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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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Looking for that special family Christmas gift? 5 reasons to give the gift of time with a family vacation (plus booking tips)
We look for gift ideas that are meaningful, create joy, build lasting memories, build us to be better people, and make us stronger 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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FTA Celebrates Five Years With 2019 Summit At Custer State Park Report
This year’s Family Travel Association Summit was rich in information, networking and hospitality, as the leading industry executives and experts convened at Custer State Park Resort in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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FTA 2019 Honors Were ‘Monumental’
Under the glow of a spot lit Mount Rushmore, the Family Travel Association honored six members for their outstanding contributions to our industry and to our communities on the final night of the Summit. Dining at the National Memorial’s Carver
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FTA Announces It Will Become A Non-Profit
Celebrating its fifth year of continuing growth, the Family Travel Association (FTA) announced it plans to become a non-profit 501 (c) (6) organization in 2020, to help it grow the size and scale of the organization and help it create more value for
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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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Family Travel and Responsible Tourism
A comprehensive collection of reasons and arguments why everyone should engage in more family travel and responsible tourism.
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