Frommers.com Even though sharing a vacation house with another family saves money, provides pals for your kids, and can add fun, the experience comes with a potential pitfall: destroying the friendship. Know the answers to these considerations first. Nothing tests camaraderie among families like living together in one rental, especially with someone else’s kids. Before […]
Travel Tips and Trips The Fuhu Nabi Big Tab, with its huge 24-inch or 20-inch HD display, is designed to be gathered around. We like it and so do our family reviewers. The Big Tab, in essence, reinvents family time using 21st century tablet technology, allowing multiple people—kids and friends, parents, and children—to play games […]
Physician’s Money Digest This summer create family bonds the easy way: take a multigenerational trip. Vacations that bring together grandparents, their adult children, as well as the grandkids rank among 2015’s hottest travel trends. Some 36% of American families said they planned to take a 3-generation trip by mid-2015, according to a 2014 AAA poll. […]
Travel App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad by Deb Geigis Berry NYC Family Guide, a FamilyiTrips app, provides insider tips, off-the-beaten path adventures, and advice for locals and tourists alike. How can we get close to the Statue of Liberty all lit up at night? Which hotels have the biggest pools? Which museums offer […]
The right gear and gadgets go a long way toward making a family vacation successful. These new products make traveling easier for families by doing away with such common “trip-ups” as bored kids, lost dogs, cramped tents, too much to carry and not enough luggage. Pick the right travel stroller for planes and trains […]
Includes The Islands and Coastal Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Honduras A comprehensive, authoritative, user-friendly guide for traveling families… with kids of all ages. – USA Weekend Families dreaming of the Caribbean should make this guide their first stop. Stapen understands what kids want and what parents need… – Family Fun Magazine Whether your clan […]
Families on the go have special needs. These products either cleverly engage kids, making travel time fly by, or the items offer simple solutions to big worries. BANISH BOREDOM: KIDS’ TABLETS Polaroid Kids Tablet 2 For the product’s second generation, kid critics pointed Polaroid toward such improvements as increased speed, two cameras—front and rear facing—and […]
Enjoy fun in the sun from the Dominican Republic to Mexico There’s something special about teaching your seven year-old to snorkel and then sharing the underwater wonders of rainbow-colored fish and delicate coral with her. In the Caribbean and the Bahamas, depending on the resort you choose, you and your children can snorkel and dive, […]
St. Vincent & the Grenadines For centuries sailors have headed toward St. Vincent and its sister islands, the Grenadines, a 45-mile archipelago lying between Grenada and St. Lucia. Legend has it that the buccaneers of long ago buried their booty in the lush hills and rock strewn caves; savvy yachtsmen still seek treasured sanctuary in […]
San Juan grew out from a colonial center whose awe-inspiring churches and forts still stand amidst a packed collection of shops and hotels. The ocean views from the many beaches draping the island, however, are timeless. Daytrips from the city allow visitors to explore the island’s caves, beaches, rainforests, and many other natural wonders. Vieques […]
