Back to School Time is just around the corner, which can mean a few different things: either you are scrambling to book a last-minute vacation or you are planning on going on a great vacation sans kids once they are busy and back to school (and can be left with the grandparents. Whatever your reason, it’s still not too late to book a family vacation. Well, maybe not, but a summer vacation could still be totally great). Southwest Airlines Vacations Family Destinations Lucky for those ... [read more]

Children are an expensive proposition. Between feeding them, putting clothes on their backs and bribing them to behave in public places it costs more than a pretty penny to raise kids. It is amazing that any of us have any money left over to go on family vacations.

Not all family vacations are created equally, of course. You can put the young ones in the backseat and travel to a campground where you can live off of franks and beans and hardly spend a cent. Ahhh, my childhood memories. ... [read more]