Studies show that family vacations can be good for your children’s emotional growth and even help them get better grades. Here are 18 trips to consider taking with your kids before they turn 18.
Camping is a quintessential family activity. And while s’mores and campfire stories sound great in theory, setting up camp can be a lot of work after a long day of traveling or if your family isn’t really the “camping type.”
Your kids can sandboard in the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado, watch the wild horses gallop between Virginia and Maryland in Assateague Island or take a river hike through the narrows in Utah’s Zion National Park.
Being buried in sand and building sandcastles are childhood musts. A good place to do just that? The white sand beaches of Panama City Beach in Florida.
Take your teenagers there and they’ll remember just how cool you are. The exhibit took over a former bowling alley and its main benefactor is George R.R. Martin, the author of “Game of Thrones.”
If you’re scouting for a great place to take a lake vacation, consider Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin. You can rent canoes and sailboats, as well as giant hydro bikes to churn through the water.