Travel Tips
What ot see on Vancouver Island British Columbia
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There is such a “wow” factor about Vancouver Island.
There are big vistas, like the one atop Mount Washington. There are impressive mountain ranges, like the jagged Mackenzie Range. With more than 2,100 miles of coastline, there are choices of [...]
Websites to plan your Family Road Trip
If you’re like millions of other Americans, this summer you and your family are likely to buckle up the kids in the back seat, strap luggage to the roof and set out for a vacation driving the nation’s roadways. And if you do, there is one thing as certain as your kids getting antsy here [...]
Tips to travelling with the kids
Found this list from Cosavoo.com and wanted to share. As we all know there are a lot of things to think about when we travel with our very young children and here are some tips that make it that much easier for everyone.
Ask the hotel about child facilities
Some resorts are built for couples, with lots [...]
High tech tools for a road trip
I have just seen a great list of tools that you can use on your computer to plan and have your next road trip.
The site Mashable is all about the cutting edge of high tech but today there is this article that list 20 tools that Mashable thinks are the great online tools for your [...]
Top 10 Family Vacations
Here is a great list that I just ran across of great vacations for families. I am not sure how accurate the list is but these certainly look like great places to check out with the wife and kids.
1. Fly fishing, Scotland
If your kids love to fish this is the ideal location where you can [...]
The greatest camping checklist
I just ran into the greatest camping checklist. This is soemthing that I have looked for for a while as every time that I go camping I forget some stuff, overpack, take things that I thought would matter but don’t and of course I worry about getting cold so I take as many blankets as [...]
Multigenerational Travel
We really have to come up with a better name for this but in essence multigenerational travel is when parents bring their kids and their parents on vacation together. Here is what Dorothy Brown from the Philidelphia Inquirer described it as:
Some call it “multigenerational travel.” Others call it “grand tripping.” But the idea of grandparents [...]
Great way to see DisneyWorld Online
My family is yet to go to Disney World in Florida but a friend of mine has and just also showed me a great way to use Google Earth to see Video, pics and flybys of the DisneyWorld resort.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is harnessing the power of Google Earth to build an interactive, three-dimensional [...]
Tips to have kids help plan your vacation
Getting your kids involved in your vacation is essential and studies have shown that they enjoy the trip even more when they have made some contributions involving the trip. When visiting family attractions on your trip, find out as much information about the destination as you can before hand, to prepare your children. [...]
5 Ways to make the most of your vacation
Washington: Edythe Harvey, MD, a psychiatrist with Menninger has offered five suggestions to alleviate stress during one’s vacation and enjoy the holiday time to the hilt.
“Going on vacation is a time to get away and relax, not stress out about. So start making plans now to leave work at work and focus on the most [...]