffic along Florida’s Gulf Coast until we made a right turn off grid-locked Cape Coral onto Pine Island. Then I remembered the travel truism: The best...
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Branson, Missouri With The Grandchildren
Branson is one of our favorite destinations. People go back year after year to enjoy all the shows and my husband and I have been there four times. To see how it's grown is amazing. Branson started...
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Safer Driving Tips And Tire Savvy
I was recently invited to learn how to be a safer driver at the Cooper Tire Vehicle and Test Center, located outside of San Antonio, Texas.
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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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A Perfect Philadelphia Getaway For Every Age And Stage Of Life
Philadelphia, Greek for “city of brotherly love,” really is perfect for a city-focused family getaway with kids of any age. Running the gamut from stirring American history sites, to arts and culture...
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Top 3 Northeast Family Resorts
Mohonk Mountain House, the Tyler Place Family Resort and Smugglers Notch are among the top family getaways in the Northeast, and all three will fulfill your...
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Tunisia’s Beaches = Africa’s Vacation Playground
This is a friendly Mediterranean country where Arab culture meets European sunbathing at the very popular Hammamet and Sousse resorts.In a North African country known for its 60 million olive...
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Google Glass Eyes Travelers
In the course of covering travel I am often asked to review innovative products that, while well designed and possibly useful, don’t enhance the travel experience enough to justify their cost,...
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My Family Biked From Alaska To Argentina
17,300 miles is the distance from Los Angeles, California to New York, New York -- seven times. It is about 5,000 miles less than the entire circumference of the Earth. It is a number I had only seen on...
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The Dream Road Trip of a Lifetime in the USA
A traveler from the UK shares his dream road trip: Driving the American West, visiting film locations in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Here's his journal.Hollywood's location managers...
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San Antonio, Texas Hotels
Here are reviews of favorite family-friendly hotels near the top sightseeing and cultural attractions in sunny San Antonio, Texas. Keep in mind that San Antonio is known as 'Fiesta City,' and there's...
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“This Time For Africa”
Ever since I can remember, my family, especially my dad, has been obsessed with soccer. So when he told us he bought tickets for the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, it was a dream come true. The...
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Adventures In Japanese
Just a few weeks ago my friend had nudged me slightly as we walked through the hallways of our school. He was staring at his feet with a solemn expression as his silly dinosaur sunglasses bounced atop...
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Seeing the Ocean: The Trans-Catalina Trail
The Trans-Catalina Trail is a 37.2-mile backpacking endeavor. It wraps around Catalina Island—the island where I was raised. The trailhead spirals above the small town of Avalon, through the hilly...
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Savannah: New Blooms, Old Scars
In Miami, we have a saying: “You have to go north to go south.”I whisk around notions of bayous, plantations, country lilts and comely manners as I take my first hungry glimpses of this mysterious...
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Should Kids and Casinos Mix on Vacation?
Since New York State just approved casino gambling outside of Native American lands, I wanted to explore how this affects travel with kids to New York's resort areas. The Mount Airy Casino Resort, which...
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San Antonio, Texas Attractions
FTF's favorite family spots in San Antonio include historic sites and armadillos, Mexican cafes and a lively riverfront, all in this southern Texas city. And as a destination, it has much more to offer...
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Walt Disney World Rocks Its Grandparents Side
In a welcome new spin on Disney’s laudable efforts to make themepark vacations available to everyone, of every ability, of every culture, of every age, Walt Disney...
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Living in an El Greco Painting
My name is Mackenzie and in the summer of 2013, I was lucky enough to travel to Spain, England, and France...
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Trip to Grandfather Mountain
Ever since I was a little kid I have always been curious and fascinated by mountains. Just the mere sizes of mountains, along with their overall beauty, have made me always drawn to them. When I found...
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Sweet Sixteen in the City that Never Sleeps
For one of my friends’ sweet sixteen parties, she did not want something traditional. Her father, the owner of a limo company, let her rent out a limo for the day and she invited around ten friends...
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The Soul of Volunteering
In seventeen years I haven’t been very far from my small hometown in Eastern Pennsylvania. Even now, the farthest I’ve ever been from home is Orlando Florida. However, even trips close to home have...
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Guide To Family Cruising Aboard Carnival
Carnival Cruise Lines does a very good job of living up to its tag line of "Fun Ships" and, with Fun Ship 2.0 upgrades and a creative partnership with Dr. Seuss, they guarantee even...
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Doing Disney Justice
We were a family with a mission. Two adults, three children, three days. Would the two older children (8 and 11) be bored with their third trip to Orlando? Wisely, the family put their Florida itinerary...
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Disney World Joins 50-Somethings: Grown-Up Attractions
If you’ve got kids, you probably recall that Disney’s “Happiest Celebration on Earth" was a much publicized company-wide initiative marking the 50th birthday of the original Disneyland. Disney...
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Taking The Grandchildren To Orlando
What could be more daunting for senior travelers than facing the prospect of a week at Orlando, Florida's many theme parks with hyperactive grandchildren? Where could we find other things to do in Orlando?...
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Star Trekking: Vanessa Hudgens Visits Disney World in Orlando
Vanessa Hudgens, the star of Disney’s High School Musical series, spent time in Florida this weekend at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The actress and singer was doing a press visit...
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