Family Travel News

Amtrak has announced it will offer free rides for kids on the Hiawatha Line, which travels between Chicago and Milwaukee. Up to two children...

InterContinental Hotels Group has launched a new menu for kids, called InterContinental Planet Trekkers. Entrees, designed to be adventurous and nutritious, include Happy Tomato...

The Bahamas’ Atlantis, Paradise Island has announced it will host Atlantis LIVE Paradise Music Festival for Labor Day Weekend, August 29 to 31. The...

Families who fly out of Los Angeles International Airport will soon receive four new destination options via American Airlines: Edmonton, Vancouver and San Antonio,...

Crater Lake National Park is offering four car-free days on East Rim Drive this summer, June 21 and 22, and Sept. 20 and 27....

Omni Sensational Kids Program, offered at all Omni Hotels and Resorts, has received a redesign. The program’s iconic welcome backpacks, previously filled with maps,...

Jamaica’s all-inclusive Jewel Runaway Bay Resort has announced it will open a water park in December, 2014. Just steps from the beach, Jewel Runaway...

RyanAir, Europe’s popular, low-cost carrier, has announced Family Extra, a service that caters to families with special perks for kids. Vacationers now receive a...

Thomas the Tank Engine has been chugging through America and Canada for the past 19 years, but in 2015, he will also receive a...

The newest hotel in Downtown Disney, B Resort officially opens today. Formerly the Royal Plaza Hotel, the renovated property offers 349 simple, yet stylish...

On Saturday, June 21, Disney World will host “Trucks on the Town Downtown Disney West Side,” a food truck festival. Fourteen vendors, including four...

Created by InterContinental Hotels Group, EVEN Hotels has officially launched with the opening of two properties in Norwalk, Ct. and Rockville, Md. The new...

At the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, travelers now have access to free Wi-Fi. A lack of free Internet access at the airport,...

Just in time for summer vacations, Omni Hotels and Resorts has refreshed its poolside “Art of Water” menus to reflect local flavors in a...

In February, Delta Airlines announced it would begin rewarding frequent fliers for dollars spent, rather than miles traveled. Now, United Airlines has adapted the...

Following the film release of “Catching Fire” in 2013, theme park rumors did, in fact, catch fire, causing a mix of excitement and outrage....

The popular water park chain, Sclitterbahn, is making its way into Fort Lauderdale, its first water park location in Florida. Sclitterbahn will feature water...

Orlando’s International Drive district has been taunting many improvements and coming additions and now is poised to become it’s own destination as I-Drive Resort....

While it may seem Starbucks can be found on every corner, the world-famous coffee shop has not operated its own location within Disney –...

Wildwood, N.J., one of Family Vacation Critic’s favorite beach areas, is providing monster truck rides on the beach this summer, the only East Coast...

Great Wolf Lodge New England opens to much fanfare this morning with a grand opening ceremony headed by Great Wolf Resorts’ CEO Kim Schaefer...

Beginning June 30, PEOPLExpress discount airline will begin offering seven flights from its hub in Williamsburg, Va. The airline, formerly operating in the 1980s...

Chicago has always been a city on the rise. Vacationers wanting to visit the Windy City will have more hotel options with the opening...

Jupiter Beach, Fla., just north of Palm Beach, will see a new, upscale hotel with this opening of the Wyndham Grand Jupiter this September....

The Omni San Antonio at the Colonnade has opened a special Kids’ suite in partnership with SeaWorld San Antonio and the Art Institute of...