Years ago when the My Vacation Lady kids were young, we drove down to Florida from New Jersey. Yes, that was the first and last LONG driving vacation that we took but at that point, I wasn't in the travel business, money was tight and we were booking very last minute for a Christmas week [...]
It's almost May. Please tell me that your summer vacation is booked! If not, what are you waiting for? For the most part, summer vacations are from mid June until late August. While it may be lower season in parts of the Caribbean and Mexico, it is peak season in Hawaii and Europe. Cruise lines [...]
Family vacations have evolved since we took our kids on vacation. When our kids were younger and money was tight, our vacations were pretty much driving vacations- the Jersey Shore, Virginia Beach, New England. But times have changed and now we have lots of families traveling that want something more. A couple of weeks ago, [...]
My Vacation Lady recently received a request for a family vacation in Italy for parents and their 2 teenagers in July. We would say that most of our family vacations are more geared toward tropical vacations, all inclusive vacations or cruises but we are getting more and more requests for family vacations to Europe since the [...]
First of all, part of Hawaiian culture, ʻohana' means family in an extended sense of the term, including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. With that being said, almost every resort in Maui is going to be family friendly- even the same ones that many of My Vacation Lady's honeymooners go to and love. Of the top [...]
You booked your family vacation through My Vacation Lady and you're looking for some ideas to make the packing and last minute preparation easier. Well you've come to the right place because we have lots of great ideas. Here are our top 5 tips for packing for a family vacation 1. Make a list of [...]
My Vacation Lady helps our clients plan family vacations to destinations near and far. Some may be to international destinations or cruises while others may be to the theme parks in Orlando. Family vacations are a special time and we tried taking our kids on family vacations every summer even when we didn't have a [...]
Do you remember vacations when you were a kid? I do--- mostly driving in the back seat of the car to hotels in the Catskill mountains. Those hotels were like what an all inclusive family friendly resort is to my families traveling today-- but we didn't need passports and never left the state of New [...]
My Vacation Lady has been receiving more requests for multi-generational vacations recently. Most are for special celebrations- milestone birthdays, major anniversaries, retirements, graduations or sometimes just because. River Safari at Manuel Antonio Our most recent multi-generational vacation groups were to celebrate a big anniversary, like Sue and Artie's 45th wedding anniversary, Loretta's 70th birthday, [...]
Family vacations are meant to be fun- for everyone, but somewhere between the initial thoughts and actually being on vacation, things can get a bit stressful. Just this past week, we've received requests for family vacations for later this year from new clients. Some are for families of 5. Others just need help figuring out [...]