Got a case of wanderlust that won’t quit? Your next family holiday is a click away. Our moms have bounced around the globe testing out family vacation spots from campgrounds to African safaris and they’re dishing the dirt on what works, what doesn’t and what you need to know before you go. Get all the Northeast family travel information essentials you need (from a traveling mom's perspective, natch!) to dive into your next family vacation adventure.
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So you're coming to NY for the weekend. Are you going to spend it looking at chocolate at the M&M Store? Waiting on line for the ridiculously expensive and intolerably slow ferris wheel at Toys R Us? Or are you going to see something unique to NY? LIVE fabulous theatre.
Boston – or shall I say “Bah-stin” – always seems to have a stronghold on all things Irish. After all, our first Irish Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, called Bean Town home. So I guess it’s no surprise that Boston pulls out all the stops when it comes to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
If you have a child and live in New York City, you have the world at your fingertips. Art, music, film and more, NYC is culturally the icing on the cake. There is so much to offer that you probably can't keep up with the offerings. Look no further! The folks at NYCkidsARTS have teamed up with Traveling Mom to give the insider's scoop on this week's top cultural picks.
Picture it: You’re on your big family vacation to NYC, when one of you gets sick. Where do you go for emergency medical care in Manhattan? Sure, there are Emergency Rooms everywhere. But the truth is, going to the Emergency room in NYC really isn’t pretty.
Why only celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for one day when you can do it for an entire month? Newport, Rhode Island is going ‘All Things Irish’ for the month of March. The activities include Irish Radio, Dancing, Bus tours and Comedy Shows.
Boston is a city of neighborhoods and while you can certainly follow the famous 2.5-mile Freedom Trail (and I’m not knocking it!), don’t count on your kids lasting long enough to finish it. One way to get your kids excited about a new city (or even their own!) is by an awesome scavenger hunt.