Knowing how to find cheap airline tickets when traveling as a family by plane is a skill worth mastering. Here are a few well known policies that will help you get discount airline tickets:

The biggest advantage you have is knowing well in advance your date of travel. Book your flight as early as [...]

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Whenever you travel away from home on your family vacation, be sure to take a few basic preventive measures to keep your family safe and healthy when it comes to food and drink.
The major cause of health problems when traveling is dehydration.  Children often become excited and overly active when on [...]

Oftentimes on a family vacation there is some downtime you’d like to fill.  Sometimes you are looking for a local event that everyone would like to be a part of, just to get a feel for the locale and it’s people.
Whether it’s clam bake, a blue grass festival or a best chili cook-off, local events [...]

The mission of this Family Travel Tips site is to help overcome the bad publicity generated about traveling with children.  When people think of traveling with children crying infants on planes, family resorts overrun with obnoxious children, kids fighting in the back seat of a car are just of few of the images that come [...]

When packing your child’s suitcase for your family vacation, you should have your destination and length of stay in mind.  You probably already have some idea of the weather and activities you have planned so here is a listing of some hints you may not have thought about:
Choosing Traveling Clothes:
Don’t pack all new items.  Comfort [...]

Before making a final decision on a destination for your family vacation, take a virtual vacation trip.  Becoming familiar with the area you intend to visit is a great way to add another level of enjoyment to your family trip.
Here are some ideas to get you started on the virtual vacation trip:

Visit your local library [...]

If you are planning family dining at Disney in any of the table service restaurants while on your Disney vacation you need to make reservations in advance. Disney calls these Advanced Dining Reservations (ADRs) – and if you know the restaurant you prefer and time of dining, then you need to make the reservation 90 [...]

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If you are not a member of AAA, you might want to check into their benefits before doing any family travel.  If you are going to Disney, AAA not only offers discounted tickets to Disney World, but also offers preferred parking spaces that enables you to use specially located parking [...]

If you are first time family campers, you may be totally confused as to what basic equipment for a  family camping trip is needed.  Here are some tips and advice to get you planning a family camping trip in no time.

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Tent:
A tent is the main piece of basic equipment for a family camping [...]

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Mention camping with kids and you’re bound to get one of two opinions rather quickly: parents will either love it or hate it, there seems to be no in between.  As for myself, I can say I’m not a camping fan.  However, having raised 6 children, this was often the only option available [...]