Tips & Gear
All the tools you need to book budget travel or ask us for Custom trip planning advice; Doc Holiday's tips to prevent motion sickness and common travel maladies, as well as shopping reviews for the best travel luggage, accessories, baby gear, maps and guides.
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Custom Itinerary - Road Trip: Lebanon, Missouri to Amarillo, TexasQ - Kim C. of Lebanon, Missouri inquires: My 2-year-old son and I are planning a driving trip to Amarillo, Texas. Once there, we will be staying with friends, but we need help with an itinerary. A - Family Travel Forum is happy to help you with your road trip itinerary. Your route from Lebanon to... Category: Custom Trip Planning |
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Custom Itinerary - California RV TripQ - Meagan P. of Brisbane, Australia asks: My family of 3 adults, 4 year-old daughter and 3 year-old son are planning to visit the US and want to explore California. We are most interested in the area between Santa Barbara and San Francisco, including Santa Cruz, and then would like to visit... Category: Custom Trip Planning |
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Custom Itinerary - Boston to Canada RoadtripQ - Joyce D. of North Reading, Massachusetts inquires: My husband and I, and our 9-year-old son are trying to plan a driving trip from Boston to Canada at the end of August. We will be traveling in an RV and staying in campgrounds. We are interested in swimming and watersports, hiking and biking... Category: Custom Trip Planning |
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Euro Collectors Arise! New Currency To HordeFind out how to collect the current European currency and how each Euro reflects the character of the country you are visiting. Since January 1, 2002, when 12 European Union nations formally converted to the new euro, the mathematical side of life has been easier for the family traveler. As of... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Doctor in the Casa?Family Travel Forum provides a resource for health-related travel issues Becoming ill in a foreign country is one of the biggest fears faced by international travelers with children. Different cuisine, climate, altitude and other environmental factors such as air and water pollution can affect... Category: Travel Health |
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Bike SmartUsing the acronym b.i.k.e.s.m.a.r.t. with your kids will introduce them to the basic rules of bicycling safety. Using the term "bike smart," the Virginia Dept of Transportation has created an easy and fun way to remember biking's most basic safety rules. With their permission, we... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Campus Visits: Prerequisite for Choosing a CollegeResources for families with teens doing the college visit circuit. Like thousands of other families, this past school break, we hit the road that ribbons past colleges in preparation for that rite of passage: college applications. Like that of so many others from our area, our road leads to Boston... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Avoiding Turista, Coping with Travelers' DiarrheaStudies presented at the annual International Society of Travel Medicine Conference offer new preventive measures for avoiding the most common travel illness. When you run a travel medicine clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal, as David R. Shlim, M.D. has done for several years, it's tough to avoid... Category: Travel Health |
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Hold Your Infant With The Baby SlingIt may not be a favorite, but if you become a master at inserting your child, the Baby Sling may be the baby carrier for you. When my baby girl was born I became obsessed with the idea of a Baby Sling ($45.95). It seemed like a comfortable way to carry baby, as well as being easy to pack and clean... Category: Shopping |
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BabyBjorn For Parents That Want Baby CloseIn the beginning, you want to keep baby close by and the BabyBjorn can help mommy do just that. In the beginning, you want to keep baby close by and the BabyBjorn can help mommy do just that. The style of carrier changes drastically as your child ages. Infants start in the front carrier and the... Category: Shopping |
