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Great Wolf Lodge LaGrange/Atlanta, GA – A Review
We visited the new Great Wolf Lodge in LaGrange, GA last weekend. It was actually our first time at a Great Wolf Lodge. We have a number of friends that have visited the Great Wolf Lodge near Charlotte, NC and had good things to say about it, but although the kids have wanted to go forever, for some reason we had just never made it. So when I heard about the new Great Wolf Lodge opening up just an hour south of Atlanta in LaGrange, I was excited. There are currently 17 Great Wolf Lodge locations across the US and Canada with another slated to open soon near Scottsdale, AZ.…
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A Costa Rica Family Adventure…Pura Vida!
My husband and I visited 12 years ago and to this day it is one of my favorite vacations. I always knew I wanted to take my kids there one day. Once again, Costa Rica was great! We had an amazing family adventure there. One of the reasons I loved Costa Rica so much the first time I visited was because unlike some places you go, it has a variety of things to do. You want adventure? There’s plenty to choose from. You want to relax and be a beach bum? They have amazing beaches for that. You want to be one with nature? You can do that too. And…
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7 Things Travel Teaches Our Kids
As we get ready for our next family adventure, I think back to when I decided that I wanted to expose our children to different places and things. About 4 years ago we traveled to New Orleans and when we walked into the hotel lobby and my oldest who was 6 at the time said ‘ooh, this hotel is fancy’. It was the Roosevelt Hotel and indeed did look ‘fancy’ due to its historical nature and intricate ornate design. It struck me though, that even at his age he noticed and thought enough of it to communicate that ‘this doesn’t look like what I’m used to seeing’. We had really…
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Getting the Most Bang For Your Attraction Touring Buck (CityPass vs Go Card All-Inclusive Pass vs Explorer Pass)
This post contains affiliate links for products that I recommend When you’ve decided on a destination to visit with your family, the next thing you probably do is start planning your itinerary. If you’re like my family, you like to visit at least a few of a city’s main attractions. Since I knew we would be visiting at least a couple of attractions on our trip to San Francisco, I decided to see if there was a CityPass available. What is a CityPass you ask. It’s a pass that offers admission to 5 or 6 of a city’s top attractions at a discounted bulk price. Since you’ve already pre-paid, you skip most…
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Benjamins in the Bay – Our San Francisco Adventure
We recently returned from a family trip to San Francisco. I started a list of places the family wants to visit and San Francisco was not on it. Wondering how we ended up there? Refer to the last bullet of my Money Saving Travel Tips article – Be open to destinations you might not usually consider. Essentially we ended up there because we were looking for somewhere to spend a few days post school and found a great flight deal. Neither my husband or kids had ever been there and well…it’s San Francisco so I was sure we could find plenty to do as a family. The city did not disappoint. We had an…
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Money Saving Travel Tips for Families That Travel
Okay, this is going to be a long one, but hopefully will be one of the more helpful posts I will write. I’ve heard a few times that it seems like we are always going somewhere. Well that isn’t exactly true, although we may travel slightly more than the average family. But if we’re not traveling, I’m planning. And because I like to plan, I am always looking for ways to save money on family travel which helps me justify that extra getaway here and there. We make a respectable living, but are by no means rich so I like to save money where I can and where it makes sense. My kids…