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  • Engaging Kids in Trip Planning

    Planning family vacations can be stressful, especially when kids express boredom or dissatisfaction. To improve experiences, involve children in decision-making regarding destinations and activities. Collaboratively creating itineraries fosters excitement and ownership. Celebrating their choices enhances engagement, alleviating the burden on the primary planner and minimizing post-vacation exhaustion for parents.

  • Children sitting on a train. One looks at a book on a table, one looks out the window.

    The Case for Travel

    The statistics are promising: The Family Travel Association’s (FTA) 2023 US Family Travel Survey found that 81% of parents say they’re likely to travel with their kids in the next year. Interesting considering that 65% of US respondents to Expedia’s depressingly named Vacation Deprivation Report said they don’t take enough time off, with an average…

  • Image of a child pointing over the ocean to an island beach in the distance

    Adventur For the Family

    My family didn’t take vacations when I was young. As the child of a Navy veteran who did most of his globe trotting before I was born, my summers consisted of trips to the lake with Grandma and Grandpa (do not underestimate the awesomeness!) and making forts in the woods with my neighborhood friends. And…

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