Many kid friendly hotels and restaurants boast play areas for your children. While these playgrounds can give harried traveling parents a few minutes respite and give kids with cabin fever a way to burn off some energy, parents need to keep a few safety tips in mind.
First, check with the staff to be sure the [...]

Long drives are a challenge for kids.  Kids want to be active, and sitting in a car for a long drive can really test their patience.  One way parents can help to make the time pass more easily is by having a wide variety of games and activities in mind for the trip.  After all, [...]

Long rides aboard buses or trains with children can be especially challenging. Even the best behaved children will struggle with the monotony of being trapped in the same rail car or uncomfortable bus seat for hours on end. The simplest solution is to schedule the trip during the night, allowing the children to sleep away [...]

If you’re looking for skiiing nearly 365 days a year, then Whistler-Blackcomb is the place to go.  Located less than two hours from Vancouver, British Columbia, Whistler will be the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics.  It has over eight thousand acres of territory, including over two hundred ski trails, and receives thirty feet of [...]

Universal Studios is a great place to take the kids.  Not only do they have wild and interesting rides, but you can get a look “behind the scenes” at how movies and tv shows are made.
The park is actually split into two parts.  The upper part is the theme park, with the majority of the [...]

Club Mediterranee–”Club Med”–is a chain of resorts based in France, based on the concept that the staff should make friends and freely associate with the guests.  Their Sandpiper location is two hours from either Orlando or Miami, and was designed to be the perfect “family friendly” Club Med location.
The rooms are perfect for a family.  They [...]

If you’re looking for destinations in Europe, Paris should be near the top of the list.
Like any trip, be sure to plan ahead.  September is the busiest month for tourism in Paris, so book your hotel room well in advance.  You can visit after September, of course, but if you do, pack extra raincoats and [...]

For sheer variety, there aren’t too many places that can beat Northern Arizona for landscape and beauty.
First off, select a home base–a place to return to after driving around all day.  The Northern Arizona sights are relatively close, but “relatively” still might mean a few hours drive.  One of the best home bases is [...]

If you were traveling with children in Europe, wouldn’t it be nice to have a “home base” to start from?  That place would need large, family friendly lodging, with plenty of activities for both kids and parents for those “stay in the hotel” days, and a staff fairly fluent in English.  It would also have to be affordable, and located pretty [...]

Disneyland is a very popular destination for families, and there are an incredible number of things to see and do at the park.
For many young children, the highlight of the trip is the chance to shake hands and pose for pictures with a favorite character, like Mickey Mouse.
Some of the first things that come to [...]