Tag archives for family travel
Celebrating Winter: Adrenalin Rush
Posted by Rainer Jenss on March 24, 2011 A year ago, Rainer Jenss traveled around the world with his wife and two sons and blogged about his experience here on Intelligent Travel. He writes to us about his family’s latest adventure– embracing the cold. This is his third post. Read more from Rainer here. If you go by the calendar, winter is officially…
Posted by Horses aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Hawaii. Palm trees. Pineapple plantations. Luau. Hula, maybe. But horses? No. And definitely not cowboys. But in Maui’s upcountry, far from the beach resorts and the gentle surf and the postcard-perfect waterfalls, there I was, confronted with a funny question. “Dad, which…
Celebrating Winter: The Ice Hotel
Posted by Rainer Jenss on March 21, 2011 A year ago, Rainer Jenss traveled around the world with his wife and two sons and blogged about his experience here on Intelligent Travel. He writes to us about his family’s latest adventure– embracing the cold. This is his second post. Read the first post here. Having traveled around the world together, the Jenss family…
Visiting an art museum may not be at the top of your “to do” list if you’re a four-year-old. But when a docent at the newly-opened Dalí Museum in St. Peterburg, Florida, invited my three kids — ages 4, 6, and 8 — to participate in a scavenger hunt on a recent Sunday afternoon, their…
Family Diving in Palau: Part 2
Posted by Rainer Jenss on February 9, 2011 Last week, Rainer Jenss shared how he prepared his children for their first diving trip to Palau. Read the first post here. When I told friends our family was traveling to Palau this past Thanksgiving, I usually had to include a brief geography lesson as part of the conversation. The truth is, it’s not enough…
Scuba Diving With Kids in Palau
Posted by Rainer Jenss on February 4, 2011 Anyone with young kids certainly knows about the lifestyle modifications that need to be made in order to raise children. Among other things, you just can’t go out as much or stay up as late as you did BC (before children). And when it comes to traveling, most parents somehow feel obligated to forgo their…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is his final report. Read the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. California’s wine country may be the last place you’d expect to find wild animals roaming the hillsides, from giraffes to zebras. But after exploring the Northern part of the Golden…
Tour Guide: Yellowstone’s Wild Side
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 2, 2011 Frank DiCesare shares a new off-the-grid upscale camping experience in Yellowstone National Park. This summer, travelers to Yellowstone National Park will have an opportunity to experience its natural wonders, far from the maddening crowds that gather to gaze at its famous geysers. It’s called Wild Yellowstone, a three-day, two-night safari along Yellowstone Lake that will…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the fifth of six reports. Read the first, second, third, and fourth posts. “Look at the castles!” my four-year-old daughter exclaimed, pressing her nose against the car window. “Yes, Napa has lots of castles,” I agreed. There’s no shortage of temples…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the fourth of six reports. Read the first and second and third posts. Northstar-at-Tahoe isn’t the first ski resort we’ve visited as a family. Just last week, we checked out the slopes in nearby Heavenly. And last year, we…
The Disney Dream‘s star attraction starts as a nightmare. You climb a narrow set of stairs to the 14th deck, high above the pools, basketball courts and mini-golf course. Then you plunk yourself down on an inner tube and are shot through a transparent acrylic tube, over the vessel, on a ribbon of water. “Oh…
A Return to Lake Placid
Posted by Rainer Jenss on January 20, 2011 A year ago, Rainer Jenss traveled around the world with his wife and two sons and blogged about his experience here on Intelligent Travel. Now he’s back stateside and sharing his tips on traveling with kids. Back when the thermometer readings were in the 80s in the Northeast, our family spent a couple action-packed days…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the second of six reports. Read his first post here. It’s a strange time to be in Sacramento. A day before we arrived, Jerry Brown was sworn in as the Golden State’s 39th governor. The marbled hallways of the Hyatt…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the first of six reports. Oakland is the kind of city that’s always looking up. If the drive along Lincoln Avenue over the Highway 13 Bridge–where you can see the ornate Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the magnificent Mormon Temple,…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Northwest Florida with his family. This is the second of two reports. Here’s the first. You can’t build a sand dune. Not a real one. You can try, says our guide, Snookie Parrish. “You can pile the sand, but when a big storm hits – whoosh,” she…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Northwest Florida with his family. This is the first of two reports. Seaside, Florida, is the kind of destination that can be enjoyed year-round with your family. But some seasons are easier than others. For about nine months, when this master-planned community in Florida’s Panhandle enjoys…
The Christmas Lights of Dyker Heights
Posted by Rainer Jenss on December 17, 2010 A year ago, Rainer Jenss traveled around the world with his wife and two sons, and blogged about his experience here on Intelligent Travel. Now he’s back stateside and sharing his tips on traveling with kids. If you ask the average New Yorker what their plans are for the holidays, my guess is most will…
Mainland Ecuador with Teens
Posted by Norie Quintos on November 17, 2010 Senior editor Norie Quintos, who edits the annual Tours of a Lifetime package in the magazine, recently returned from a trip to the Galapagos and mainland Ecuador with her teen sons. This is the last of a four-part series. Click to read the first, second, and third posts. A confession: Travel editors don’t always plan…
Galápagos with Teens: Weird Science
Posted by Norie Quintos on November 8, 2010 Senior editor Norie Quintos, who edits the annual Tours of a Lifetime package in the magazine, recently returned from a trip to the Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador with her teen sons. This is the third of a four-part series. Click here to read the first and second posts. As a mom who likes to sneak Good Things into her kids (a…
Lake Placid With Kids
Posted by Rainer Jenss on November 1, 2010 Last year, Rainer Jenss traveled around the world with his wife and two sons, and blogged about his experience here on Intelligent Travel. Now he’s writing a column that focuses on traveling with kids. When asked for travel advice, I usually recommend people try to visit a place during its “shoulder season” to take advantage…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Hawaii with his family. Read his first blog post here. Like almost every other destination on the planet, Hawaii claims to have something for everyone. But on Oahu, the most visited of the Hawaiian Islands, you have to look hard to find something for kids. Check into your hotel…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Hawaii with his family. This is his first report. There’s a surprise waiting around every corner on Hawaii’s big island. Like the time we ran out of road. We were dizzy with jetlag and like most tourists from the mainland, a little confused. “Dad, I’m hungry,” my middle son,…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited the Washington area with his family. His three-part series, Inside-Out With Kids, explores the D.C. region from different perspectives. Today, on their final stop, they return to the nation’s capital. Read the first and second blog posts in the series. What does it mean to be an “insider” in…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited the Washington area with his family. His three-part series, Inside-Out With Kids, explores the DC region from different perspectives. Today they make a detour to Annapolis, Md. Here’s the previous story. Every morning in Annapolis should start like this: You drop by Chick & Ruth’s Delly at around 8…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited the Washington area with his family. His three-part series, Inside-Out With Kids, explores the D.C. region from different perspectives. Today, the outsider’s point of view. You don’t know Washington until you’ve shared it with your family and a hundred thousand tourists all trying to squeeze into the monuments, the…
