Teresa's Family Vacations Blog November 2006 Archive

Sounding another warning bell about New Passport Requirements for US Citizens: starting January 23 2007*, adults and children will all need passports for air travel to and from the Caribbean, ... Read More

Here's a major discount for a trip next May to September: save up to $3600 for a family of four. "Family Adventures" are a lovely niche in the travel world: small ... Read More

Salt Lake City may be as flat as, well, a salt lake, but within an hour's drive are seven ski resorts: with great spots for families, two skiers-only mountains, and ... Read More

Kids love to ride the rails, and what better time for it than the Holiday Season: in dozens of locations, specially decorated Christmas Trains pull out of the station with ... Read More

Here's a train ride that's 500 miles long! Rocky Mountaineer Vacations offers this six-night package, that starts off with a Christmas-themed ultra-scenic train ride from Vancouver BC through the Rocky ... Read More

CoCo Key Water Resorts aim to make a splash in world of indoor waterpark resorts, with several locations opening in a bunch. Unlike, say, the Great Wolf Lodge brand -- ... Read More

Kids love to see the sparkle of holiday lights in the dark: even the local neighborhood gets magical. And then there are those places where the sparkles multiply into millions... ... Read More

2006 brings the first Holiday Season with new security rules in place for carry-on luggage: allow extra time for line-ups, before your flights! No liquids (or gels or creams, or ... Read More

Big story of the month, in the US, is of course Thanksgiving: that key time of year for families to get together -- though not necessarily at Grandma's house. Many ... Read More

Club Med Cancun -- once adults-only-- has reopened this month as a family-friendly resort with kids clubs. Club Med is a unique brand of all-inclusives, with friendly ambiance and amazing ... Read More

Thanksgiving weekend is coming up, and many families will be loading up the faithful family vehicle and driving to Grandma's (or Auntie's, or other significant other's) house. And parents will ... Read More

"The Polar Express" is a beautifully illustrated children's book by Chris Van Allsburg (also made into a movie) about a child's train ride to see Santa at the North Pole. At ... Read More

If you're visiting these popular tourist areas, bring along a toy for the "Give a Toy, Get a Smile" charity, which gives toys to less fortunate kids in and around ... Read More

Some family resorts go all out for holiday weekends, and here's a good example: the Mount Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire has over four full days of ... Read More

And you thought Orlando didn't need another attraction. But the family vacation capital of the world is still piling on the fun. Here comes the world's first wave pool dedicated ... Read More

Play this game in the car, or on the plane: developed by a mom of seven, NAMiTS -- The Game of Think -- is simple enough for a child ... Read More