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Top Resources for Family Travel

May 20 2008
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06-29-06_0818.jpgThe travel industry is notoriously ridden with a lot of "guides" that are actually just advertorials. But family bloggers and parent writers are stepping up to give parents traveling with kids real information based on their personal experiences. We've gathered together the top genuine resources for family travel from blogs to books.

DeliciousBaby
An excellent site I have found is DeliciousBaby. Debbie blogs about traveling with her two small children in the US, Canada and Europe, sharing their favorite destinations, kid-friendly restaurants, plus her site has lots of great family travel tips to make traveling with kids a little easier.

You'll also find DeliciousBaby's excellent post of Favorite Family Travel Blogs, which just about makes this post unnecessary because she really covers almost everything I would have and more.

WeJustGotBack
WeJustGotBack.com is a combination of the honest advice you get from other families with a little help from a professional editor. The site tends to focus more on destinations, resorts, cruises, etc rather than just individual travel, which is different than many non-commercialized family travel sites and so is a great resource for families looking for honest reviews of the bigger destinations.

Their current post is a comprehensive list and comparison of the top travel tools for families to help you find cheaper flights, hotels and family travel planning tools.

Family Travel Blog
Sheila Scarborough is a professional travel writer who keeps a family travel blog with lots of great info for travel around the US and abroad.

Kids Europe
If you are traveling to Europe with kids, Kids Europe is one of the best resources I have found. It has many articles about things to do in different destinations and you can subscribe to an email newsletter on family travel. In addition, they sell Kids Europe Discovery Journals for different European destinations that teach kids about the local culture and keep them occupied with customized games and activities to help make that endless stream of churches a little more palatable.

Moms Mini Van
Moms Mini Van is an excellent site with lots of ideas of how to make traveling in the car with kids easier for those long family road trips. Car game ideas, free printables, tips for car sickness and more.

Family Fun Magazine
Family Fun Magazine is a Disney publication with surprisingly good ideas for family travel all over the US which you can read about on their website.

RookieMoms
My blog friends over at RookieMoms have a fun string of A Week in... posts. Each one is written by local mom and gives you an itinerary of stuff to do with a baby for every day of the week. If you're not planning on traveling, check out the Mommy Poppins entry, A Week in New York.

I really wish there were more great family travel books out there to recommend. The three that we really like are:

Trouble-Free Travel with Children: Over 700 Helpful Hints for Parents on the GoThis book features lots of general tips to make traveling with kids a little easier.

Take Your Kids to Europe, 7th: How to Travel Safely (and Sanely) in Europe with Your ChildrenTake Your Kids to Europe has lots of good advice for getting the most out of a European vacation with kids. It lists some really cool destinations too, but it's not really a guide for any one destination. You'll still need a local guide for wherever you are going.

Zagatsurvey U.S. Family Travel GuideThis Zagat Guide is not your typical guide book. It doesn't list destinations in detail, rather it is jam packed with attractions, restaurants, hotels, etc with Zagat-style ratings for families traveling in the United States.
Here are some of our other top family travel posts:

Taking a Baby Sitter on Vacation with You

How to Bring Your Own Water on a Plane

Home Swapping: a Great Way for Families to Travel

A Free Travel Kit for Kids

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Thanks so much for the nice

Submitted by Debbie on May 20, 2008 - 5:44pm.

Thanks so much for the nice writeup. I'm glad you liked my site as much as I like yours :)

Debbie
http://www.deliciousbaby.com

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Thanks for the great

Submitted by Sophia on May 21, 2008 - 3:12am.

Thanks for the great article. We found some great family travel guides from Chronicle Books and Frommers from a site called www.littlejetset.com. We went to San Francisco with the kids for their spring recess and took 52 Adventures in San Francisco, which is a deck of 52 cards/adventures to see the sites of San Francisco and Frommer's San Francisco with Kids that has great information about preparing for a trip to San Francisco, where to eat, stay, shop, etc. Little Jet Set is also great resrouce for activities, games, puzzles and toys to occupy and entertain your kids on planes and in cars. And, I love their luggage and bags too!

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These are some of the best

Submitted by rome on June 14, 2008 - 7:10am.

These are some of the best tips I had found on the net thank you for sharing them.

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Sometimes traveling with

Submitted by teen tour on June 16, 2008 - 1:18am.

Sometimes traveling with teenagers can be an even bigger challenge than with 5 year olds. Although I pods and mini DVD players do help.

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Thanks so much for including

Submitted by Sheila Scarborough on August 27, 2008 - 5:27pm.

Thanks so much for including the Family Travel blog in your list!

I wanted to let you know that although the link above will redirect, we've changed our URL on BootsnAll to:

Family Travel Logue at http://www.familytravellogue.com/

Thanks again for the shout-out.

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Wow, great list! Don't

Submitted by soultravelers3@hotmail.com on September 11, 2008 - 9:52pm.

Wow, great list! Don't forget our blog as National Geographic Traveler called us "one of the best family travel blogs in cyberspace"!

We are starting our 3rd year of an open ended trip around the world as a family and we blog about our experiences as we go with great photos and tips for frugal family travel.

Come check us out at http://www.soultravelers3.com

Or check out our Youtube videos that are fun and educational:

http://www.youtube.com/user/soultravelers3

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I found

Submitted by Helen on September 18, 2008 - 5:19am.

I found http://www.nineblue.com very helpful in researching my travel plans this summer. My granddaughter and I take an annual summer trip and we were able to download full travel guides from nineblue.com.

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Hey buddy, It is very nice

Submitted by rome apartments on December 7, 2008 - 7:08am.

Hey buddy,
It is very nice to hear about top resources for family travel. Thanks the useful links,

It is an informative post,

Great & Cheers,
Ben,
rome apartments

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Our family has received

Submitted by Helen Breakey on January 13, 2009 - 4:38pm.

Our family has received excellent advice and service
on our last two vacations to Mexico and Jamaica working with the website vacationkids...
http://www.vacationkids.com
We have 3 kids and it's so hard finding hotels that will allow all of us to stay together. They even found us a great baby friendly hotel on our first trip which gave my husband and I some well needed adult time together.

keep up the great work mommy poppins!
Helen from Brooklyn

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Thanks for the article and all the links you provided. It is really so helpful for people like us.

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Very useful information,

Submitted by Leonhouses on February 16, 2009 - 10:21am.

Very useful information, thanks a lot for sharing them

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This is great article with

Submitted by SamsungLN52A650 on March 9, 2009 - 9:51am.

This is great article with help me when we went to New York with the kids for their spring holiday and took 52 Adventures in New York, which is a deck of 52 cards/adventures to see the sites of New York .
We have lot of enjoyed at there

Regards, Naveen, Samsung LN52A650

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This site has good ideas for

Submitted by CodVenture on March 9, 2009 - 9:55am.

This site has good ideas for family travel all over the US which you can read about on their website.

Keep it up..
Regards,
Codventure

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Thank you so much for the

Submitted by SamsungLN52A650 on March 10, 2009 - 11:53pm.

Thank you so much for the help you did by sharing this best information.

It was really helpfull to have all the information of family travel, it would help a lot of people to plan accrodingly.

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Yes the information you have

Submitted by Resorts 360 on April 2, 2009 - 12:09pm.

Yes the information you have shared and other mommy are great help. It give me ideas how to travel good with kids, and enjoy the trip and holiday. Resorts 360

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Family of 5 resource for

Submitted by Sandy Nielsen on April 30, 2009 - 1:21pm.

Family of 5 resource for hotels in Europe -- Large 'family rooms' save money and are convenient. See http://www.sleeps5.com.

Love to see helpful places and people sharing information! Thank you!

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