Taking the Kids — and traveling through the COVID-19 crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has derailed many upcoming family trips — everything from shipboard reunions to destination weddings to spring breaks. What to do?
Kirk Hoessle, president and founder of Alaska Wildland Adventures
Taking the Kids — on different kind of trip to Alaska
You can’t get much more remote — or farther away from cruise crowds than at Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge, which opened 10 years ago — the first and only lodge in the national park and accessible only by a four-hour boat trip from Seward
The towel guy lounges on the beach at Sundown Villa
Taking the Kids — to a special Jamaican villa
The experience, of course, is entirely different, as I discovered. Think being on a mega cruise ship with morning-till-night activities vs. your own private yacht with a staff to cater to every whim
The towel guy lounges on the beach at Sundown Villa
Jamaican Villas with solid family ties
Adam's Stewart's family is now so big—seven siblings and 13 grandchildren—they spread out between two villas in Jamaica
The Hobie Cat at Sundown Villa
At this Jamaican villa you won’t go home disappointed
Villa rentals here and elsewhere in the Caribbean have become increasingly popular for extended families looking to get away together. The difference from other popular shared accommodations: A staff to see to your every need—and whim.
A rainy day scuttles plans for an excursion in Puerto Vallarta
Taking the Kids — when rain upends your plans on a cruise ship
Weather can derail the best-laid plans. We almost didn’t make it to San Diego and the Oosterdam before she sailed, in fact, because of canceled flights
Autism Center at Beaches Ocho Rios
Camp for Special Needs Kids at Beaches Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Beaches Resorts became the first resort company in the world to attain advanced certified autism center
Sundown at the Sundown Villa
On an annual old girlfriends’ getaway – to a fab villa in Jamaica with our own butler and chef
Welcome to Sundown Villa in Discovery Bay, Jamaica right on the ocean. This five-bedroom house adjacent to another two-story four bedroom house, is owned by Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts International.
Guests aboard Carnival Sunrise enjoy whirlpools and the pool at the Tides Pool and Bar area
Taking the Kids Annual Family Cruise Guide
In 2020, you will find families cruising with kids in the Caribbean, Europe, Alaska and far-flung destinations like the Galapagos Islands. You can count on kids being seen and heard everywhere.
Chocolate souffle
The good eats just keep on coming on Holland America’s Oosterdam
If you’ve been aboard a cruise ship lately, you have probably noticed that fitness centers are getting larger while midnight buffets are disappearing