Posts Tagged ‘vacations’

Travel Guides:Is anyone camping out there?

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.I was cleaning out the garage the other day and dusted off various pieces of travel gear plus our tent – it is in pristine condition because, well, we never use it.
The thought of camping with kids in the August heat in Texas is simply not appealing, unless we were to drive a bunch of [...]

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Online Travel Guide:The world’s a stage for kids at Coterie Theatre in Kansas City

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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.For over 30 years, the Coterie Theatre in downtown Kansas City (on Level One of the Crown Center) has showcased innovative theater productions for families. TIME magazine named it “One of the Five Best Theaters for Young Audiences in the U.S.”
Coterie has kids in many

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Travel Guide:Carnival of Cities for 16 June 2010

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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.

Welcome to this edition of the Carnival of Cities, where we tour the world in a single blog post.  Thanks very much to The Vacation Gals for hosting the last edition; the next one is on the Perceptive Travel Blog on June 30.
If you’d like to host on your blog, please contact

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World Travel Guide:How to take your first road trip with a newborn baby

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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.I’m thrilled to report that Sean Keener, the CEO of BootsnAll (the travel network that hosts this blog) and his wife just welcomed their new son Kai into the world.
Here’s his announcement tweet about it, which of course made me bawl.
They’ll probably be thinking

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Travel Guide:Is a hostel any place for a family? Sometimes, it sure is!

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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.If you’ve dismissed hostels as exclusively for the single, young, party-hearty sort, you may wish to reconsider.
Some hostels have private rooms for families, rather than the dorm-style accommodations that singles use, and you sure can’t beat the price.
I’m going

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Online Travel Guide:Tired of flying or driving with the kids? Consider MegaBus

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.(This is a guest post by Sherry Ott, from her recent trip via MegaBus. I’ve been curious about these newer budget bus services, so I asked for her reactions. Thanks, Sherry!)
Travel on the US East Coast has changed.  “Taking the bus” is no longer looked down upon; in fact,

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Online Travel Guide:Listen up! iPod and audio travel guides and tours

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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.Are your kids like mine – often with some sort of headphone or earbud plugged into their aural sockets?  Take advantage of that tendency by looking for available iPod/audio guides and tours when you travel.  Kids can keep looking plugged-in and “cool” but may actually

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Travel Guide:My top 3 family travel secrets

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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.Which places in the world are not as well known (nothing is really a “secret”) for fun travel with kids?
I was recently tagged to answer this question by the globe-trotting SoulTravelers3, in a blog post about her family’s travel secrets.
The whole meme was started

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Travel Information:Happy Fourth Birthday, Dear Blog

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Today is the 4th anniversary of the Family Travel blog here on the BootsnAll Travel Network.  True story – this blog is here because of books.
I first heard about BootsnAll from Stephanie Elizondo Griest on a travel writer’s panel at the stupendously great annual Texas Book

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Travel Tour:Video of the Week: Maui Ocean Center in Hawaii

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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 son and I really enjoyed a visit to the well-designed Maui Ocean Center during the So Much More Hawaii trip, but what made it super-special was our local blogger guide, Liza.
Liza writes A Maui Blog, and she and her family took us all around the island, including a drive up the

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