A good summer vacation can generate memories that stay with you long after you’ve returned home to your everyday routine. When something goes amiss on vacation that is often memorable, too, but for all the wrong reasons. We want families who read FamiliesGo! to have the best possible memories from all …

November and December are big travel months. We travel near and far to visit family, get someplace warm —or snowy—or to give our family the present of a dream vacation. It’s good to be reminded that even amid all that holiday travel cheer things can go wrong on vacations in …