Product Description

Pamela Lanier has revised and enlarged her classic guide written especially for families who travel with their children. With its up-to-date listings of family-friendly resorts, inns, and hotels-including condominiums and all-suite hotels-FAMILY TRAVEL AND RESORTS has everything you need for planning a vacation worthy of the scrapbook. Lanier offers helpful advice on making trips with the kids more fun and less hassle; information on unforgettable adventure travel trips; a national guide to theme parks and factory outlet malls; and useful articles on a range of topics of interest to traveling families. So do yourself and and the young ones a favor-next time you decide to venture forth with the full complement of adults and kids, begin the planning process with this trusted resource.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1368049 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Released on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From Amazon.com
This guide is really two books in one. Pamela Lanier's Family Travel and Resorts is an excellent resource for traveling with kids of all ages--with the first section devoted to babies, children, teens, and traveling with grandkids. The "second" book is a 119-page overview of hundreds of family-friendly resorts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Thailand, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean.

With a family of seven to plan for, Lanier has experienced it all--from overnighting in airports to a "7-course French dinner where little Johnny lost it at the 5th course." This book covers everything, from recipes for the best car-trip finger foods (like homemade cheese crackers and orange date bread) to little-known picnic-survival tips, such as spreading condiments on the most inside layer of the sandwich (placing meats and cheeses next to the bread) to keep things from getting soggy.

Other sections include: educating kids on the road, sports, parks and camping, adventure, and shopping. A chapter on destinations within the U.S. gives a broad overview and contact numbers for 10 regions around the country. Hundreds of recommended resorts were chosen for their family-oriented atmosphere and special kid's programs. Listings include costs, services, contact information, and kid-related highlights. --Kathryn True

About the Author
PAMELA LANIER, a recognized travel expert, is the industry-leading provider of boutique accommodation information. From her Lanier Publishing International offices in Petaluma, CA, she has been personally committed to supporting the travel industry continuously since 1982 and she was recently named "the one-woman Lewis and Clark of modern travel," by the Tribune Syndication.