Like sailing from home — from NYC to Canada

Like sailing from home — from NYC to Canada

This is almost like sailing from our back yard — from New York up to Halifax in Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy in Canada, back to Bar Harbor, ME, and Newport RI on Norwegian’s Gem

10 fall festivals for families

10 fall festivals for families

There are literally hundreds of Octoberfests around the country this fall — some kid-friendly — but there are also plenty of apple, pumpkin and harvest festivals from which to choose

Fall is Family Time on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Fall is Family Time on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Fall is family time along Mexico’s Pacific Coast whether you want to take a bike ride around town, practice your Spanish, head to a local festival or relax at an all-inclusive resort

Getting slimed at Nick Punta Cana Resort

Getting slimed at Nick Punta Cana Resort

This upscale, all-inclusive 208-suite resort, a partnership of Karisma Hotels & Resorts and Viacom International Media Networks, is the first all-inclusive to have been built as a themed resort from the ground up

Airlines under pressure to seat families together

Airlines under pressure to seat families together

Anyone who has flown with young kids in recent years knows it’s not uncommon to find that your preschooler has been assigned a seat half a plane away. All too often, parents are told it is up to them to ask someone to switch seats.

Spa or Slime or Both? Last Day at Nick Punta Cana

Spa or Slime or Both? Last Day at Nick Punta Cana

The beautiful Vassa Spa at the new Nickelodeon Hotel & Resort in Punta Cana has an 11-step “ritual hydrotherapy “program that comes with a spa treatment, complete with a “spa butler”

Are Kids’ Clubs passe? At Nick Punta Cana Families Relish Time Together

Are Kids’ Clubs passe? At Nick Punta Cana Families Relish Time Together

The just-opened Nickelodeon Hotel & Resort in Punta Cana has a well-appointed kids’ club with cooking lessons, arts and crafts, a wide selection of toys, games (video and board games) and a slide that lands you in a pool of brightly colored plastic balls. But most of the families I’ve met have been keeping their kids with them.