On drive trips staying in hotels, one option is to bring breakfast with you – savings and fun for kids.
Set up a breakfast picnic in your hotel room with cereal, yogurt, juices, and as a special treat – bake a Travel Breakfast Cake.
Here’s five favorite hikes with kids in California, – Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite, Point Reyes in Marin, Red’s Meadow in Mammoth Lakes, Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and Fern Canyon in Redwood SP – alpine meadows, panoramic views of the coast, rushing waterfalls, volcanic boiling springs and mudpots, sparkling creeks and ferns in the redwoods.
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Planning a family trip to San Francisco, where are the best neighborhoods to stay?
We research and recommend hotels for family amenities, but equally important is the surrounding area.
Insider tips about seven neighborhoods on our list of San Francisco family hotels.
It’s summer in San Francisco!
Best parks, museums, fun food, hikes, free music and kid’s shows, tips, insider secrets (redwood grove, fairy doors, Chinatown lunch and playgrounds, cheapest bay cruise), and more.
Over Easter break, a family we know visited Paris, and gave us some tips.
Here are four places to go to escape crowds this summer – a museum with unicorn tapestries, zoo and carousel in Jardin des Plantes, collection of armor and Napoleon memorabilia in Army Museum, and Chateau de Vincennes, medieval royal residence in the middle of Paris.
Here’s our list of free fun things to do with kids in Tokyo. Explore the oldest temple in Tokyo, run around Imperial Palace grounds, enjoy picnics in Japanese gardens, visit a drum museum or kite museum museum, look for dragons everywhere in the city.
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