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FTA Supports Senators to Ensure Families Can Safely Fly Together
The new bill will guarantee that children can sit with their parents on flights at no additional cost, an important safety measure during the coronavirus pandemic.
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FTA Board of Director Interviews
Produced by Aaron Schlein, creator of the FTA’s podcast: Family Travel Radio, we’re kicking off a series of recorded interviews with our newly formed Board of Directors. View all interviews here
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#FTAClassroom Launches with the Kids in Mind
The FTA Classroom initiative, headed by FTA Board member, Claire Zlobin, is showcasing the creative ways our members are bringing fun and educational activities to families who are homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic. We urge everyone to check the
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Consumer Reports Joins Fight To Ensure Families Sit Together
In letters sent to American, Delta, and United Airlines, Consumer Reports called on these companies to ensure children are seated with their families on planes at no additional cost. More than 130,000 people have signed Consumer Reports’ petition
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Why I left Wall Street to launch a Cuba travel business
Who knew that building a business in an emerging market would be such a gut-wrenching experience? Yet, as a 30-year old Harvard Business School graduate, I set out to pursue my dream of launching a socially conscious travel company.
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FTA Join Forces with Northstar Media To Help Agents Sell To Families
The FTA collaborated with Family Getaways and the Northstar Travel Group to further their efforts to educate travel professionals on selling family travel.
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FTA Summit 2018 Serves Up Passion, Innovation and Insights
The 150 delegates who attended left Bermuda with a renewed sense of excitement and resolution about the opportunities the family travel market offers their businesses.
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Take Over Our FTA Social Media in 2019
Social media is one of the key ways FTA members stay in touch with each other and their followers. In 2019, we will continue to expand platforms on Facebook and Instagram for our members, so you can demonstrate your talent and offerings.
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Life Travel Map by Global CommUnity
Raising a global citizen takes planning The key years for travel with your child are ages 5 to 18. During those 13 years, families are also juggling extracurricular activities and life road bumps that will further limit your travel time options.
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5 Ways To Help Nurture Your Child’s Love of Animals – At Home and Away!
Animals hold a special place in our hearts – and anyone with children knows this love starts at a young age. Some of our first words are the sounds made by favorite animals.
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US family travel experts share their best trips
When you live in a country as vast and varied as the US, it’s hard to decide where to spend that oh-so-precious family vacation. And the answer also depends on your point of origin and how far you’re prepared to go.
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Taking Family Time is Taking Off!
The #TakeFamilyTime advocacy campaign has clearly struck a nerve with families, and we couldn’t be more excited about it.
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FTA Launches #TakeFamilyTime Campaign
#TakeFamilyTime is an advocacy campaign meant to rally its membership around the alarming trend of American parents not using all their vacation days and raise the awareness of the importance of traveling together as a family.
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The Benefits of Traveling with Kids
If you see the world as a rich learning environment, here are nine key benefits to brood on when pondering the benefits of traveling with kids.
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Wyoming Encourages Families to Celebrate and Educate During Women’s Suffrage 150th Anniversary
Nothing educates like travel does. Learning history from a textbook, or even through video, can’t match the opportunity for a child to be immersed in an environment where they can experience history firsthand. That’s why the Wyoming Office of Tou
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Taking Family Time: With Media Member Kirsten Maxwell
Back in 2015, the US Travel Association (USTA) launched Project: Time Off, to change the culture surrounding the use of personal time off. For the next three years, the USTA invested in groundbreaking research, publicizing the benefits of using vacat
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Raising Confident Travelers
Do you strive to raise citizens of the world? Sharing your knowledge, while teaching them to make their own way, will create confidant and compassionate travelers for the future. Here are a five tips for empowering the next generation of explorers.
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Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development
Montana offers the perfect landscape for family travel and creating #MontanaMoments! Be inspired across the state with our unspoiled nature.
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