Top Places for Family Resorts
Family resorts offer easy-to-relax getaways: with fun sports and activities, convenient ways to feed the gang, plus kids' clubs and teen centers-- much fun with minimal hassle. Scroll down for popular destinations.
Top Places for Family Resorts
Jamaica is home-base for two all-inclusive chains: Sandals has the popular Beaches family resorts; andSuperClubs welcomes families at certain Breezes properties and also at value-priced Starfish.
Club Med has a top family resort: Club Med Punta Cana, in the DR. The Dominican Republic is developing fast with many all-inclusive family-friendly resorts.
Among smaller-scale options, Franklyn D.Resort & FDR Pebbles in Jamaica are unique: families have their own vacation nanny during their stay.
Mexico -- especially the Cancun area, and Mayan Riviera south of Cancun-- is a popular place for all-inclusives family resorts, often at a good price point. The Mayan Riviera offers terrific activities, with Mayan ruins, coral reef, snorkeling lagoons, and eco-theme parks such as Xcaret. On the Pacific side, Puerta Vallarta and Los Cabos are popular too.
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New England
Several year-round family resorts offer the Great Outdoors complete with swimming pools and waterslides, in summer; riding trails; lots of snow fun in wintertime; plus kids' programs, family activities, theme dinners, and lots more.
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Poconos
Just a few hours from NYC, Phillie, and DC, the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania have been offering city-slickers a family for as long as the cities have been slick.
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Florida
From an all-inclusive Club Med with watersports, to detailed theming at Walt Disney World, Florida has a wide range of family resorts and is sure to have the latest trends in pools etc.
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Southwest
Check out a place in Phoenix with its own private waterpark; other Arizona hotspots; a New Mexico resort that highlights Native culture.
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Wisconsin Dells - Resorts with Indoor Water parks
This little town is the world capital for family resorts with their own indoor water parks (and outdoor parks too, in summertime.) Giant play zones, amazing slides (even an uphill one), geysers and river floats; and some resorts have added major "dry" play zones, too. Click above to check out Wisconsin Dells and also other resorts with their own water parks.
