Family travel

@Shar19 (8231)
United States
September 30, 2008 8:10pm CST
I'm always looking for new places to travel to with the family. Specifically places that are kid friendly. I find that the beach is always good and the amusement parks. After a while though that gets to be the same old same old. What are your favorite family travel destinations?
6 responses
@bwaybaby (903)
• United States
2 Oct 08
My family used to go to Disney World every year. We would drive from whereever we were living at the time and camp to save money. We'd bring snacks into the parks so we wouldn't have to pay so much for food. And we got discount tickets because my dad was in the army. During Desert: Storm Disney actual gave us free tickets, but that was mainly because my dad was deployed and we lived in Georgia at the time. We also would go to a lot of national parks. Yellowstone is my favorite. My favorite animals are wolves, and the last time we went we ran into a bunch of "wolf watchers." They're kind of like bird watchers. And I got to see wild wolves in their natural habitat. A lot of major parks have kids programs, as well. Science centers (COSI in Columbus, OH, and there's a big one in San Jose, CA), museums (Roseicrucain Egyptian Museum in CA, Smithsonian in DC- it's free!), and historical sites were fun, as well. I always wanted to go to the La Brea Tar PIts when I lived in CA, but we never got around to it.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
2 Oct 08
When I was young, we also drove to Disney World and camped along the way. What a long drive that was! Camping was fun back in the day. Now that I'm married with my own children I'm much more of a hotel person. There seem to be alot of good science centers like you said in most major cities. Another wonderful thing is anything that's free! Just an added bonus.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
1 Oct 08
I think that my older son who is 13 years old would love to go to Tunisia to see Carthage, to Rome and to Egypt to see the pyramids. There are beaches that would be suitable for children like on the Red Sea of Egypt, Kerennah Island in Tunisia and Capri Island in Italy. Of course Disney World in Florida or Disney Land in California would be perfect for young children. Children should enjoy variety whilst on holiday. They could have a day of adventure like a boat trip to see wildlife in the morning and a trip to a play ground in the afternoon. That would appeal to all the family. Belize would be great for family because they would have the beach, history with the Mayan ruins and adventure with activities like spotting wildlife. It would get boring to always go to amusement parks so I suggest going to places that appeal to the parents. Child friendly activities could then be fitted in. My younger son is happy as long as he has his travel cot, his drinks, his food, his push chair and a couple of small toys.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
1 Oct 08
We still haven't done Disney World yet. Maybe next year. I know the kids would love that. I know I did when I was little. I've also heard that Belize is wonderful but with the cost of airline tickets I doubt we could afford it. Thanks for all of your ideas. Maybe one day we'll get to visit some of them.
@seeths (413)
1 Oct 08
I love travelling and this is one of my favs.Lately we had gone to blr for our wedding aniverssary and we had loads of fun and this our son was alos there and we were very excited and happy.we went around blr and we had a happy time and I guess this was the time where we got to know each other well. Regards
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
1 Oct 08
Glad you had fun but what is blr?
• Philippines
1 Oct 08
Are favorite travel destinations is Baguio is located in the Philippines.. When my sisters and my brothers are in vacation in the school we go there because it is beautiful and they have lots of places that you can see.. It is the flowers capital of the Philippines because yo can see a different kind of beautiful flowers.. A you can see the Mansion Park where our President stay when she is having vacation..
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
1 Oct 08
Sounds like a beautiful place. Thank you for your post.
• Australia
1 Oct 08
there would be heaps of places that i would like to vist, travelling is one of my favourite hobbies, but ive been with the family to all sorts of places ut i found that they enjoy the amusement parks the most, if not a place where its relaxing where you can eather swim, or skiing. So its just what you like... ~Happy MyLoting~
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
1 Oct 08
I agree with you. Amusement parks are always fun for the kids. There are a lot of different states I'd like to drive to and find fun things to do there. However, kids aren't always good on long car rides. I guess that's why the beach is always a sure winner.
@terenz16 (11)
• Philippines
1 Oct 08
i preferred to travel beautifull places here in the philippines like palawan davao coz it makes my family confident and resulting good bonding.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
1 Oct 08
I've never been to the Philippines before but I hear there are some very beautiful places there.