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Our reviews of the top family vacation destinations and trip ideas organized by keywords (Italy, Caribbean, teens, etc) and topic (snowsports, spa, etc) to make your research easier.

Iberostar, Cancun, Mexico

Bigger Is Better At The All-Inclusive Iberostar Cancun Resort

If you’re looking for an all-inclusive Cancun beach resort with a biggest-and-the-best attitude, the Iberostar Cancun Hotel (formerly the Hilton Cancun Golf and Spa Resort) is perfect for your family. It is, in fact, the only resort in Cancun to include a championship golf course among its...

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Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island

Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island

One of Hawaii's legendary resorts, the Waikoloa Beach Resort complex including hotels, condos and a dolphin program have dominated the Big Island family resort scene for years. The Kohala Coast of Hawaii's Big Island is the favored destination for family vacation planners who want to...

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Casa de Campo Pool

Casa de Campo Muy Grande And Quite Grand Too

The fabulous Casa de Campo resort in La Romana, Dominican Republic, has extensive amenities and activities for multi-generational travelers. In fact, as my family discovered, there's more than anyone can do on a beach vacation. And for this year, both American Airlines (from Puerto Rico) and...

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Mother - Daughter Spa Treatments

Luxury Orlando Resort Becomes Teachers Pet with $85 Educator Room Rates till Christmas

Thank you, Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida for making a fantastic offer available to our heroes: the educators in our children's lives. Through December 24, the resort is making rooms available to all school personnel for a special Educators Rates of $85 per night.  Need some...

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Primland Resort, Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains

Primland, A Chateau Rises in Appalachia

"Wow!" was my first reaction to Primland, a chateau style resort on 12,000 acres of Blue Ridge Mountain beauty. Located about two hours' south of Roanoke, Virginia or 45 minutes' north of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Primland is one of those delightful anomalies of travel:...

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Water view, Fairmont Mayakoba, Mexico

Luxury All-Inclusive Family Packages at Top Riviera Maya Resort

The luxurious Fairmont Mayakoba resort is located on a crystal-clear stretch of the Caribbean Sea south of Cancun known as the Riviera Maya.  Fall is a wonderful time for families to take advantage of the hotel’s new Appetite for Luxury package... the closest this luxury resort gets to...

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Free USTA Membership Introduce Kids to Lifelong Sport of Tennis

Tennis is considered by many to be the ultimate lifetime sport that simultaneously sharpens your mind and body. In an effort to introduce more kids to its benefits, the United States Tennis Association is offering a free one-year membership to kids new to the USTA, aged 10 and under, until December...

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Fairmont Southampton beach, Bermuda

The Fairmont Hotels Of Bermuda

We headed east to review The Fairmont Southampton and The Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotels in Bermuda thinking they would be the perfect resort duo for us – a family with young adult children taking advantage of that rare moment when everybody’s schedules lined up. One kid had...

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Top 10 Getaway for Family Togetherness

Top 10 Getaway for Family Togetherness - Marriott Vacation Club International

In 2005, FTF's annual Top 10 survey of award-winners honored Marriott Vacation Club International as a Top Resort Chain for Family Togetherness and it's still a winner. When FTF celebrated the 8th annual Top 10 Getaways awards, we acknowledged the latest trend -- family-together vacations...

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Short Breaks And Weekend Getaways From Greater Los Angeles

Short Breaks And Weekend Getaways From Greater Los Angeles

The neighboring Pacific Ocean, lush farmland, arid desert and snow-capped mountains give southern California families plenty of options for weekends away. "California, Here I Come!" may be the cry of millions of vacationers around the world, but in southern California itself, locals...

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