Mexico and the Caribbean

On a recent trip to Riviera Maya, Cancun on the Mexican Caribbean seashore, my family of four (two children ages 3 and 6) had the extreme pleasure of visiting Xel-Ha (pronounced shell-hah) and Xcaret (pronounced eesh-ca-ret). Even though we spent a full day at each location, we barely scratched the surface of fun activities. My advice to families who are planning a visit to Xel-Ha and Xcaret, treat it as you would Disneyland: give yourself at least two days per park.

Each volcano site has its own features that make it so unique. As a traveling family we like to visit them all, but if you can only pick one of the following top volcanoes to visit with kids, any one will do!

Why we travel is the hope that years later, our children will fondly remember the seeds of love and adventure sown in those wild woods of wonder.

Grenada also has the distinction of being a quieter island with none of the huge mega resorts at some of the other Caribbean islands. In fact, the whole island has perhaps 1,200 or so hotel rooms. That’s it. Yet what it doesn’t have ends up being one of its biggest assets -a lovely paradise that is uncrowded, friendly, and a great destination for families.

The road to Bahia Magdalena is lonely. Towering cardón cactus and scrubby, half-dead looking shrubs dominate the barren desert landscape in a stark yet beautiful way. As we headed down …

Want to escape the cold? Visit one of these winter beach destinations for a slice of mid-winter paradise.

We’ve scoured the web and polled expert family travelers on their top beaches for families. Read on for our top picks to visit in 2015.

Visiting Puerto Rico with kids should be considered for your next family island vacation.

You’ve got wanderlust, that desire to travel the world, visit different cultures, try intriguing foods, and now you want to instill that same sense of wonder in your kids by taking them on their first trip to a new country.

One way my family loves to travel is through a culture’s food. I like to check out the local specialty, try the national sweets, and hopefully experience something my taste buds have never known before.

Sun, fun, sand, and sea – if this is what you think of when you envision the US Virgin Islands, you’re not alone. In spite of the stunning (and I’m not kidding when I say stunning) beaches, there is so much more for families to do on these beautiful destination islands.

Teen service travel with Adventures Costa Rica offers your child a unique way to vacation and give back to the community while learning self worth.

St. John US VI is a slow moving, family friendly tropical paradise where there is natural beauty and wildlife abound.

Are you planning an all-inclusive family vacation with school-aged and teen kids? Luckily for you, this age group reigns at all-inclusive resort properties! They will find no shortage of activities, programming, and amenities at resorts everywhere.

There is just so much to do in Cancun and the Riviera Maya with kids, aside from the gorgeous beaches. Try Crococun Zoo, Interactive Aquarium Cancun, Xcaret and Xel-Ha.

Give your children everything they want, when they want it, without your wallet. Best of all, give your family the quality time you’ve been yearning to give them. Give them the sun and the stars and the moon at Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort, located on the beach in Cancun, Mexico.

I wasn’t so sure Cabo San Lucas could be family friendly. Forgive my cynicism; I assumed Cabo San Lucas wasn’t family friendly only because of its shrewdly named night clubs and its reputation for raucous beaches.