Featured as part of Abercrombie and Kent's Family Holidays, your family will experience roaring rapids along Utah's Green River, as well as study the famous hideouts of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. During the six-day adventure, your family will stay in over-sized tents on the beach, while tour staff prepares the campsite and cooks all the meals. Throughout your days exploring Green River, you will have ample opportunity to swim and kayak in the calmer rapids near Flat Canyon before riding bigger white-water rapids such as Three Force Rapids. Explore famous hideouts such as Rock Creek Ranch or McPherson Ranch, where Butch Cassidy hung out.
Abercrombie and Kent Travel
1411 Opus Place
Executive Towers West II, Suite 300
Downers Grove, IL 60515
800-732-2181
abercrombiekent.com
Take your family to Virginia Beach, where you can stay on a beachfront property, and the ocean and sand is only seconds away. Aside from swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and building sandcastles together, your family can visit the aquarium and watch trainers feed the animals, especially the Harbor Seals, or you can walk along what the Discovery Channel calls "America's Favorite Boardwalk." Virginia Beach's three-mile boardwalk includes outdoor diners and seasonal nightly entertainment, along with the infamous 24-foot statue of King Neptune. Consider booking a family vacation package, which includes at least two nights of accommodations at an oceanfront hotel and free admission for a family to the nearby Busch Gardens, featuring a variety of attractions and shows for the entire family, including the Land of the Dragons, a themed play area. As of 2010, this package starts at approximately $950 for three nights, depending on hotel.
Virginia Beach Visitors Center
2100 Parks Avenue
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
800-822-3224
vbfun.com
Featuring activities for three seasons out of the year, IndependentTraveler.com has deemed this Vermont resort the #1 family resort in the United States. Smuggler's Notch resort offers families the choice of five condominium communities, featuring spacious accommodations with full kitchens, woodland or mountain views and aquatic and exercise centers with both indoor and outdoor pools. In the winter, enroll your children in Snow Sport University, where they will receive lessons in skiing and snowboarding, along with other winter activities. In the summer, Smuggler's Notch transforms into a water playground, and families can race each other down four speeding water slides or swim in eight heated outdoor pools. As of 2010, the Family Fest package begins at $1245 and includes a two-bedroom condo for a family of four for three nights along with summer water activities.
Smugglers' Notch Resort
4323 Vermont Route 108 South
Smuggler's Notch, VT 05464
800-419-4615
smuggs.com
Located approximately 1 1/2 hours away from Philadelphia, Hershey, Pennsylvania is known as the chocolate capital because it was created around the Hershey candy bar. Your children will be fascinated as they tour Hershey's Chocolate World, where the entire family can design a candy bar with pure milk chocolate and up to three other mix-in ingredients. All three of the Hershey resorts, including the Hershey Lodge, feature a Hershey Sweet Adventure Pass, which includes unlimited admission to the Hershey Park, Zoo America, the Hershey Gardens and the Hershey Story: The Museum on Chocolate Avenue, featuring exhibits about Milton Hershey's life. As of 2010, guest rooms with two queen beds start at $299, and it costs $89 to add to the package for adults and children over 9 years old.
Hershey, PA
100 West Hersheypark Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
800-HERSHEY
hersheypa.com
