It’s All About Family & Quality Time

The most important thing to Americans in 2000 was “making money” – at least that’s what YPB&R’s National Leisure Travel Monitor reported. But in that same year, the stock market lost approximately 1/3 of its value, along with workers losing their retirement funds. Then after 9/11 most Americans started to re-think their views on life [...]

Beaches Resorts Extra Night for Families

Families who book a minimum seven-night vacation at a Beaches resort by Feb. 14 for travel between now and October 2008 receive their seventh night free. Available at all four Beaches locations in Jamaica and Turks & Caicos, this offer is valid for those who travel during the following select dates: May 1-June 13 and [...]

Jamaica Resort Named one of 10 Best Caribbean Resorts for Families

The Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort Montego Bay has been named one of the “10 Best Caribbean Resorts for Families” by Parents.com, the official website of Parents Magazine. The 524-room beachfront resort was recognized for its array of family-friendly features, parents’ perks, and for offering among the highest number of connecting rooms (173) of any resort [...]

SuperClubs Breezes New Look for 2008

SuperClubs’ Breezes Resorts in Curaçao, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic are bringing in the New Year with refurbished accommodations and upgraded amenities. Last year Breezes Runaway Bay Jamaica received a $20 million facelift, and since then all other properties have under gone renovations to evaluate all Breezes Resorts to a higher plane – but [...]

Kid-friendly dude ranches

So you want to play cowboys and cowgirls? 10 questions for finding the genuine article Your first step is to decide what type of dude ranch experience your family wants. Are you looking for a working ranch where guests are expected to pitch in with cattle herding and stable chores? Or were you imagining a [...]

Cape Cod’s Ocean’s Edge Resort Family Savings

To celebrate the upcoming three-day holiday weekends, Ocean Edge Resort & Club on Cape Cod is offering families winter savings of over 20 percent with nightly rates starting at $149. Parents and kids can take advantage of the Family Escape package available Jan. 18 to 20 and Feb. 15 to 17 and 22 to 24, [...]

Caribbean Family Travel Deals

At Frenchmans Lookout in Tortola, five nights for a family of 10 people is $13,000, or approximately $278.50 per person per day. The price includes: five nights’ accommodations; arrival and return transfer; welcome cocktail and dinner; breakfast daily; one full day with lunch on a captained yacht, with lunch; and ten spa treatments. Four percent [...]

Nickelodeon Family Suites Announce Noggin Month

Orlando’s Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn announced that November is Noggin month. With rates starting at $129 a night, families can enjoy special appearances by characters from the Nickelodeon’s Noggin family of shows. “Blue’s Clues” fans can meet Joe during an interactive safari adventure and story time reading. Guests can march in a musical [...]

Mexico’s Blue Bay Esmeralda Single Parents Package

Mexico’s Blue Bay Esmeralda Sets Single Parents Package BlueBay Grand Esmeralda on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, the flagship property of BlueBay Hotels & Resorts, a new collection of affordable luxury all-inclusive beach resorts, has introduced a Single Parent promo where adults are not charged a single occupancy supplement if sharing the room with two kids. Kids [...]