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THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY VACATIONS AND THEIR PROSPECTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY VACATIONS AND THEIR PROSPECTS The travel industry’s family travel segment is expanding, so much so that this week’s conference in the Sonoran Desert was organized by a young industry group to celebrate and examine it. As part of …

DON’T WORRY ABOUT BRINGING BABY GEAR WITH THIS COMPANY DON’T WORRY ABOUT BRINGING BABY GEAR WITH THIS COMPANY Any family traveler will tell you right away that schlepping the stuff is the most unpleasant aspect of taking children on vacation. Carrying baby equipment like strollers, high chairs, and Pack-N-Plays might …

BEST ROAD TRIP FOR FAMILY-FRIENDLY IN MASSACHUSETTS BEST ROAD TRIP FOR FAMILY-FRIENDLY IN MASSACHUSETTS Are you trying to find a family road trip that combines reading and creativity? A suitable one for both toddlers and teenagers? Travel along the I-91 corridor that passes through central Massachusetts to discover, all within …

SEE 1 IN 3 AMERICAN FAMILIES TRAVEL SEE 1 IN 3 AMERICAN FAMILIES TRAVEL American families are traveling under the aliases of Clark and Ellen Griswold from National Lampoon’s Vacation.One thing to remember from a recent AAA survey study is that around 35% of American families plan to travel more …

HOW DIPLOMAT FAMILIES RAISE THEIR CHILDREN ABROAD HOW DIPLOMAT FAMILIES RAISE THEIR CHILDREN ABROAD My sister is here, and the three of us—the husband, the children, and the space shuttle bumper sticker—are traveling in a minivan. The children wriggle in the rear seat. Everybody is ravenous. Istanbul is our fourth …

BEST THINGS FOR YOUR KIDS ‘ RAISING ABROAD’ BEST THINGS FOR YOUR KIDS ‘ RAISING ABROAD’ The toughest step is the first one. My four-member American family moved to London in 2011 after months of preparation from New York City. The list of responsibilities we had was never-ending: storage, bank …

STRANGENESS AND DELIGHT TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR PARENTS STRANGENESS AND DELIGHT TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR PARENTS My mother said, “When do we get leis?” as we got off the plane headed to Honolulu. “Most often at the hotel,” I told her. She was let down since she had anticipated a …

3 TIPS FOR GETTING BY AT DISNEYLAND WITH A BABY 3 TIPS FOR GETTING BY AT DISNEYLAND WITH A BABY Most experts on Disneyland claim that children six years old and up should visit the Southern California theme park. In general, older children are right when they say that they …

BEST WATER PARK IN TEXAS BEST WATER PARK IN TEXAS This past weekend saw the opening of the nation’s first “all-accessible” water park in San Antonio, Texas, offering splash-and-splish enjoyment to individuals of all abilities, including those with physical limitations and those on the autistic spectrum.The park, known as Morgan’s …

BEST TRAVEL IN TURKEY WITH YOUR KIDS BEST TRAVEL IN TURKEY WITH YOUR KIDS The decision of Turkey for a family holiday wasn’t the most apparent one. A month prior to my trip there with my expectant spouse and our three-year-old kid, a gunman opened fire at a nightclub in …