Okay, the school supplies are out on store shelves and the weeks of summer vacation are winding down to a precious few (is that a song lyric?). If you have not yet gotten your younguns on the road for an educational or memory making family vacation your planning time is limited. I recommend you go directly to http://www.familytravelnetwork.com/ for help launching a late summer holiday with your kids.
The Family Travel Network has a wealth of free information for traveling with children of all ages. There are no subscription fees to use this site. All information is free. They have been researching and writing about family travel since 1995 and, as a result, their archives are deep and much of the information is timeless. In addition, they are constantly updating their site with more information and tips.
This site does not sell travel or arrange vacation and can, therefore, remain completely unbias in the information they provide. They exist to supply information to family travelers and they claim to be the oldest free site of their kind on the web. Over their almost 15 years of existence they have received "strong recommendations, awards and high praise from travel experts, organizations and members of the media" for consistently publishing quality content and timely information.
The site is relative easy to navigate, with a index on the left hand side. At the top of the home page you will find a search window. I found that entering random destinations brought up a wealth of articles, almost every time, which you might expect with a site this old. If you are short on planning time with no destination in mind you might try their "Hot Deals" category. If you have a destination or an activity in mind, such as, water parks, I would enter the info in the search window and see what kind of suggestions come up. If you are a Twitter user you can keep up with Family Travel Network tweets at http://twitter.com/kidtravel.
Remember, travel cannot help but be educational for children. They are learning all the time and every trip does not have to be a week long and to a national historic site to give their brains fodder. Relaxing and laughing together is a great goal for a family vacation, too.
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