Ciao Bambino is one of the old-timers in the Internet family travel world. When I started the company in 2004 as a planning service for families traveling to Italy, there were few online resources offering advice to people traveling with kids.

The family travel space has exploded over the last year alone with new websites and blogs popping up every day. We recently announced a partnership with the Nile Guide where we developed family-focused activity guides …

Ready for a refreshing travel resource? Let me introduce Shermans Travel. Not only does this publisher offer a beautiful travel magazine and informative website, but they are now featuring content around family travel.

What I appreciate about Sherman’s Travel is that they realized the need for value as part of luxury travel long ago.

Looking for a little armchair travel or for a way to get kids engaged and excited about a new destination?

National Geographic Kids: Beautiful website and easy to navigate. Countries around the world are listed with facts, maps, and photos.

Time for Kids: Useful information includes a History Timeline and Sightseeing Guide for a wide variety of destinations.

Urban destinations are more enjoyable when cooler fall weather arrives and you can walk around comfortably for hours. One of our favorite autumn trips for kids at any age and stage is to visit Washington DC. With wide sidewalks and excellent public transportation, the city is easy to get around, clean, and there is always something interesting to do and learn for everyone.

We love to enrich our kid’s education by visiting the various museums around the city.

One of the “must have” pieces of information when you are traveling abroad is a list of local emergency numbers. GSM cell phones may have pre-programmed numbers available, but given …

I recently read Wanderlust and Lipstick: Traveling with Kids by Leslie Forsberg and Michelle Duffy. I have to admit that while I’m a big fan of travel guidebooks, I never read books about traveling…

I’ve never been a big user of online magazines. The biggest reason is time, but a contributing factor is definitely that many of them feel cluttered and relevant information is hard to access.

I stumbled on a cute guide to Rome for kids on Twitter today. The website (I’m not clear on the name) is run by the Tourist Office for Rome and introduces Rome through cartoon wolf …

The beauty of the web is immediate access to loads of information on any topic. The downside of this benefit is that it is becoming increasingly challenging to effectively sift through all the content …

When browsing Cookie Magazine’s Going Places Blog I noticed the mention of GOOP, a weekly newsletter by Gwyneth Paltrow. I’m not one to follow celebrities, however…