Tips & Documents
Our Travel Tips from parents who've been there and done it show you how to cope with everything from resort safety to pediatric travel health and babies on long-haul flights; plus the latest on Travel Documents such as travel consent letters, airline security, border crossing permits and more.
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Favorite Car Games For The BackseatDon't pack any electronics for your next road trip. Print out and use these classic, family-fun games to make the next overland trip with restless kids zoom by. It is an unfortunate fact of family car trips: kids, despite most efforts, can become pretty restless while cooped up in the... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Safety Tips For Hotel And Resort VacationsWondering how safe it is to let the kids wander around? The pros discuss how to make your resort vacation a safe, risk-free, stress-free experience. When travelers are surveyed about what is most important to them when planning a family vacation, the No. 1 answer isn't sunshine, a wealth of... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Ten Things To Remember Before You FlyThis past year I've been up in the air on a variety of airlines, and left up in the air -- by air travel, hotel, car rental and computer glitches -- more times than I can ever recall. I hope my mistakes can help you avoid your own. Remember #1: Leave plenty of time. Maybe it all... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Permission To Travel Letters And Why You Need ThemAdults traveling outside the U.S. with children under 18, other than their own, must have a Permission or Consent to Travel Letter from both of the minors' guardians. Did you know that a child departing the United States and other countries, traveling with only one parent, a guardian,... Category: Tips & Documents |
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How To Get Your Own US Passport To AdventureGetting a U. S. passport has become essential now that a US citizen's birth certificate will no longer suffice to cross borders. It's a great souvenir of your family travels, too. So whether your family has planned an exotic getaway, or has a new baby on board, whether your passport... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Travel Insurance For FamiliesWe love travel insurance and won't leave home without it. Since the very first holiday spent battling storms and re-booking missed flights (at great expense), our family has found it essential. It should be for every smart vacation planner, too, particularly when traveling with kids. ... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Required Documents For Travel With MinorsSolo Parents, Grandparents and Guardians can satisfy legal requirements before crossing international borders with minor children by using these Permission to Travel And Children's Consent forms. The Family Travel Forum community has learned the hard way that parents planning family getaways... Category: Tips & Documents |
Family Travel PartnersMeet our Partners in Family Travel, companies and websites that provide services to make your family vacations easier, cheaper and, as our kids would say, Funner! Travel Destination & Resort Partners Travel Services Partners... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Bus Tours Introduce The World's Great CitiesDouble-decker hop-on, hop-off bus tours can be found all around the world, but have a longer history in Europe than in the US. Imagine a clever guide, a place to rest your feet, great photo opportunities, free local transport, and the breeze in your hair and you have the charms of a hop-on hop-off... Category: Tips & Documents |
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Have School, Still Travel?A long-time education insider goes behind the scenes to find out how teachers really feel when you pull kids out of school to travel. Walking down the street one day, I passed a man smoking a pipe. As the sweet aroma of the tobacco reached me, I was overwhelmed by a memory -- the smell took me... Category: Tips & Documents |
