Archive for March, 2009

Our travel show “Trip on a Deal” has named the “Best Family Travel Sites” on the web. The Trip on a Deal team has scoured the internet looking for the best online resources you need to consult before you and your kids hit the road!

TOP FAMILY VACATION PLANNING SITES
The Best Places to plan your Family Trip

Whether you’re looking to travel to one of the United State’s big cities, a kid friendly foreign country, or just looking for a unique vacation idea for the whole family we felt any of these sites would point you in the best direction and help you plan along the way!

1. Disney’s Family Travel Site
Great ideas for all the big U.S. cities
2. Travel With Your Kids
Destinations and advice
3. We Just Got Back
News from families and current deals
4. Away.com’s Family Travel Area
International travel ideas and destinations
5. Travel with Kids on About.Com
Advice, ideas, tips, and accessories!

MOM KNOWS BEST
Top 4 Travel Blogs created by Moms
When you’re looking for travel advice, you can’t beat some mom-to-mom guidance.  Our top four mommy powered travel blogs offer everything from packing tips to parent tested advice from the women who’ve been there.

1. Delicious Baby
Great places and what to do when there!
2. Travel Savvy Mom
Great tips for traveling with kids!
3. Rookie Moms 
Creative activities to do with your kids at home and abroad!
4. Travelling Mamas
Family trip ideas and girlfriend getaways!

ADVENTUROUS FAMILIES
Top 2 Family Travel Blogs
 The best way to get great ideas for your family is to follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before you!  These two families know a lot about taking an exciting vacation, which is why we picked their sites as our top two family travel blogs! 
1. Soul Travelers 3
A couple who set out with their 5 year old daughter Mozart in 2006 to travel the ENTIRE world.  They have amazing videos and even more stunning photos of their adventures!   
2. Family on Bikes  
This couple and their two boys hope to set the record for the youngest person to cycle the pan-american highway!  They’re half way through their six month trip from Alaska to Argentina on two single bikes and one tandem!

UNIQUE VACATIONS
Two of our favorite one-of-a-kind family vacation ideas!

The Dude Ranchers association offers over 100 dude ranches in the West.  Sixty-five of them have specific children’s programs.  The Windwalker Guest Ranch in Utah offers horeseback riding, archeological digs, and nature walks for kids of every age!  Many ranches are slashing prices to encourage recession travel!

Gorp.com brings you a great list of the top 10 best kid tested rivers with easy flowing waters and low-risk adventure!  At the Colorado Yampa River you’ll paddle along pastel “badland” walls that slope thousands of feet into the water.  And in Wisconsin on the Namekagon river you’ll see eagles, herons, and take on some mild rapids!

What do you think?  Have any other recommendations?  We wanna hear!