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How to travel with a teenager – carefully
February 19, 2012At the inaugural FamilyTravelConference held recently at the Omni Berkshire Place in NYC, attendees said they wished hotels and resorts would take a page from cruise lines and offer more activities for tweens and teens. more →
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There’s something about Orlando
February 12, 2012The thing about Orlando is no matter how often you visit, there is always something new. That’s why Orlando became the first city in the country to welcome more than 50 million visitors last year—some 54 million to be exact! more →
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Just a walk in the snowy woods
February 5, 2012I 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 →
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From Guest to Guide: Growing up in Adventure Travel!
January 29, 2012Guest blogger Kasey Austin writes that her "earliest memories go way back to Alaska, everything from ice fishing with my dad to spending time at a remote fly-in camp and hiking trails frequented by moose and other larger than life critters!" more →
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Great job at Disney World, Mr. President, but next time take the kids!
January 22, 2012The President should be applauded for taking executive action to initiate these visa reforms, which should lead to more jobs in the United States. more →
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How far has ship safety come since the Titantic?
January 16, 2012In the coming months, we’ll be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Pundits and experts will be talking about how far we’ve come in cruise safety since then. Clearly the Concordia shows we still have a long way to go. more →
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In Amsterdam, a mix of culture, hip and fit
January 9, 2012In Amsterdam, everyone seems young, fit and, most important to the teens, hip and there’s the appropriate mix of culture, history and quirkiness more →
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In 2012, why not let the kids lead the way?
January 2, 2012Whether the kids were mine or someone else’s, I realized — sometimes belatedly — that the best times were had when we took our cue from the kids and let their passions-of-the-moment dictate. more →
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A memorable trip: to Africa and a safari
December 26, 2011Welcome to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, at 5,700 square miles bigger than the state of Connecticut and home to some of the largest prides of lion in East Africa as well as these other animals. more →
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Don’t freak out like I do before your next family trip!
December 19, 2011No matter how organized I think I am, no matter where we’re going, a few days before, I’m in pre-trip freak out mode when no one else in the family is the least bit worried that snow might derail flights (that’s happened) or we’ll have enough food for an upcoming sailing trip. (We’ve never gone hungry, my husband reminds us.) more →
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