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Group tours have been around for ever...like minded travelers visiting European capitals together or a guide leading their followers along the Inca trail to Machu Picchu.
In recent years the travel industry has recognized that specialized family group tours might just be a good idea for busy working parents in need of spending some quality time with their kids. Many of the world's leading tour companies now offer specialized guided group tours that cater to families. Companies like Tauck Tours, Collette Tours, Trafalgar, Abercrombie & Kent...even Adventures by Disney now offer guided tours for parents and kids to enjoy together.
As parents, when we plan vacations for our kids we want everything to be perfect. We want our kids to be happy and to have fun. We want to create memories for them that they will one day pass along to their kids.
Buying plane tickets for everyone in the family can take a huge bite out of your family vacation budget. Often finding family airfare deals can mean the difference between a fabulous family vacation or yet another staycation. This is why we love passing along any great tips we find that can help our parents find cheap flights. We love it when we can save our families money when they travel!
Family villas are available all over the world...Caribbean, U.S., Europe, Central America, South Pacific. Whether it's on the beach, in the city or high atop a ski slope, if you're considering a vacation spot that you'd like to visit with your kids, chances are there will be a villa there waiting for you.
Located on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu, in the city of Honolulu, Waikiki Beach is definitely a world famous family vacation spot. Waikiki is actually a district of the city of Honolulu and this popular tourist spot attracts more than 4 million visitors every year.
Snow has been piling up, right along with every day stresses...work, school, schedules, household chores and you've had enough. You NEED a vacation and we understand. So you're out hunting for a last minute spring break deal in order to hang on to your sanity. So you've taken to the interent to hunt down that elusive deal.
This is obviously an important question parents need to know when they are considering taking their family on a Disney World Vacation. How do you know if a Disney World vacation is affordable?
Keeping the entire family healthy while on vacation needs to be a priorty. Family vacations are suppose to be fun. Nobody wants to think about all the "what if's". but often an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure. This is especially true when you're far from home. A minor illness can put the kibosh on fun and spread like wildfire with folks sharing close quarters.
MARCH 6 - While enroute to Hawaii one of our readers, Corinne, emailed me to say that family passport day has been cancelled. This statement was posted on the State Dept. Website:
