Family Travel Magazine

As you’ve probably guessed, I love traveling to Walt Disney World, and I’ve stayed at most of the deluxe and moderate hotels throughout the resort.  Recently, my family’s favorite resort has been Disney’s Beach Club Resort, but surprisingly, we’d never stayed at its sister resort, Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, until this year’s Disney Social Media [...]

During the Virginia media tour I attended back in April, we spent one night at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA.  The Great Wolf Lodge is the perfect kid resort, but if you are looking for a resort that appeals more to older kids and adults, the Kingsmill Resort down the street may be [...]

Are you looking for a hotel where everything around you caters to children?  Do you want to stay at a place that you don’t have to leave for the entire trip?  On my recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg, I spent a night at the Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg, a place that was made with families [...]

After 2 1/2 years of being a Walt Disney World Moms Panelist, I know that there’s some heavy demand for affordable family suites at Walt Disney World.  So, I was thrilled to hear that Disney was opening their newest resort, Disney’s Art of Animation, as a value resort with lots of family suites.  I had [...]

During our recent family vacation to Phoenix, AZ, my family decided to make the 2-hour drive down to Tucson, AZ to experience something different.  For our 2-night stay, we choose the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, a hotel located in a quieter part of Tucson. Loews Ventana Canyon offers a kids’ camp, a spa, outdoor pool, [...]

As a Walt Disney World Mom, I’ve been to quite a few of the properties on site at Walt Disney World, but I have to admit that one of my favorites is the Animal Kingdom Lodge – a resort I’ve been to numerous times. Animal Kingdom Lodge is one of the newer Walt Disney World [...]

You are at Orlando International Airport with the kids after a long, tiring vacation, and your flight gets delayed by hours.  What do you do?  While the airport does have lots of shops and restaurants, that’s not going to keep your already tired kids busy for the next 6 hours.  Instead, you can be napping, [...]

Have you heard of a five-star resort that also caters to families?  The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, a five-star resort located in North Scottsdale, Phoenix, manages to be upscale and luxurious, as well as family friendly.  My kids felt like VIPs, and my husband and I felt entirely relaxed and pampered. It all starts at check-in, [...]

A kids’ pajama party while mom and dad dine at one of Scottsdale’s hottest restaurants?  A fun scavenger hunt that brings the kids all around the beautiful resort?  A check-in room especially for kids?  We got all of this and more during our stay at the Westin Kierland Resort, a luxury resort located in North [...]

I’ve been to lots of hotels.  Big hotels.  Little hotels. Seedy hotels.  Five star hotels.  Hotels with restaurants, hotels with WiFi, hotels with spas, and hotels with just rooms.  But, I’d never been to a hotel with an entire village, including bars, restaurants, shops, rooms, waterfalls, rivers, and conference facilities under one “biodome” roof. Until [...]