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News from Our Favorite Travel Blogging Families with Teens and Tweens

May 142012

Its time again to check in with with some of our favorite traveling families. As usual, moms, dads, teens, tweens, siblings, pets, friends and relatives have been exploring the world in any number of unique and imaginative ways from slow round-the-world unschooling to short luxury getaways and everything in between. We hope you find time to visit each of these wonderful blogs and get some travel inspiration of your own from reading each of their stories! We start by catching up with our favorite round the world travelers. Updates from Long Term Traveling Families When we last heard from Tigger and Crazy Dad from 1 Dad 1 Kid, they were packing up to leave Honduras and were heading to Columbia. In their post Welcome to Columbia, we learned how they [...]

The Best Recent Family Travel with Teens and Tweens Articles on the Web

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Mar 152012

The Best Recent Family Travel with Teens and Tweens Articles on the Web

This is another in our semi-regular series of round-ups featuring recent articles by some of our favorite family travel writers who are exploring the world with teens and tweens in tow. This time around we learned about some great museums sure to hold the attention of this crowd. We also had the opportunity to read about some truly awesome once in a lifetime adventures and ponder jealously how we could line up one of those gigs. Finally, we read with admiration about the doings of those traveling families who have taken the homeschool or unschooling route in order to show their teens and tweens the world. We hope you enjoy these articles as well. Great Museums for Teens and Tweens Sandra Foyt of Albany Kid shared her experiences of visiting [...]

Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival Winter 2012

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Jan 082012

Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival Winter 2012

Welcome to the January 8, 2012 edition of the Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival. This is another in our ongoing series that features links to some of our favorite family travel blog posts involving real families with kids ages 10-18. These families get around and provide a lot of fun family travel inspiration .. so here we go. Hiking Adventures The scrub forest reminds us of old Hawaii Jennifer Miner of The Vacation Gals sent us Hiking Trail on Hawaii’s Kohala Coast about a stroll on the the Ala Kahakai Trail connecting the Hapuna Beach Prince and Mauna Kea Beach Hotels on Hawaii’s Big Island. It is part of a 175-mile historic trail circling much of the Island. Jen says, “hiking is always a healthy family vacation activity, and [...]

Carnival of Cities – December 14, 2011

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Dec 142011

Welcome to the December 14, 2011 edition of the Carnival of Cities blog carnival that features links to blog posts about any aspect of one, single city (or fair-sized town). It is published every two weeks, thanks to the efforts of Shelia Scarborough who keeps us organized. The previous edition of the Carnival of Cities was hosted on the Perceptive Travel Blog. The next edition on April 20, 2011 will be hosted by Shelia’s Guide to the Good Stuff. This is the third time Travel with Teens and Tweens has hosted the Carnival. We enjoy the chance it gives us to check out what lots of other wonderful travel writers are up to. If you would like to host a future Carnival edition on your blog please contact: Sheila “at” sheilascarborough “dot” com. Thanks! And now, here we go: City [...]

Four Top Warm Weather Winter Travel Ideas for Families with Teens and Tweens

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Nov 212011

Four Top Warm Weather Winter Travel Ideas for Families with Teens and Tweens

The cold weather is finally hitting the Northeast and while we are looking forward to skiing and hockey, we can’t help but start thinking about some warm weather winter getaway ideas. Since we are dreaming, we figure we might as well dream big — you know, those extended, vacation of a lifetime getaways that the teens will remember even after they have gone off to college! As always, our travel blogger friends have lots of inspiration to share so here we go .. follow the links for some great articles chock full of lots of wonderful photos, then start checking out airfare and hotels for some major league warm weather winter family vacations with your teens and tweens. Hawaiian Beaches, Nature, Shopping and Water Sports Although it is a long [...]

Fall 2011Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival

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Oct 232011

Fall 2011Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival

Around our house the push has been on to ramp up the school year — with both kids in high school this year — and #1 Son getting that all important Common Application for college whipped into shape. Other than our almost endless college tours, we’ve been home the last few months. As a result, more than ever we’ve been living vicariously through the many wonderful family travel blogs that write about their own family adventures with teens and tweens. Here’s a round up of some of the articles we have enjoyed most recently – hope you stop by to check them out too! North American Family Adventures Nancy of Family on Bikes has seen a lot with her traveling family as they have biked the length of North and [...]

Summer 2011 Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival

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Aug 312011

Welcome to another edition of the periodic Travel with Teens and Tweens Blog Carnival where we feature links to blog posts about real family travel adventures that include kids ages 10-18. With summer vacations wrapping up we have a bumper crop of articles to feature! So here we go! Thrill Seeking Teens Enjoy Bungee Jumps, High Ropes,and Ziplines Thrills and chills seemed to be the name of the game for a lot of families traveling with teens including Kara Williams of The Vacation Gals who shared two great posts. In Best New Attraction in Glenwood Springs, CO: Bungee Jump at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, we get a video of her fearless daughter jumping off a 75 foot tall platform during a visit in June. Not to be outdone, we also get a review [...]

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