PLACES TO GO

The Finger Lakes region of New York offers an ideal combination of museums, outdoor activities, and yummy local food, wine and beer. For a family …

Albuquerque was both the first and last stop on a spring break New Mexico road trip that also included Taos and Santa Fe. It’s a …

Alabama is not the first place I think of for a family beach getaway. In my mind U.S. beaches are on the Atlantic or Pacific …

Around this time every May, I get a press release from AAA predicting how many cars will hit the road for Memorial Day weekend. This …

Some movies transport you to a different place for two hours. When you’re done watching, you look up and are surprised to find yourself in …

One of our favorite ways to conjure memories of a favorite vacation is to make some of the foods we discovered away from home, ideally …

With summer coming and everyone needing to get outdoors as soon as possible, I thought I would pay tribute that to amusement park classic, the …

Everybody wants to bake bread these days. As our Covid semi-quarantine rounds on a full year we all crave things that are unique and a …

Books have both inspired and informed a lot of my travels. And they’ve taken me places I haven’t been and might never go. I’ve gained …

I had a bit of treat when I got to spend a day aboard the *MSC Divina, which stopped in New York City on its …

At some point in late January I always get tired of my LL Bean down coat and Ugg boots and New York’s gray days. I …

Question:Where Can We Find An Affordable Beach Vacation in the U.S.? I want to take my twins to the beach for the first time, but …

We loved Santa Fe pretty much the moment we rolled in to town, and I imagine that’s how most people react. The Old Town is …

I really liked St. Augustine, Florida. It’s a city that predates both Jamestown and Plymouth. Its lesser know history, outdoor activities and great local food …

I had a 36-hour layover in Helsinki on the way to Rovaniemi in Lapland.  It wasn’t nearly enough time to properly explore this charming walkable port …

People visit Savannah, Georgia to explore the genteel, antique-filled homes during the day and sip Southern cocktails in the evening . If you’re visiting this …

What little I knew about Lapland before I had the opportunity to visit was mostly wrong. I thought this part of Finland was covered in …

In the spring, Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Virginia is impossibly green and in the fall its leaves burst into color.  The historic town of *Staunton, at …

Taos, an artsy town in northern New Mexico, receives a mere 13 inches of rain a year. We had the bad luck to encounter a …

Hershey, Pennsylvania is a no brainer for an easy summer weekend getaway with kids if you live anywhere between Washington, DC and Connecticut. What you …

Nearly every city has a children’s museum. They can save parents’ sanity when it’s too cold, too hot or too rainy to take your energy-filled …

Sitting adjacent to Aspen in a picturesque mountain setting, Snowmass Village, Colorado has always been a great winter ski destination. But recent updates to Snowmass …

As much fun as we had traveling with a younger child, I’m really enjoying traveling with a tween. This was particularly true about our winter …

Updated August 2021 I love the Mayan Riviera, Mexico. It was one of the first places we traveled with Tiny Traveler because it’s just so …

Updated June 2021 Summer just might be the best time of year to take a family vacation in *Whistler, the Canada ski town about two …

Over the winter I had the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica with the custom-tour company *Costa Rica Family Holidays. The goal was to get a …

Despite its reputation for chilly air and gloomy weather, Great Britain is an island. It has a lot of coastline and a plethora of towns …

This is Ask FamiliesGo!, where we answer our readers’ questions about family travel. We add new questions as our readers pose them, so keep checking back. You …

As soon as we landed at Heathrow Airport with a long layover before our flight to Frankfurt, I found an information desk and asked where …

Whether you stay in a resort or arrive by cruise ship, Bermuda has plenty of activities that are easy to do with toddlers, kids and teens. Bike a rail trail, explore a cave, eat coconut cake, and more.