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Top 10 Family Camps For Family Together Fun

Top 10 Family Camps For Family Together Vacations

Want to go back to camp? With your kids? From the US, Canada and Central America, here are FTF's winners of our "Top 10 Getaway" awards in the category of Top Family Camps, and some top family camp round-ups for different parts of the US. Family Travel Forum's picks have been...

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Arriving in Heaven at Palm Beach, Florida

Arriving in Heaven at Palm Beach, Florida

Think Palm Beach is only for lounging around? There are many Palm Beach County attractions to please the active family year-round and, in summer, this upscale beach town becomes a family bargain. We approached our first trip to the Palm Beaches of Florida a few years ago with some trepidation. At...

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Gaylord Texan hotel

Gaylord Texan: Big Dallas Hotel, Big Gaylord Values

Make no mistake when you pull up to the enormous Gaylord Texan Hotel:  This is Texas, where everything is big and at this country-chic resort, it's even bigger.  No matter what time of year you visit, the Lone Star flag flies above a grand front entrance carved from Austin stone,...

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Loews Hard Rock Hotel At Universal Orlando

Loews Hard Rock Hotel At Universal Orlando

"I love Rock n' Roll" might as well be the refrain at this elegant Orlando outpost of the Hard Rock dining and hotel empire. Its rockstar and kid appeal begins in the white marble lobby accented by huge photo murals of pop stars. Glass cases enclose memorabilia of rockers from Elvis...

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Loews Portofino Harbor

Loews Portofino Bay Hotel At Univeral Orlando, Florida

The fantasy world they create, combined with the perks provided at the Universal Orlando themepark, make this and any of the themepark's Loews hotels (Hard Rock, Royal Pacific and the budget Cabana Bay opening in April 2014) a good choice for families. The Portofino Bay, especially, is a magnet...

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Loews Royal Pacific Resort At Universal Orlando

Loews Royal Pacific Resort At Universal Orlando

One of theLoews-managed hotels within the Universal Orlando themepark complex (including the Portofino Bay, Hard Rock and the budget Cabana Bay opening in April 2014), the Royal Pacific Resort shares the advantages of an exotic style, top calibre service, proximity to the parks and special perks at...

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Universal Orlando's Cabana Bay Beach Hotel

Budget Family Suites Hotel Coming to Universal Orlando Resort

I can hear the cry of #WWOHP fans now, as Universal Orlando Resort begins taking reservations for the Cabana Bay Beach Resort -- a budget hotel that will grant the same early park admission to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter as its pricier on-site neighbors. It's not on a real Florida beach...

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St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida Hotels And Resorts

St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida Hotels And Resorts

St. Petersburg and Clearwater are Florida beach communities with dozens of accommodations for families, and range from super deluxe (most on St. Pete Beach) to the major chains (mostly in Clearwater) to small inns and motels (often in Indian Rocks, Redington and Madeira Beaches) to B&Bs....

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Key West, Florida Hotels And Resorts

Key West, Florida Hotels And Resorts

There's no place in America quite like Key West, one of the most laid-back towns your family will ever visit. Its low-key attractions are certainly worth a few nights' stay, and we recommend you drive there from Miami, about 3.5-hours north by car. The route is gorgeous (just imagine...

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Del Coronado Hotel Beach at Night

Sex Lives And Romance With Kids In Tow

It doesn't have to be Valentine's Day to book a fantastic, romantic adult getaway where supervised activities engage the kids so adults can engage each other. Here are some of my favorite places to bed down while the kids are busy with each other. Traveling parents often dream about an...

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