Family Travel Magazine

The New England area, especially the Northern New England area, was hit hard by Hurricane Irene (which was a tropical storm by the time it hit New England).  If you are traveling to New England this weekend, you are probably wondering how your favorite resort has fared.  Here are some updates: Hurricane Irene and Attitash [...]

When we stayed at the Mountain View Grand last year, we decided to visit Santa’s Village, which is just a short drive from the hotel.  Santa’s Village, like Story Land, is a theme park catering to young children.  As you might expect, the entire park is themed around Christmas, winter, and Santa. My kids absolutely [...]

Flatbread Company in North Conway, NH When we travel on a family vacation, we’re always looking for some fun and new restaurants to check out.  So, I’ll be posting about some great family restaurants that we found on our various travels. One of our favorite vacation restaurants is the Flatbread Company in North Conway, NH.  [...]

Earlier this year, the Red Jacket Resorts invited my family to visit the resort of our choice for a weekend getaway.  I’ve been wanting to check out Kahuna Laguna, the largest indoor water park in New Hampshire (which is located in the Red Jacket Mountain View, and only open to resort guests), so we chose [...]

New Hampshire is just a quick drive from our home west of Boston, and so it’s really the perfect long-weekend getaway.  This past weekend, we decided to take my daughter out of school on Friday to take a trip up there before the summer season really hit. On the first night, we stayed at the [...]

  My daughter is a 6-year old adrenaline junkie, so on our trip to the White Mountains this year, I just knew that we had to include a stop at Attitash Mountain Resort.  Attitash is a popular ski resort, but in the summer it turns into an adventure park for the whole family. It had [...]

If you have kids and live in the New England area, then chances are, you’ve at least considered going to Story Land in Glen, New Hampshire.  Most appropriate for kids up to about age 8, Story Land is a place where little kids can have fun and ride almost everything. Story Land is generally open [...]

While it’s only April, it’s almost time to start planning those summer family vacations.  Where will your family go this summer?  If you need some inspiration, here are some of my favorite family vacation destinations: Phoenix, Arizona Last month, I had the chance to visit Phoenix as part of the play ball and family fun [...]

Last month, my husband and I attended the Inn to Inn Cookie Tour, as guests of the Country Inns of the White Mountains.  While we’d spent lots of time up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, we generally stayed in rental houses or hotels – I’d never stayed in a bed and breakfast.  So, [...]

I have the opportunity to stay at many hotels, and some of my favorites are those that epitomize all-fashioned nostalgia.  The luxurious Mountain View Grand, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is a resort that feels like a throwback to better days. The Mountain View Grand is the only NH resort to receive the [...]