Is Family Travel a Waste of Money?
A recent article asserts that family travel is a waste of money. We at the FTA disagree and so do our members. In the strongest terms.
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Galapagos: Close Encounters of the Wild Kind
A Thomson Family Adventures trip to the Galapagos Islands offers families a wealth of up-close wildlife viewing and more.
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Family Travel Association Sponsors First-Ever New York Times Travel Show’s Family Travel Pavilion
At the 2017 New York Times Travel Show, scheduled for January 27 to 29, 2017, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, one of the newest developments will be the Family Travel Pavilion.
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Family Travel: Creating Nature’s Caretakers
For some species, family travel is instinctive or a matter of survival. For others it is a yearning for adventure and discovery. The places where they cross paths – places like Baja, where humans and gray whales can today interact freely and without fear – are magical.
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Making Time for Multigenerational Vacations
Planning a multigenerational vacation may sound like a logistical nightmare, but service providers are making it easier for groups to come together.
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Traveling with Voluntary Kin: “She’s Like a Sister to Me”
Voluntary kin are an often-overlooked type of family relationship that should be taken into consideration: people we think of as family but who are not related to us by biology or law.
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The Alaska Experience: Risk or Real Life?
Any wilderness experience includes some risk, especially an Alaska experience. But how far is too far for visitors not accustomed to wildlife or weather, mountains or machines?
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To Keep Families Flying Together, U.S. Congress Passes New Law
The hard work has paid off! Within a year, airlines will be required to keep families flying together thanks to a new law passed by the U.S. Congress.
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7 Cruise Safety Tips
In light of the recent drowning death of an 8-year-old boy in a swimming pool on a cruise ship, cruise safety is in the spotlight, and travel industry experts are offering cruise safety tips to passengers.
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Ecotourism and Family Travel in Costa Rica
Costa Rica offers amazing product and program diversity at cross-section of ecotourism and family travel in Costa Rica. “A family vacation in Costa Rica is a way to raise awareness about sustainability for the whole family.”
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Family Travel and Vacation Rentals
“Vacation rentals are exploding because family travel is exploding.” This comes as no surprise to anyone helping the new generation of traveling families. Here’s what the experts have to say.
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Family Travel Boutique
Family Travel Boutique was created out of my passion for travel, and a dream to help families create amazing adventures where they could relax, reconnect and create memories to last a lifetime. As a Mom of 2 boys, I saw so many families give up travel when they had kids because it was “too much” […]
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