Traveling With Grandchildren
Goyer: Family Vacation Challenge
By: By Amy Goyer | Source: AARP.org | April 2009
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Known for her expertise on multigenerational and grandparenting issues, Amy Goyer is the AARP family expert.
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Helpful Web Sites
- Grandparents.com has tips for multigenerational travel, road trips, tours, City Guides with 101 things to do in 50 cities, and more.
- Check out AARP Travel for travel tips, cost-cutting ideas, and planning guides.
- Familyfun.com offers budget travel tips and family vacation ideas.
- ElderHostel and GRANDTRAVEL offer discounts for seniors traveling with children.
Looking forward to a multigenerational family vacation this year, but not sure how you'll pull it off? Is your head spinning while you see your vacation savings account seemingly disappearing before your very eyes while you try to think of some different and affordable travel ideas to entertain your children, grandchildren, or nieces and nephews?
I offer you the Great Family Heritage Trail Vacation Challenge: take your family on a trail through history—your family's history. Visit the places of your childhood, which may not be on the National Register of Historic Places, but are, of course, of momentous importance to you and yours because of your family's association with them.... Back to Article
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