Making Family Travel an Adventure
In the age of smartphones and in-car GPS devices, who really uses maps anymore? Of course, I have some maps tucked away in a closet and in the glove box of my car, but I haven’t actually opened them and used them to get me from Point A to Point B. Before you grab the maps and head for the [...]
I’d been wanting to take a trip to the Everglades in South Florida for quite some time. My in-laws live just north in Palm Beach County, so access to Everglades National Park is an hour or less from their home, depending on the park entrance you choose. Last month, I finally had the chance, and took my daughters, Clare (age [...]
The time is now to start thinking about summer camps, and more and more resorts are offering amazing experiences for kids and teens. Do your kids want to explore a coral reef? Or maybe learning to make scones is more their style. There’s a camp out there for everyone. Take a look at a few fabulous and far-from-everyday camps that [...]
I recently had the opportunity to be a part of a video shoot for Family Travel with Colleen Kelly in Baltimore at the National Aquarium. Colleen’s new PBS series kicks off in September so she was in town filming a whole bunch of segments for the episode on Baltimore. I “met” Colleen over Twitter maybe a year ago, so I [...]
Have you started to plan your summer vacation? If you’re just now thinking about what to do and where to go, look out for the April issue of FamilyFun where you’ll find the 60 Best Family Vacation Spots as rated by their readers, including the Statue of Liberty (due to re-open July 4), St. Augustine (FL) and Niagara Falls. FamilyFun [...]
I love, love traveling with my kids and engaging them in fun, learning experiences, like when we toured the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys last week or when we solved puzzles around the grounds of Mount Vernon near Washington, DC. So, naturally I was excited to hear from the Preferred Hotel Group about the various hands-on experiences they have [...]
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