teens

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.

Zion National Park

Government Funded Summer Jobs For Young People

Eco-jobs in the great outdoors are now available for 20,000 Americans ages 15-25 this summer. Interested? Read on. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley...

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Pets Are Welcome at Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

The Maine Getaway: Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth

A vacation getaway to Maine brings to mind beautiful coastal views, relaxation, sandy beaches, outdoors exploration, and great seafood. The Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth is the perfect home base where you can experience all of this and more during your family holiday. Located directly on...

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Favorite Car Games For The Backseat

Favorite Car Games For The Backseat

Don't pack any electronics for your next road trip. Print out and use these classic, family-fun games to make the next overland trip with restless kids zoom by. It is an unfortunate fact of family car trips: kids, despite most efforts, can become pretty restless while cooped up in the...

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Obama's painting at his Barber Shop

Touring The Obama Neighborhoods Of Chicago

We walk through the Obama family's most cherished neighborhoods in Chicago, with Chicago Greeter Tours... There it is, a corner house on Hyde Park Boulevard, half hidden by trees and across a side street from a Byzantine-style synagogue: the home of the President of the United States. Chicago...

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Our group of volunteers, sent to serve

Night and Day

They’re as different as night and day”. I’ve heard those words throughout my life, but they never seemed truer than when I worked on a service project on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. I know it sounds strange to say you are serving others in a place like Honolulu. From the tourist...

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Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea

Reacquainting Myself With The Mediterranean

Most teenagers are on a constant search for who they are and with me, it was no different.  But adding two countries, one transatlantic migration and three cultures fused together never made my search any easier. I was born in the Middle East, raised in Southern Lebanon. My family and I came...

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My Family in North Carolina

One Trip to Rule Them All

          My family doesn't get to go on very many vacations.  We are limited by many things, money being one of them.  Another notable thing about this trip is that it is the first time in my life that I felt very close with my Dad.  We usually argue a...

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Pali Camp Secret Agent

Specialty Camps Teach Stunts, Race Car Driving, Fashion Design and More

Have an unusual kid with unusual interests?  Don't we all? Well, there's now an unusual sleep away camp with short (1 or 2-week) sessions in a beautiful location that is made for them. Not only does this camp offer a wide variety of activities to choose from, it's also located near...

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Flying Elvises at Six Flags Skyscreamer Preview

Preview Of New Six Flags Thrill Ride SkyScreamer

The weather couldn't have been better on the morning of Thursday, May 17 for the inaugural run of Six Flags' newest ride, SkyScreamer, christened by 30 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) decked out in Elvis garb. With a name like that, I must admit, I was a little skeptical...

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Touring Colleges in Illinois

Many girls my age would have loved to have gone to their junior homecoming, a day to dance and look pretty. As for me, I had made a promise to my godmother to go see some colleges. What I did not know was that it was the weekend of the homecoming game and dance. My godmother has and will always...

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