Find family travel ideas for fun things to do with kids that create rich and rewarding family vacations.
The promise of a daydream wedding brings many a bride to the Caribbean. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, you can find eight or more weddings taking place daily. Many of these are for island visitors who desire a romantic beach wedding, without the cost and stress of a Bridezilla event. On a recent picture postcard…
I usually avoid the tourist attractions in New York City, but when I heard that one of my favorite travel bloggers, Carol Cain of NYC Mama, was hosting a Celebrity Wax Party at Madame Tussauds, I didn’t waste any time sending in my RSVP. At first, I was a little (no, a lot) nervous about…
A friend told me that she could never persuade her husband to return to Disney World because he’d seen it already. Hard to believe, right? No matter how many times I visit Disney, there’s always something new to see. Since we travel through the lands of Disney at least once a year, at some point…
Like many Capital Region residents, our family makes an annual pilgrimage to Florida. Sometimes we fly in, but more often we drive to avoid the expense of multiple airline tickets and car rental. Even without the cost savings, I prefer to drive from Albany to Florida just to see what we can see along the…
Like many Capital Region residents, our family makes an annual pilgrimage to Florida. Sometimes we fly in, but more often we drive to avoid the expense of multiple airline tickets and car rental. Even without the cost savings, I prefer to drive from Albany to Florida just to see what we can see along the…
Seduced by tales of free range kids, we let our kids hike the Frankenstein Cliff Trail in New Hampshire on their own. Mind you, we let our ten-year-old go off with the same mature teen who forgot to pack her hiking boots for a backpacking expedition. Despite her forgetfulness, we had good reason for our…
After a tense school year, abounding in tests that determine our eldest’s future, the entire family is wound up so tight that our fight or flight response is on full alert. Before taking flight, we had just one more chore, but it was a doosie. We had one day to pack for a hut to…
Pouring rain killed our plans to return to the Adirondack Extreme Adventure Course for another go at the ziplines. A few diehards were going the course anyway, but the combination of cold and wet rain dampened our enthusiasm. (Sorry, couldn’t resist the pun!) Instead, we headed to the indoor Fun Spot, in the nearby Lake…
In a state as big as New York, it could take a lifetime to explore it all. From the global capital of New York City to the tranquility of an Adirondack lake, families can find find a wide variety of adventure sto suit budgets, interests, and temperaments. Here we have collected some of our best…