Family Camping Trip Options
When you think about camping, what do you picture? Do you see a tent, or a pop-up camper? Are you boiling spring water, or drinking from the campground water spigot? Camping means different things to different...
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A Vacation Date to the Finger Lakes Wineries
On a recent romantic getaway upstate, my wife and I discovered the little town of Hammondsport, New York, located at the base of Keuka Lake, one of the many Finger Lakes. The pace of...
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It’s all Greek to Me
Last year, on a few days off work in Kosovo, we went to Greece! The country was amazing, but the most exciting part was the journey. Or, as I like to call it, The Odyssey.It all started...
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How I spent 10 days in a camper in New Zealand
It is true what they say about New Zealand: "The world in one Country". As European I have seen a lot of countries especially in Europe but also outside, but what amazed me the most was how much...
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Gourmet To Go Healthy Snack Recipes
When my family and I go on road trips we pretty much have a set road trip snack menu: sliced cantaloupe, granola bars, grape tomatoes and of course, a stash of candy bars (for “energy”...
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rant on roadtrips!
i love to travel! roadtrips are fun but i don't mind taking other forms of transportations: airplanes and what not. umm let me list the places ive been too. my parents travel...
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U.S. Regulations For Special Groups Crossing U.S. Borders
The latest regulations from U.S. Customs and Border Protection explain some of the exceptions being made for Special Group travel, such as teen and school group tours. U.S. border crossing...
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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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Two Nation Road Trip, Maine to New Brunswick
Looking for a fun way to experience the beauty of North America’s Atlantic coast? Try the two nation vacation from Maine in the US to New Brunswick in Canada for scenic...
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The Road to Cannes: Aix to Cannesdemonium
My account of our family vacation in the south of France continues. After 3 days of bliss and quiet at le Mas des Etoiles in Provence, we were almost in Cannes. The D7 from Gordes...
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Road to Cannes – Exploring Provence
Awakening in le Mas des Etoiles, a farmhouse whose white sheers blow in carrying the lavender scented breeze and chatter of...
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Road to Cannes – Our Hotel de Charme in Provence
It's only our second day on a family vacation to the Cannes Film Festival and we're in the chill phase before the Cannesdemonium, as my clever friend calls it. From Marseilles,...
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Road to Cannes – Exploring Marseilles
Marseilles is not as bad as I've heard. The overnight flight via Lufthansa was more comfortable than any of us imagined, because we were on a new A380...
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Custom Itinerary: Ideal One-Month Tour of California with Kids
Q. Alan T. of Perth, Western Australia, is planning a month-long family vacation in California with his young children, and wants suggestions for the ideal itinerary.
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Custom Itinerary: Fun For Teens on a California National Parks Roadtrip
Q. Kiki N. of Farmington, Connecticut is planning a road trip with driving age teens to see California's national parks, and wants advice on their itinerary, costs, hotels, and airfare.
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Custom Itinerary: Best of Wyoming with Teens
Q. Eva S. of Wisconsin asks for help planning which destinations and wildlife viewing activities to plan on their summer family road trip to Wyoming.
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This Guide Plans Your East Coast Road Trip
With so many suggestions for what to do, where to eat and stay, the Drive I-95 guidebook can certainly help any road trip planner.Ever wonder what it would be like to travel down the entire East...
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Custom Itinerary: Touring Harry Potter Sights & British Castles
Q. Laurie H. and family from Houston, TX want tips on seeing Harry Potter sights and staying in the top castle hotels during a 16-day trip to England with their daughters.
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Scenic Highway 120 thru Groveland to Yosemite
Almost any trip from the San Francisco Bay Area to Yosemite National Park will take you along scenic Highway 120 through the gold rush era town of Groveland and on into the park itself. Almost every...
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Surviving The Trip: 10 Tough Love Tips For Calming Cranky Kids
Preparation and clear boundaries make a road trip with your babies, toddlers and school-age kids easier to handle and much more fun for everyone. If you dread the idea of piling your kids...
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Iconic Roadtrips With A Sense Of Humor
Lonely Planet publishes a detailed guide to the best US road trips for those who like to travel with a plan.Aside from the first few pages that are filled with color photographs, "USA’s Best...
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Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia
If Route 66 is part of your family road trip itinerary, it helps to stock up the knowledge bank with this fun little guidebook about the famous byway. Planning to "get your kicks on Route...
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Free Travel Fun In Kauai, Hawaii
Like most everything in life, the best things to enjoy about Kaua'i -- its natural beauty and Hawai'ian culture -- are free or, at least, pretty affordable.Like most everything in life, the best...
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Touring Texas On A Family Road Trip
To conquer Texas -- the largest state in the Lower 48 and one of its most colorful -- a Texas road trip vacation needs forethought, planning and stamina.America's immense highway system, built...
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Wide Open Spaces with My Lifelong Best Friend; My Mom
The greatest trip of anyone’s life is the day they were born. The problem is that most of us do not remember. I know that on the day I was born it started the greatest journey I shall...
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Mom, 3 Kids, 5 Days – Los Angeles To Vancouver Family Road Trip
Follow my advice on how to avoid a bumpy ride -- or should we say mom's worst nightmare ever? -- on a roadtrip from Los Angeles through Oregon, Washington state and Vancouver.
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Following Lewis And Clark Through Washington
Washington State looked different to us than its wilderness did to Lewis and Clark so many years ago, so we became our own Corps of Discovery. When Lewis and Clark blazed a trail...
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Custom Itinerary – Driving the Pacific Coast Highway and Visiting Yosemite National Park
Q. Amelia M. of Van Nuys, California writes: My family of four, including myself, my 73-year-old mother and two sons (ages 11 and 22) want to drive the PCH from Southern California, and visit Yosemite....
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Blue Ridge Parkway – An Outdoorsman’s Paradise
Running from Virginia south and west to the Carolinas, the Blue Ridge Parkway is one of America's most scenic drives.The Blue Ridge Parkway is more than just 469 miles of obscenely beautiful...
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Branson, A Great Place to Take the Family
"Branson? Isn't that just for older folk and those who love country-western?" That was my thought when I recently had an opportunity to be there. It was not a place I ever thought I would go to...
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Bozman, Maryland
We were RV camping on the Chesapeake Bay peninsula a few years ago, when I noticed on the map a town with my family name: Bozman, Maryland. We had to go visit, and soon discovered...
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Road Trips: Hitting The Open Road With Teens
FTF's annual teen travel writing scholarship reveals what teens really think about piling into the family car for the annual summertime roadtrip.As the traveling parent of a teen, this script...
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Italian Villas For Your Euro Road Trip
Our kids wanted to go to Venice - my wife and I wanted to go to Tuscany. Here's how we hit the autostrada and did both. On a recent spring break in Italy, after wandering by boat and foot...
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What’s Chillin’ In Chelan County, Washington
This scenic road trip promises recreation, offbeat cultural festivities and learning opportunities for all ages around Leavenworth, at the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state.Sometimes...
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Kenya’s Enticing
Your Go-To Guide for Kenya, where family-oriented tour operators combine rustic charms with natural treasures for safari-goers.Kenya is a coastal country in East Africa. Its geography is spectacular,...
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Dorney Park Pennsylvania is a great deal and fun
We just got back from our family vacation, driving from Long Island to Washington DC, then to Pennsylvania for some theme parks. Because I have 7 relatives from my husband's side of the family visiting...
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Along The Southeastern Winding Way – Adelaide To Melbourne
Two families with infants explore the natural beauty and coastal villages of southeastern Australia by car, finding serenity in the region's small town pleasures and beauty along the Great Ocean Road. Australia...
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Travel Trends 2009: Summer Shaping Up Local, Cheap And Unexpectedly Diverse
Trends Report, June 7, 2009. Families say they'll stay close to home and spend less, but if your kids are almost out of the house and this is your year to go.Trends Report, June 7, 2009. Families say...
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A Road Trip Through Oregon
Pack your luggage, load the kids in the car, and let FTF tell you how best to enjoy a scenic road trip though Oregon.There's probably no better state for scenic touring than Oregon, and no better...
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Maryland’s Chesapeake And Delaware Canal
This family discovers a B&B, fascinating local museum and other sites surrounding Maryland's C&D Canal. Snowbirds that we are, we usually look for interesting stopovers, off Route I-95, on...
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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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Built-In, High-Tech Backseat Entertainment
Here's a look at the in-car entertainment systems the major American manufacturers are installing to make road trips easier for all ages."Are we there yet?" Children have always bugged their...
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America’s Scenic Road Trips
Get on the road again with a tour of some nationally-honored Scenic Byways, whose history, culture and local importance have endeared them to travelers across the nation. "We took our children...
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Camping In Massachusetts’ Mohawk Trail State Forest
This seasoned camper explains why a quiet and secluded state park in the Berkshires provides the ideal setting for novice adventurers. Any week between Easter and Halloween is appropriate...
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Notre Vacances en France: A Euro Road Trip
Your guide to a pleasant drive from the U.K. - even with fussy little ones - and a delightful, budget camping adventure in the south of France. There are many good reasons for taking a holiday...
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Garden Of The Gulf: Prince Edward Island
The International Shellfish Festival comes to Canada's remote eastern island in time to catch changing leaves and uncrowded trails.Ah, Prince Edward Island. In my many visits to Canada, somehow...
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Following The Clinton Trail In Arkansas
Find out how Arkansas' tourism developed in the 1990s in response to its famous native, then-President Bill Clinton. Ever since Bill Clinton urged America to "come on down" to visit his...
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California North Coast Reunion In Carmel And Monterey
With kids and grandparents, the quiet pleasures of a reunion in Carmel and Monterey -- hiking, shopping, dining -- create a perfect multigenerational vacation.
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Wild Wild West
With another family, my family of four flew to California, and then rented two cars for 14 days to tour the West. Entering Nevada, the trunk lid on our car broke, but it didn't prevent the trip from...
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