TEN WAYS TO GET KIDS EXCITED ABOUT THE FAMILY TRIP

Written by Ruth Lutnick


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#4 Letrepparttar kids share inrepparttar 133935 planning. Set aside some days, blocks of time, evenings as you write out your itinerary and tellrepparttar 133936 kids that they decide whatrepparttar 133937 whole crew does at those times. This gets them involved and excited aboutrepparttar 133938 things that THEY look forward to.

#5 Go heavy onrepparttar 133939 local entertainment. Kids love music, movies, sports events. Plan these kid-friendly events with your kids input, and you're sure to have a blast. They'll rememberrepparttar 133940 joust, or football (a.k.a. Soccer) match. Go Beckham!

#6 Leave some time for relaxation. Stay at a hotel with a swimming pool, a tennis court or other game centers. Don't begrudge them that important video arcade time.

#7 Plan to meet local kids. Studies all show that kids love meeting other kids. If you have friends or people you can connect with in your destination who have kids, plan a visit. You can also connect by searchingrepparttar 133941 internet for kids' interative sites.

#8 Put your kids in charge ofrepparttar 133942 photography department, or at least their own photography department. Provide each with a good camera. You don’t have to bring a computer; there are plenty of internet cafes and some hotels have web access. If they are anxious to share photos with their friends back home and keep in touch, this is a good way to do it.

#9 This may berepparttar 133943 only don’t inrepparttar 133944 list, but I feel strongly about it: Don’t insist they keep a journal or diary. This is a chore. Unless they themselves come up withrepparttar 133945 idea, mum’srepparttar 133946 word.

#10 Have fun: this means you too. Taking your kids on a trip will provide experiences and closeness with them that will last until their own kids are ready to be launched. Nowadays, even grandparents are traveling with their grandchildren.

Happy travels to you and your whole family!

Ruth Lutnick is the CEO and founder of Four Corners Books, which publishes children's travel adventure books . She is an accomplished children's author and educator. Visit Four Corners on the web, at http://www.fourcornersbooks.com .


Where to Find Some of the Best Beaches in the World

Written by Helen Palmer


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The African Pelicans seem to like to come to visit duringrepparttar evening time at dusk, staying all night onrepparttar 133934 sand bank just acrossrepparttar 133935 water. It's almost as if they come for an overnight or weekend stay. Obviously likerepparttar 133936 Hilton to them.

Other visitors that we love to see on our lagoon arerepparttar 133937 Egrets, Herons and Oyster Catchers. Wonderful wading birds, all with their own characteristics, which you could sit and watch all day long, just wading up and down, dancing their flirty dances to attractrepparttar 133938 fish, or at least confuserepparttar 133939 fish sufficiently forrepparttar 133940 bird to suddenly dip its head and peckrepparttar 133941 fish straight out ofrepparttar 133942 water and into it's gullet.

Beaches with facilities, life and people, beaches without anything except forrepparttar 133943 birdlife. The choice is yours. Often you can find beaches not far away fromrepparttar 133944 hubbub and find not one soul upon it, real desert island stuff.

Spectacular scenery is alsorepparttar 133945 norm for Cape Town beaches. Just think ofrepparttar 133946 bay of Cape Town with it's flat-topped mountain inrepparttar 133947 background. The whole ofrepparttar 133948 bay is infact, one long sandy beach, stetching for miles around Table Bay.

Next time you're thinking about taking a beach holiday, take a look at Cape Town - you'll not be disappointed.



Helen Palmer is the author of the website www.magical-cape-town-vacations.com, whose family's love of Cape Town was spawned some 30 years ago, when her aunt moved there to live. Regular visits and a genuine love of travel persuaded Helen to share her passion.


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