Kidventurous

15 Ways to Celebrate the National Family Play Date

The weekend is here and it’s time to get up, get out and explore as a family. Whether you want to take a nature hike, have a picnic or participate in a family art program at a local gallery, get up and get going today (5/11) to mark the first annual National Family Play Date. The National Family Play Date [...]

3 Hotel Booking Sites You Need to Know About

Are you planning a trip that will require you and your family to stay in a hotel? If the answer is yes, then here are three websites you need to know about if you want to save money on accommodations during your upcoming family vacation. Take a look: Tingo: Sure, we all book hotel rooms ahead of time to make [...]

PreferredFamily.com: Helping Families Plan Travel Adventures (Review + $100 Giveaway)

School is nearly out, so let the summer vacation planning commence. Well, maybe not commence, since I already feel like I’ve been planning our family travels for months already. To make my life easier, I’m always on the hunt for the latest and greatest planning resources, so finding a family-focused planning tool, like the Preferred Family website, has been unbelievably [...]

Summer Vacation: 5 Places to Get More for Your Money

Still thinking about where to travel this summer for your family vacation? Orbitz recently released their 2013 Summer Travel Forecast, which revealed that, among other things, more than 75% of us are planning a summer vacation. The survey also uncovered the hot spots, both domestic and international, where you can get the most for your money. Take a look: Tampa, [...]

5 Fabulous Family Travel Books

I had a chance to peruse the top family travel books on Amazon last night, and can you believe that 35 of the top 100 family travel books are in some way related to Disney, whether about Disneyland, Walt Disney World or Disney Cruises? Incredible. I’ll save my favorite Disney books for another day, but for now, here are my [...]

Disney Secrets: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Magic Kingdom

I’ve taken my kids to Walt Disney World just twice so far, and I’m sure many of you have been to Walt Disney World many, many times. However, I bet there are some Disney secrets that will catch you by surprise. Take a look at the eight Disney secrets about the Magic Kingdom that I dug up from across the [...]

Featured Bottom Left

This is a widgeted area which is called Featured Bottom Left. It is using the Genesis - Featured Posts widget to display what you see on the News child theme demo site. To get started, log into your WordPress dashboard, and then go to the Appearance > Widgets screen. There you can drag the Genesis - Featured Posts widget into the Featured Bottom Left widget area on the right hand side. To get the image to display, simply upload an image through the media uploader on the edit page screen and publish your page. The Featured Posts widget will know to display the post image as long as you select that option in the widget interface.

Featured Bottom Right

This is a widgeted area which is called Featured Bottom Right. It is using the Genesis - Featured Posts widget to display what you see on the News child theme demo site. To get started, log into your WordPress dashboard, and then go to the Appearance > Widgets screen. There you can drag the Genesis - Featured Posts widget into the Featured Bottom Right widget area on the right hand side. To get the image to display, simply upload an image through the media uploader on the edit page screen and publish your page. The Featured Posts widget will know to display the post image as long as you select that option in the widget interface.