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7 Cruise Safety Tips

July 15, 2016 • The New York Times

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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Staying Healthy While Traveling the Globe

March 14, 2016 • The New York Times

Staying healthy while traveling is critical. Here’s what one person did on a recent trip to Tanzania with her four grandsons. No one got sick.

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Experiential Family Travel: A Ticket to Fond Memories

December 3, 2015 • The New York Times

People who give a trip with a theme can make a getaway gift particularly memorable, especially when it involves experiential family travel.

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City Tours Becoming More Children-Friendly

August 11, 2015 • The New York Times

City tours can be yawn-inducing for kids. Fortunately, companies are creating interactive and entertaining versions for those between the ages of 6 and 12.

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Hunting for Hidden Treasure, and Summer Lessons with Brain Chase

May 7, 2015 • The New York Times

Through Brain Chase, kids complete age-appropriate online challenges and are rewarded with videos giving clues to the location of an object and, possibly, travel to find it.

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Chicago with Kids

March 8, 2015 • The New York Times

Chicago is surprisingly easy to visit with children, maybe even too easy. There is an array of kid-friendly museums, shops, shows, trolleys and tours, centrally located so that they require little transportation or street smarts.

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Taking Your Teenagers to Kyoto, Japan

March 8, 2015 • The New York Times

One family navigates Kyoto, Japan’s second city, together as two adults and two teenagers, adjusting to the rhythms of a new culture.

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Following an 8-year-old to Atlantis on Paradise Island

March 8, 2015 • The New York Times

“We gotta go,” said their young son. And so they did, heading to Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, where they would do everything from feed a dolphin to race remote-control cars.

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Italian Food: A Family Affair

March 8, 2015 • The New York Times

If you grew up in Lower Manhattan, 50 years ago, you might have thought you knew the food of southern Italy. But a homemade meal of Italian food in Naples will make you rethink the city’s cuisine.

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Giving Airbnb a Run for Its Money

March 7, 2015 • The New York Times

When travelers think about vacation rentals, they almost always think of Airbnb. Yet a handful of websites is striving to disrupt the vacation rental market by appealing to families with children or jet-setters seeking luxury villas. This is a guide to some of the upstarts that all too often end up in the shadow of Airbnb.

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Holiday Bonus: A Beloved Aunt with Cash

March 7, 2015 • The New York Times

Advertisers are increasingly trying to reach single women with nieces and nephews. Called the PANK, or Professional Aunt, No Kids, they are especially targeted during the holiday shopping frenzy.

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Meet the Unlikely Airbnb Hosts of Japan

March 2, 2015 • The New York Times

Airbnb in Japan: A world-conquering start-up finds itself lost in translation in Tokyo.

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In France, a Visit with the In-Laws (Finally) Becomes a Vacation

February 27, 2015 • The New York Times

Montpellier, France, is a lovely place. But it went unnoticed before this author’s latest trip there, for Montpellier is the home of her in-laws and visiting them was not a terribly relaxing affair. Until she had a baby.

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