Family Trips

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Frugal Friday: Alabama’s Battle of Mobile Bay 150th Anniversary

“Damn the torpedoes!”  is the often quoted phrase shouted by Rear Admiral David Farragut shortly after dawn on Aug. 5, 1864.  The Admiral led 18 Union warships through the mouth of Mobile Bay and into the Civil War’s largest naval battle. This year  marks the 150th anniversary of Alabama’s Battle of Mobile Bay and the…

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Oh, The Places You’ll Go…With Carnival Freedom!

In recent months, we have been sharing what’s new on board several Carnival cruises.  We showed you around the beautifully redesigned Sunshine, with its awesome restaurants, updated décor, and unbelievably cool SportSquare, SkyCourse, and WaterWorks areas for kids and teens.  We also took you to a concert with us on the Ecstasy to experience CarnivalLIVE,…

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Frugal Friday: Outdoors in California, North Carolina, and Florida

    It’s summertime.  Shut the TV off, ditch the computers, and mute the cell phones.  Take the kids outside and spend a day, or maybe a night, exploring the great outdoors. San Diego, California Walk the Pier The seaside neighborhood of La Jolla conducts a  free tour of  the Scripps Institute of Oceanography twice…

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Bring The World To Your Children With Little Passports!

Summer vacation is finally here!  For us, that means fun trips to the beach and visiting with relatives.  But if your family is like ours, your travel plans don’t typically take up the entire summer.  You’ll have those days or weeks of down time that you fill up with barbeques, afternoons at the pool, and…

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Frugal Friday Finds: Boston, Amtrak, and a Travel Contest

Everyone enjoys a bargain.  This week’s finds feature coupons in Boston, a contest to travel to almost anywhere, and discounts on Amtrak.  We’d love to hear about your frugal travel finds–just leave us a comment. Boston Bound Save a bunch in Boston with the Family-Friendly ValuePass (good through October, 2014).  Download the entire five pages–including…