Family Trips

Rayovac Six Flags Sweepstakes

by CajunMama

One of the many ways to save money on a family vacation is to enter all the travel and attraction pass giveaways you can. You might not be planning a vacation to a specific destination, but if you can find cheap airfare, discount hotel rates, and even discount coupons on theme park tickets, then you’ve [...]

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Summer Road Trip – The Catskills and New York City

by PhillyMama

Steve, Abby, and I took a family road trip last week while Zoe was away at Space Camp.  Along the way, we hit Hanover, PA; Gettysburg, PA; Charlottesville, VA; and Hershey, PA.  After visiting a bunch of cute towns, we decided to head out into the countryside and kick back to relax.  Our choice?  Roxbury, [...]

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Travel Deals week of July 18, 2011

by CajunMama
Camp

Summer is here in full force and for many of us, the school summer break is coming to an end. There’s still time to take a family vacation or weekend getaway before classes begin again. Or, if you’re a mom like me who’s had the kids home all summer, you might be in the mood [...]

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San Antonio Family Vacation Giveaway

by CajunMama
San Antonio TX - Riverwalk at Hyatt

We love sharing money saving travel tips on Traveling Mamas and we love it even more when we get a chance to give away a trip, especially to family vacation destinations like San Antonio. I’ve taken my family to San Antonio for a vacation and we loved every minute of our visit. We played hard [...]

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Summer Road Trip Stop #4 – Hersheypark and Woodside Cottages

by PhillyMama

As a travel writer, I go lots of places, and I take my kids with me at least half of the time.  Yes, my two tween daughters are world travelers, but pretty much their favorite place on earth is only about a two hours’ drive from our house – it’s sweet, it’s fun, and it’s [...]

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Train Travel: Amtrak’s City of New Orleans

by CajunMama
Train travel is a fun adventure with Amtrak

I haven’t taken the train for travel since I was a kid and on a recent Amtrak rail adventure, it was just as fun for me today as it was back then. I traveled on Amtrak’s City of New Orleans line, which starts in Chicago, Illinois and ends in New Orleans, Louisiana. There are numerous [...]

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Summer Road Trip Family Activity at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia

by PhillyMama

Over the two and a half days we were in Charlottesville on our summer family road trip, we mostly just kicked back and relaxed.  Even though the infinity pool at the Clifton Inn kept my daughter pretty busy, I dragged her out a couple of times to check out some of what the town – [...]

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Family Road Trip in a Chevy Traverse

by CajunMama
Brian Harris 2011 Chevy Traverse at The Bluffs

Thanks to Brian Harris Chevrolet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, my family had the use of a 2011 Chevy Traverse to test out and review. As soon as I pulled into the driveway with this crossover family vehicle, both of my teens set to work checking out the interior for comfort and convenience. There are a [...]

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Summer Family Road Trip – Stop #2 (Gettysburg, PA)

by PhillyMama

If you’ve been following my family’s summer road trip, you know that we left off in Hanover, Pennsylvania, at the gorgeous Sheppard Mansion.  While staying at the Mansion, we ventured out and about to celebrate Father’s Day; if I do say so myself, we showed Steve a great time. We started the day with the [...]

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Tips for Enjoying the Fourth of July Holiday

by CajunMama
TravelingMamas.com founder Shannon Hurst Lane and son enjoying Fourth of July Celebration in Washington, DC

When my children were younger, we would drive down to the levee in Baton Rouge and claim a space for the Fourth of July fireworks that would explode over the Mississippi River. The Baton Rouge Community Band would play patriotic tunes and blankets with families would dot the grass near the USS Kidd. These days [...]

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