US Family Travel

We’ve found the top spots for families to immerse themselves in Harry Potter both here in the USA and abroad.

Sitting on a 8.5 mile stretch of coastline, Huntington Beach, aka Surf City USA, is Southern California’s quintessential beach town. With its miles of wide sandy beaches, classic surf culture, and over 300 days of sunshine a year, it’s the city that people from all of the world come in search of on their quest to find the California of their imagination. Once your family arrives in Surf City, what will you find to do? Well besides shopping, sun bathing, and eating classic California cuisine, there are plenty of great activities to keep everyone busy all day long. Here are 8 suggestions on what to do while hangin’ in HB.

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March by teaching your kids about the Civil Rights Movement

Newfoundland is a travel destination relatively unknown to American families; in fact, most children in the United States likely can’t even point to this Canadian island on a map. If …

Over a lunch of cheese and crackers- typical fare in my house- I asked my kids, “What do you know about Puerto Rico?” One kid said it was an island. …

Photo by: Bigstock/photojohn830 There’s no place quite like Santa Fe. See how the picturesque, red-orange hue of adobe architecture makes a striking statement against the crystal blue sky. Surrounded by desert …

Sometimes as a family we don’t need a full-on holiday, we need a quick weekend fix. We need a place where we can pack for a night or two away and come back feeling …

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When it comes to great family vacation spots surrounded by beautiful lakeside scenery, New York state’s Thousand Islands region certainly fits the bill. This area offers a relaxing and scenic …

As a family we don’t get out to a lot of amusement parks. Our family travels tend to take us to National Parks and foreign countries, but an opportunity to …

Fort Worth, Texas was once the end of the line for many of the great open-range cattle drives of the late 1800s. While the city holds tight to its cowboy …

I’ve listened  to my friends rave about their relaxing vacations in oceanfront hotels and strolls along the boardwalk in Virginia Beach from the moment that I arrived on the East …

Family-friendly Carlsbad, CA located in North San Diego county, has long been a bustling city by the sea with its first hotel opening back in 1930! Nowadays, many families associate …

The stories of the Native American people, both past and present, are told at many historic sites and museum across the United States and Canada. Families don’t have to travel …

It was like magic. No sooner had we crossed the towering bridge separating us from the island, all the stresses of my week suddenly just melted away. I stood and …

Photo by: Mark Woolcott “Play is really the work of childhood.” – Mr. Rogers Learning, play, and adventure are the key elements of the new Epic Discovery at Vail Mountain …

With El Nino still in full force beating us down with 100-degree heat here in the Inland Empire (the collective term for the Southern California suburbs between LA and Palm …

Photo By WomanInTravel Just a short drive beyond the traffic of the beltway and the crowds of tourists in Washington D.C., families can find great local food and drink in …