The Family Travel Guide: An Inspiring Collection of Family-Friendly Vacations [Paperback]

Carole Terwilliger Meyers (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1995

These meaty tales from the trenches promise to help parents avoid some of the pitfalls of traveling with children. Information is included on hot spots of family travel (California, Hawaii, Washington D.C., Europe) as well as on lesser-touted havens (Las Vegas, New York City, Belize, Jamaica) and how-to-do-it details are provided on home exchanging, RVing, selecting souvenirs, and traveling with teens.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

One of the best parts of this book is the editor's own contribution of helpful hints on how to travel with children. She discusses how to plan a trip with children; what to take for nutrition, safety, and entertainment; and how to handle children at hotels, restaurants, and resorts. The remainder of the book is a compilation of articles and contributions by various other travel writers who reveal specific sites that may be of interest to children. The articles span the main regions of the United States, as well as specific destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada, and Mexico. Also included are some extremely helpful articles on how to take children camping, skiing, trekking, and on a cruise. The book has a wealth of information for parents and contains an excellent bibliography. For public libraries.
Melinda Stivers Leach, Precision Editorial Svcs., Wondervu, Col.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Family-friendly vacations are revealed in a planning guide which helps parents decide where and how to go on a family vacation. Travel articles tell how to travel with both young children and teens, and impart the basics on not only general travel; but how parents conducted their own successful trips. -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Paperback: 422 pages
• Publisher: Carousel Pr; 1St Edition edition (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917120140
• ISBN-13: 978-0917120145
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,040,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning travel writer Carole Terwilliger Meyers is a native San Franciscan. She holds a B.A. degree in anthropology from San Francisco State University and an elementary teaching credential from Fresno State College. Carole is the author of 17 books, including MILES OF SMILES: 101 GREAT CAR GAMES & ACTIVITIES and WEEKEND ADVENTURES IN SAN FRANCISCO & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. She is the founding publisher of Carousel Press and the editor of DREAM SLEEPS: CASTLE & PALACE HOTELS OF EUROPE. Also an active freelance writer, she has written for Family Fun, Sunset, and numerous other magazines, as well as for the travel sections of many newspapers. She has also been both a movie and restaurant critic. Carole has been quoted in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, has been a featured guest on the Today Show, is an extra in Mick Jagger's 'Visions of Paradise' music video, and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. Ms. Meyers resides in Berkeley, California.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, families CAN travel !!, February 7, 2002

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Michelle Redhead (South Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Family Travel Guide: An Inspiring Collection of Family-Friendly Vacations (Paperback)

My family moved to Asia (from Australia) 4 years ago. At that time, we comprised of 2 adults and three rather outgoing 'typical aussie' kids (aged 6 and under).

While living in Asia, we've made an effort to travel out of country every three months for well needed 'environmental relief'.

At first we limited our travels to places such as Hong Kong & Thailand. Nothing too spectacular from memory.

Then, after that first year, I was handed a copy of 'The Family Travel Guide' by an American friend. I didn't think I'd get much out of it...

WELL, that book hasn't left the coffee table since. It's been used primarily for 'inspiration' over the years, but the contact details have also proven most useful.

WE TRAVELLED TO ROME AND ROVANEMI (FINLAND)ON THE STRENGTH OF THAT BOOK - AND FOR THIS I WISH TO THANK THE EDITOR!

My children will never forget the time they met Santa (last Easter) or the Pope waiving from his window in the Vatican City (six months prior).

To add to this, they've now been priviledged enough to visit the likes of Scotland, Turkey, Nepal, China and several other nations in SE Asia.

This book taught me that 'kids clubs' are not the "be all - end all".

More parents, if they're fortunate enough to have the funds to travel with their tribe, should curl up on the couch with 'The Family Travel Guide'. It's been a God's send to us!