Grandparents & Reunions

All the family planner needs to organize and budget for an All Inclusive Family Reunion, Vacations Rentals, trips with seniors, multi-generational travel ideas and grandparent travel.

Tips For Planning A Cruise With Grandchildren

Tips For Planning A Cruise With Grandchildren

The laughter associated with kids having fun is heard more and more aboard cruise ships these days. As oceans of families have two working parents, more ships are adding or expanding their children’s programs so time-starved families can enjoy vacationing together. What does this mean for...

Branson Holiday Steam Train

A Branson Missouri Family Christmas

If your hometown has been letting you down in the Christmas jollies department, a trip to Branson, Missouri can’t help but get you in the mood to make merry.   Starting November 1, the Branson shows (and there are 100 of them in 50 theaters) shift to Christmas-themed performances,...

Justin Bieber Concert Tour Bus

Best Christmas Toys For Kids And Top Baby Toys

The annual Toy of the Year awards (TOTYs) presented each November guide us in reviewing the safest, best quality and most fun gift ideas for the upcoming free-for-all holiday shopping season.   The TOTYs honor the most creative and innovative toys, plush animals, board games, video games, arts...

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Travel Insurance and Holiday Stress: A Fable

The holiday season can be stressful for most of us, what with all the shopping, cooking, wrapping, and planning to make sure every last detail is just perfect for every member of the family.  When travel arrangements get added to the equation, it’s even more stressful – and more...

Our houseboat on Lake Powell in 2004

A Houseboat Is A Great Place To Gather Families Together

Who said today’s families -- even teens and college students -- are too jaded for old-fashioned vacations?  It's not something you want to believe when you're planning a family reunion, and luckly, it's not true on a Lake Powell Houseboat. I know that  it’s hard...

Hot Air Balloons

Memories Of Albuquerque's Hot Air Balloon Festival With Kids

The October International Balloon Fiesta  welcomes some 700 balloonists and hundreds of thousands of spectators from around the world to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Many are families, attending the largest such event in the world. Certainly there are lots of places to take the kids hot air...

Tauck Tours Reunion on Lake Luzerne

Custom Itinerary: 75th Birthday Celebration That's Cheaper by the Dozen

Q.  Cynthia B of New York City asks "Can you help me plan a vacation to celebrate my 75th birthday? I would like to travel with my family of 12, including five grandkids between the ages of 8 and 13, and their 7 parents. I'd like something grand like maybe a safari if that's not...

Gaylord Palms Resort

Gaylord Palms Resort

It's a rare breed of hotel which lures travelers to its facilities rather than its locale. Families may expect to see so-called "destination resorts" in the Caribbean or Hawai'i, but only occasionally do we encounter one in an urban setting. That it should be off I-4 in Orlando,...

Closing a suitcase the hard way

The Art of Almost Packing Perfectly

The Art of Almost Packing Perfectly If images of jumping on your suitcase as your partner quickly snaps the locks shut, or sitting on the thing while you’re doubled over tying the straps are your version of packing, then this primer on how and what to pack could be for you. Remember the adage...

Five Generations of Greenberg Family

The Del Hotel Ultimate Family Reunion

Recently, five generations of our family gathered to share good times at one of the most famous San Diego beach hotels, the historic Hotel Del Coronado, better known simply as The Del. This is a journal of our multi-generational family reunion.   Day one.  The California sun plays hide...