Posts Tagged ‘kids’

Travel Guides:It’s been a great run, but it’s time to go

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.I started this blog on February 10, 2006 at the recommendation of journalist friend and tech expert Dwight Silverman;  I was retiring from the Navy and planning to be a writer, and he said, “If you’re going to be a writer, you need to have a blog.” Hmmm, well alrighty,

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Travel Guide:The Christmas ornaments are coming out

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Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.It’s that time of year – when we pull out boxes o’ holiday stuff and try to figure out where it’s all going to go amongst all of the other stuff that’s already out. (Still, it’s a nice problem to have.  Some folks don’t have homes at all….learn

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World Travel Guides:8 tips on taking the kids to Las Vegas

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Providing up to date information on Travel guides and guidebooks, Travel advice, tips and destination information to give you the best possible ideas.My first (short) visit to Las Vegas was to help run the Tourism track at BlogWorld and New Media Expo, but I tried to scope out a few family travel angles in Sin City while I was there. Here are my thoughts about this surprising place: 1)  Even though the campaign to market Vegas

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Online Travel Guide:Carnival of Cities for 2 December 2010

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Find information before your trip from quality travel guides, travel reviews and travel articles on Asia, Europe, Australia and all destinations around the world.Welcome to the December 2, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Cities, where we tour the world in a single blog post.  We were supposed to publish yesterday but ran into some technical glitches; thanks for your patience. Thanks as well to the host of the previous edition on Byteful

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World Travel Guides:Shop local in Austin and Round Rock: Allens Boots

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Providing up to date information on Travel guides and guidebooks, Travel advice, tips and destination information to give you the best possible ideas.Looking for a local place to get some Western-style boots for the kids during your visit to Austin? Try Allens Boots on South Congress Avenue; the area is often referred to by the trendy term SoCo and when you’re ready to kick up your boot heels, there are fun, funky and family-friendly

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Travel Guides:A real sugar shack: POPS on Oklahoma’s Route 66

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Over 500 different kinds of soda (pssst….the staff told me to get the Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer.) Pick out a sampler six-pack (or more) of cold sodas. Great burgers in the diner. The shake that I got with my burger was spoon-thick. Ridiculously futuristic and cool architecture,

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World Travel Guides:Things to do and see in Florida besides Walt Disney World

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.Although I’m from a Navy family and feel as though my home is “anywhere on Planet Earth,”  I was actually born in Key West, Florida. Therefore, as an official Conch, I do feel an affinity for the Sunshine State. This is where I recommend taking kids in Florida if

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World Travel:History class is in session at the Cherokee Strip Museum’s Rose Hill School

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.The teacher’s voice was clear and firm:  ”No, sir, I’m afraid that is incorrect. You may step down and take a seat.” It was a spelling bee in progress at the Rose Hill School, an historic one-room schoolhouse built in 1895, but now located behind the small

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World Travel Guides:Build a village and win cool travel stuff: Passports with Purpose

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Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.A gaggle of some of my dearest travel blogging friends run a dynamite fundraiser every year – it’s called Passports with Purpose and oh by the way, the BootsnAll Travel Network (which hosts this blog) is a Platinum PwP sponsor. So what’s with the “build a village”

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Travel Information:Trails cross paths in St Joseph, Missouri

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Trails are one of my favorite ways for kids to learn about history, because they give both a visual of movements and events (using a trail map) but then you can physically take them on the trail itself. St. Joseph, Missouri (@StJoMo on Twitter) is one city that was the hub of numerous

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