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Summer travel tips for families
Finally, school’s out and summer’s here! Time to pack the bags and take the long–awaited family vacation. Whether you’re staying in Canada, heading to the US or venturing further abroad, make sure you’re well prepared before you travel. Here’s a list to help you get organized.
[TRAVEL] Making family car trips more fun
Despite hand–held video games, music players and even seatback DVD units, kids can still get bored and restless on long car trips. Comfort Inn hotels see thousands of families spill out of their cars after a long day of driving each year, and they offer the following tips on how to avoid the dreaded question “Are we there yet?”....[TRAVEL] Team Travel Tips: Choosing a hotel on the road
So your kid’s team is off to the big tournament – that’s great. But how do you pick a hotel that’s right for you in an unfamiliar city? Here are some tips from Quality hotels, which welcome sports teams at locations in big and small centres across Canada and the United States....
[TRAVEL] Time for a moms getaway!
“Alright, ladies, I want you all to close your eyes and breathe through your hips,” instructed the dance teacher. I stood there among nearly 100 women, aged 17 to 73, trying to channel my inner goddess during the workshop, which was part of the recent Ultimate Girls’ Getaway weekend designed to give gals a place to escape, recharge and reinvest in ourselves....[TRAVEL] Natural beauty close to home
Discover the beauty of our parks and conservation areas this summer...
[TRAIL TALES] Durham Forest comes alive
Autumn’s first flush had flamed the treetops when we hiked Durham Forest a couple of weeks ago. Imagine what a show we’ll see by mid-October, I told my daughter....
[TRAVEL] Free and easy in the Thousand Islands
Just to be clear, I’m not a leather-clad, tattooed motorcycle mama; just an ordinary suburban mom with a mini-van. But one of the best vacations I’ve been on since having children was on the back of my husband’s Yamaha V-Star motorcycle, cruising through the Thousand Islands Parkway....
[TRAVEL] Sleeping at the airport
When I was six and my sister was two, our plane to Miami was delayed indefinitely due to a snowstorm, forcing us to sleep at the airport. My sister and I were filled with excitement. My parents, not so much......
[TRAIL TALES] Explore Whitby’s Waterfront
On a Sunday far too balmy for late October, my daughter and I bundled our bikes into the van and headed for the Whitby Waterfront Trail at the foot of Brock Street. The parking lot at Lion’s Promenade was packed – lots of people in shirtsleeves and shorts here to enjoy summer’s last hurrah....
[TRAIL TALES] A trail of two waterfronts in Ajax
Our hike today has us waiting for spring and longing for summer. We can just imagine the blue-green winter waves dressed in summer’s sapphire blue. The vista from the Ajax Waterfront Trail makes it easy. We walk the asphalt trail that wends along the bluff high above the shoreline. The edge is close enough to allow you marvel at the view, but not close enough to make you queasy....
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