Family Travel Magazine

My family loves visiting Nantucket, but there is definitely a lack of family-friendly hotels on the island.  So, I’m glad to hear that the owners of the Winnetu Oceanside Resort on Martha’s Vineyard are restoring and reopening the historic Nantucket Hotel and Resort. The Nantucket Hotel and Resort is located right in the center of [...]

Planning a Nantucket family vacation this summer?  Now, you have another option for getting there.  JetBlue has just announced seasonal Boston to Nantucket full-size Jet service from May 17, 2012 through September 4, 2012.  The BOS to ACK flight is scheduled for 4:50 p.m. (departure) to 5:42 p.m. (arrival) and the ACK to BOS flight [...]

Nantucket is a mere one-hour ferry ride from the Massachusetts mainland, but it feels like a world away, making it one of our favorite family vacation destinations.  On our last Nantucket family vacation (for our visit during the Nantucket Christmas Stroll), we had the opportunity to stay at Harborview Place, a luxurious vacation home community [...]

I’ve been wanting to visit Nantucket for the Christmas Stroll weekend for several years now, but this year we finally had the opportunity to visit.  On the Friday of the stroll, we boarded the Hy-Line Cruises fast ferry out of Hyannis, and were in Nantucket just a short hour later. We were picked up at [...]

Last week, when we attended the Nantucket Christmas Stroll, we also had the opportunity to check out the Festival of Trees at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.  From December 1, 2011 through January 3, 2012, the museum is decorated with eighty uniquely decorated trees decorated by local merchants, nonprofits, children, artists, and citizens. We’d already visited [...]

As I mentioned last week, we headed to Nantucket this past weekend for the annual Christmas Stroll.  While I’ll have a full review of the stroll and our accommodations later, today, I just wanted to write about what it was like to spend some quality time together on the island. We arrived at our amazing [...]

This upcoming weekend, December 2-4th, 2011, is the popular Nantucket Stroll weekend.  Many popular hotels and inns are already booked, but you may still find availability if you check now!  Otherwise, you can always spend the day. From their website: “Now in its 38th year, Christmas Stroll Weekend is held the weekend after Thanksgiving. The [...]

Up until this year, I’d never been to Nantucket, despite the fact that I grew up in New England.  When we went on a Nantucket family vacation earlier this year, I was so impressed with how beautiful and picturesque it is – like the most perfect New England small town.  Each Christmas season, the Nantucket [...]

Once again, the Nantucket Island Resorts are offering Hot Dates, Cool Rates for fall dates in Nantucket.  If you’d like to avoid the crowds, and save some money – this is a fabulous time to visit! Here are the details from their press release…. White Elephant In addition to the low Hot Dates, Cool Rates, [...]

This spring, I visited the family-friendly White Elephant Hotel Residences in Nantucket on a family vacation. Since I really think you have to see this fabulous luxury resort in order to fully appreciate it, I’ve put together this video tour. Disclosure: We received a complimentary stay at the White Elephant Hotel Residences.