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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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