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Bookworm: 500 Places To Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up
Before you plan a Griswald summer road trip, check out this great book for family travel. Packed with family-friendly destinations that will create lasting learning experiences for your children, Frommer’s 500 Places To Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up is an amazing resource. In it are cities, zoos, sports shrines, museums, castles, beac...
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Toddler On Board
"Won't someone shut that child up?" said a bathroom attendant as I hurried into a cubicle at Milford Sound wharf. I didn't tell her that was my child running around the waiting room, shrieking at the top of his lungs, as my husband struggled to catch him. Yes, perhaps my plans for a peaceful 10-day family road trip through the scenic South Islan...
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Etsy Alert: Have Skirt Will Travel
I love travel ephemera, snow domes, vintage maps and especially those old school souvenir table clothes. Etsy maker Three Little Ladies has utilised the latter not as a table covering but has transformed the fabric into an adorable little girl’s skirt. This A-line number highlights American landmarks like Niagara Falls, Old Faithful and the R...
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Beaching It
Times may be tough, but there's one thing that Aussies are refusing to give up - the classic beach holiday. Despite the gloomy economic outlook, decreasing mortgage rates and petrol prices mean that families have a little extra cash in the piggy bank to spend this summer. Cathy Wagstaff, editor of the Holidays with Kids website and magazine,...
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Babble Best: Tuscany
Bringing kids to Tuscany, the most romantic of Italian regions, seems almost as absurd as letting your five-year-old order a $50 truffle-garnished hamburger. Will your brood be able to appreciate fully the vineyard dotted vistas, quaint piazzas, and history lessons around every corner? Not very likely. But there is plenty in Tuscany to appeal to th...
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More And More Destinations Cater To The Autistic
One of my greatest fantasies is to take the kind of family vacation my friends take with their children - one involving a beautiful, tropical resort with a kids' club, where the kids have a blast and the parents have some time alone, and then everyone gets together for a fabulous meal and maybe some wholesome activities like bingo or square dan...
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Travels with Baby: Soldier Boy
Twenty years of global travel has made me pretty choosy about souvenirs, but Milo is too green to resist the siren song of the colourful wares festooning the tourist trails. Not that his acquisition lust is confined to the kitsch cranked out for foreign visitors. It started in a Budapest subway station, when he caught sight of some Yu-Gi-Oh-ish tra...
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City Walks With Kids
Travelling with children can be challenging to say the least. Most guidebooks seem to target either the backpacker or retiree market, which can make putting together a family-friendly itinerary difficult. Chronicle books is seeking to address this gap in the market with a collection of delightfully illsutrated cards based on their City Walks serie...
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