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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 …

IN CHICAGO, FACE TO FACE WITH ENDANGERED PENGUINS IN CHICAGO, FACE TO FACE WITH ENDANGERED PENGUINS The most memorable family travel experiences are those that help youngsters go from seeing to doing.For this reason, the new Malott Family Penguin Encounter at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo has my family giddy.Visitors may …

CENTRAL LODGE OF ORGEON IS THE BEST TO RESET CENTRAL LODGE OF ORGEON IS THE BEST TO RESET The first thing that struck me was the strong smell of cedar and pine, a direct knock to the nose, akin to an Oregon forest. After one of those horrible car rental …

THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AS A DISNEY IMAGINEER THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AS A DISNEY IMAGINEER Is Disneyland the world’s happiest place? In David Caranci’s opinion, yes. He spent more than three decades working intermittently for the Walt Disney Company, spending 17 of those years in the decorations division. In …