Dunton River Camp in the Colorado Rockies
Taking the Kids — Camping
Here’s a vacation idea that’s guaranteed to please those (sometimes) difficult-to-please teens — and get everyone to put away their devices. Let’s go camping!
Taking the Kids Weekly Column for planning a family vacation. Search tips for a family vacations and find family friendly vacation ideas.
The LEGO Movie World
Taking the Kids — what’s new at theme parks this summer
Whether you like thrill rides, water rides, dark rides, immersive lands that take you inside your favorite movies, virtual reality or want something to entertain younger children, you’ll find plenty that’s new this summer at the 400 amusement/theme parks in the country
Take a walking food tour — like those of Chinatown offered by Wok Wiz where you can visit a fortune cookie factory and a Chinese farmers market
Taking the Kids — and eating our way across San Francisco
San Francisco is a terrific city to encourage kids to experience new foods, starting with dim sum where they can point to what they want to try on the cart and commit to just a bite or two, starting at $6 for a portion
Getaway is great for an overnight stay, weekend stay, or longer
Taking the Kids — Mom’s Day gifts for traveling moms and grandmas
She’s usually the chief vacation planner and packer, not to mention the on-the-go therapist, managing sibling disputes, the meal organizer and the first responder when someone is sick or injured.
CroisiEurope river boats in Porto
Taking the Kids — to Portugal
Portugal, it seems, is drawing more Americans and American families. It’s safe. It’s affordable and there is great food and wine, of course. And plenty of sunshine.
Spotted Trunkfish, Lactophrys bicaudalis at Shedd Aquarium
Taking the Kids — and celebrating Earth Day
April 22 is Earth Day — the time to celebrate our beautiful planet, and lend a hand to keep it that way. Especially if you are traveling, there is no better time to teach the kids an environmental lesson while having fun
National Junior Ranger Day, Shenandoah National Park
Taking the Kids — and heading to a national park national park week (or any time)
The annual National Park Week offers daily activities and celebrations at parks and monuments around the country. April 20 kicks it off with National Junior Ranger Day & Entrance Fee-Free Day.
Westin Riverfront Spa Anjali entrance
Taking the Kids — and hitting the spa — with (or without the kids)
That increasingly includes kids as resorts, cruise ships and city hotels offer special treatments — everything from mani-pedis at the JW Spa Chicago and a Tween Delight s’mores manicure with bubbling foot bath and s’mores pedicure at the Allegria Spa at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek...
View of the Golden Gate Bridge from The Presidio
Taking the Kids — to the transformation of a historic Army post to a 21st-century destination — San Francisco’s Presidio
Welcome to San Francisco’s Presidio — nearly 1,500 acres transformed from a bustling army post to a national park, the largest national park in an urban area, drawing 7.5 million visitors a year
Visitors to T. rex The Ultimate Predator will encounter a massive life-sized model of T. rex
Taking the Kids — T. rex, ancient queens, the hobbit and more — new museum exhibits to explore on spring break
There’s no better time to take an afternoon to visit a museum, including some you never knew existed, with your kids on spring break