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Trip Ideas: Family

Wow The Kids

Age-appropriate adventures to tick off your family's life list.

Top Stories

The Country's Splashiest Hotels

Five new and improved indoor water parks make quick work of cabin fever.

A Multigenerational Trip to Mexico

One house. Ten travelers. Three generations. How this extended family (ages 2 to 82) spent a week together in a Mexican villa and lived to tell the tale.

Zoo Babies 2009

Meet panda Xi Lan, voted cutest in our poll, plus Miles, a giraffe who wants to be like his big sis, and more aww-inspiring newcomers. Browse the babies, and add your photos and videos from zoos nationwide.

Camp With Your Kids (Painlessly)

We asked camping experts for age-appropriate activities likely to grab your kids' attention and get them outdoors.

Adventures in Family Travel

John and September Higham took their two kids on a 52-week round-the-world trip. John's memoir, 360 Degrees Longitude, tells the story; we've got his hardest-won wisdom.

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Family Video

Kid-friendly Dining Options

When vacationing, it can be hard to choose a restaurant, and it's even harder when you have kids. How do you please them, and appease others? Watch The Budget Travel Minute for tips.

For All Ages

Trips for Families With Babies

There's a phrase that goes something like, "If the baby ain't happy, nobody is," and wiser words were never spoken; even infants know the beach is made for relaxation.

Family Games

Cam-Foolery

These goofy trick shots—headless little sister! gigantic sneaker!—are guaranteed to get the kids to smile.

Family Deals

San Francisco, From $139 a Night

A kid-friendly package for a winter getaway to your choice of six hotels.

my Budget Travel

London & Paris, in a Family Way

Member amyem traveled to Europe with her husband and three children. She writes: The flight over was great. Will slept most of the time. Everyone around him thought he was so cute when we were taking off and he said, "We're goin' up! We're goin' UP!" Funny, though, they were not as impressed upon landing, when he shouted, "We're goin' down! We're goin' DOWN!!"

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