Woohoo, you’re heading on vacation! Itinerary is set, bags are packed, boarding passes are printed & you’re off to the airport.
It's your big day and of course, you want to share this day with the most important people in your lives. You're guests are dedicating time and expense to celebrate this important milestone in your life. Your wedding is a part of their vacation experience.
How do you know you're getting the best travel deal?....It's all about crunching the numbers with travel math. Of course with family vacations the number of passengers is multiplied so making travel as affordable as possible is critical.
Breathtaking scenery, historic castles, a dramatic coastline and storybook wonder are just a few words that begin to describe a family vacation in Scotland.
You're searching for flights for your family's vacation and you realize you can save some serious money by buying Basic Economy class tickets.
Before kids, we took a ski vacation every year or so, and travelled to a smattering of places in the Rockies, from Park City to Lake Louise, and many places in between. We not experts, but we love the mountains, the snow and the adventure.
Perhaps you're looking to gather with your extended family together for a reunion or a celebration vacation to commemorate a milestone for a particular person. Maybe you have a group of friends from college or play group that want to travel together. Congratulations!....you're planning a destination wedding with kids. Your kid's sport team is a great collection of kids and parents that enjoy spending time together and want to do more of it. In the family travel biz we call any and all of these situations a multi-generation group vacation. These types of vacations are becoming ever more popular. 80 percent of vacationers took at least one trip with extended family and/ or friends during the past five years.
If you're a parent looking for fun vacation ideas then a family cruise might just be your ticket to a great time. Surprisingly only about 20% of Americans have taken a cruise. As a travel consultant I find that most people have weird misconceptions about cruises. They've never taken a cruise but have convinced themselves in advance that they won't like it. I often find myself using the same line I did when trying to get my kids to eat healthy foods..."How do you know you won't like it if you've never tried it"?
Let's start by saying there are no wrong answers here when it comes to planning your next family vacation.
