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Eileen Ogintz's new series of guides for Taking the Kids throughout the Western United States are now available for the NOOK and Kindle. Your kids will love the fun facts, games and puzzles!

Traveling with kids is messy, aggravating, frustrating and wonderful, just like raising kids. Taking the Kids is your best family travel resource for how to get the most fun-and memories-out of your family vacations as well as the most bang for your travel buck. Eileen Ogintz has over 20 years of experience as a journalist, writer and blogger tracking travel trends. She is also a mom who has traveled with her three kids and others in the family from Orlando to Yosemite, the Caribbean to Alaska, to Europe and beyond. Taking the Kids’ main purpose is to help you show your kids the world, have a good time in the process and build memories that last a lifetime.

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Just a walk in the snowy woods

Feb 5, 2012  |  comments
Solden Austria
I was thinking about that Snow Walk the other night when Mel called from college to report giddily that she’d spent the weekend on a back-country skiing trip that “was harder than anything I’ve done on skis.”... more »


Weekly Column

What you need to know about cruise safety

Feb 9, 2012  |  comments
Norwegian Epic - one of the newer megaships
It is important to keep in perspective that the Concordia disaster was by all accounts an aberration in an industry that prides itself on its safety record. Between 2005 and 2010, cruise lines carried nearly 100 million passengers with a total of 16 deaths...... more »


Travel Diary

At the 9/11 Memorial on a cold, snowy morning

Feb 2, 2012  |  comments
ABC Westport boys at the National 911 Memorial in New York
Every one of our boys parents are immigrants—from Africa, Mexico, Jamaica and Trinidad, from other places. They learned that had they been immigrants in the 1870s living here, they would have worked 10 hours a day rather than go to school...... more »





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First Family Travel Conference

At the first Family Travel Conference, in New York Feb. 3-4, more than 40 family travel professionals were unanimous that restaurants, hotels and cruise lines need to improve their children’s menus to make them tastier as well as healthier.


Family Ski Guide 2011-12


January is National Learn a Snow Sport Month with more than 200 resorts offering free or discounted ski, snowboard, and cross-country ski and snowshoe lessons for beginners. Find packages and deals in Eileen's 2011-12 family ski guide.

Family Cruise Guide 2012

I’ve cruised with my family around the world. I’ve found along the way that key is to choose the right cruise for your family and kids. Here are some great options to consider:



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Valentine's special from Elite Island Resorts

Feb 10, 2012
The ultimate romantic getaway for parents and a bargain…Starting at midnight and ending at 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14, 2012, reserve an Elite Island Resorts vacation stay

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Get out there and have some fun! See family friendly events happening all over the nation in our Calendar of Events.

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