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3 days ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
It might seem too early to plan your winter family travel, but Star Clippers gives you a good reason to act now. Through the end of May, families save 50 percent on fares for children ages 17 and under when they book sailing cruises in the Caribbean, Costa Rica and Panama.
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1 week ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
Known as America’s most dog-friendly city, San Francisco rolls out the red carpet for four-legged traveling companions. National Pet Week, May 4–10, is a good time to take these important members of your family for a stay in Golden Gate City. For a convenient downtown location, stay at Axiom Hotel, on Union Square near the famous Powell Street Cable Car turnaround. Up to three pets are welcome in any size room, with pet beds, water bowls and pet treats provided.
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1 week ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
Perhaps you are on family travel with an older family member with limited mobility or you’re on crutches from an accident (as I was on a recent trip to Portugal). Airports and airlines are prepared for that, with free wheelchair assistance to see passengers from the check-in counter to their seats on the plane. Traveling companions stay together and follow the wheelchair passenger through security and passport control to their seats, so family groups aren’t separated if one is in a wheelchair.
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2 weeks ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
An archaeological dig, a recreated 18th-century Cherokee village, 1,000-year-old artifacts and dramatic performances combine to make North Carolina a good place for introducing children to Native American culture. Look for these places and events when planning your family’s summer travel. In the town of Cherokee, Oconaluftee Indian Village recreates an 18th-century Cherokee community.
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3 weeks ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
Have your kids ever spent a day hiking along a rocky ridge, looking down on clouds? Or climbed through the forest beside a mountain stream that drops in a series of splashing waterfalls? Or watched the trees grow smaller and smaller as they climb higher, until the forest disappears entirely in a landscape of rocks and tiny alpine flowers? If not, and you love the out-of-doors, your family should travel to New Hampshire’s White Mountains for a hiking vacation.
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4 weeks ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
Holy Week, the period between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, is observed in a variety of ways throughout the world, often with colorful pageantry mixed with solemn reminders of the week before Christ’s crucifixion. Tourists are welcome at most observances, some of which take on a festival air, especially on Easter Sunday. Here are some places family travelers might consider traveling. Semana Santa, Holy Week, is observed most notably in Spain and Latin America.
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1 month ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
From Texas bluebonnets to California poppies to lilacs in Michigan to azaleas in the Blue Ridge Mountains, America blooms with spring flower festivals. Find one near you to inspire your family’s travels. For the entire month of April, Washington’s Skagit Valley is brilliant with millions of tulips, and during the month-long Tulip Festival, visitors can view them as they drive past the farms or walk among them in gardens.
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1 month ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
Whether gruesome scenes are right for your child’s age and nightmare level is a parental decision. But before your family travels to Europe this summer, there’s something you should know about these “museums” that have popped up in almost every city with a castle or a medieval past. They’re 90 percent hokum, and not medieval. Nor are most of the “artifacts” real.
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1 month ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
A pair of mile-long stretches of golden sand at Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach are reason enough for family travelers to choose southern Delaware for summer travel. At Rehoboth, a boardwalk lines the entire beach, with a holiday atmosphere of amusements, eateries and bandstand. Traditional old-time games fill Funland Arcade and, along with souvenirs and beach toys, the stands lining the boardwalk sell soft ice cream, salt-water taffy, fries and more favorite beach treats.
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1 month ago | 
whereverfamily.com | Barbara Rogers
Close to Seattle, but a visit-worthy city of its own, Tacoma is especially attractive to family travelers with car-crazy teens — or anyone who loves automobiles. And travelers of any age will delight in the stunning creations of Dale Chihuly and works by other glass artists from around the world. Begin by crossing the free Chihuly Bridge of Glass, a pedestrian walkway over Interstate 705 decorated by massive glass artwork by Tacoma native Dale Chihuly, the world’s most prominent glass artist.
