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Ciao Bambino Expands Its Destination Coverage and Enables Parents to Review Favorite Properties
Ciao Bambino Press Release
"SAN FRANCISCO, California - March 25, 2008 – Ciao Bambino, the leading online guide to family-friendly vacation properties (www.ciaobambino.com), has expanded its destinations and added new community review functionality. The portfolio previously covered accommodations exclusively in Europe and now includes properties in several new markets including the continental United States, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean."
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Taking Your Little Ones Abroad
What is the right age for children to travel internationally?
MSNBC
"Despite - or maybe because of - the hassles, businesses that cater to families traveling abroad are booming. A 2006 survey of AAA Travel professionals found that 42 percent were booking more international trips for parents with children
under 18."
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Click, Pack, and Go
Resourceful Web sites help vacationing families pick the perfect spot.
United Hemispheres Magazine
"Ciaobambino.com lists accommodations in England, Italy, France, and Spain that welcome families. It screens each property for placement in at least one of four categories: "Baby Ready," "Toddler Fun," "School Age Action," and "Cool for Teens."
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Luxury Family Vacations
Concierge.com
"The brainchild of frustrated traveler-mother Amie O'Shaughnessy, Ciao Bambino corrals a growing collection of (independent) hotels, villas, and apartments, arranging them helpfully by age-appropriateness ..."
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The Traveling Gourmet
Luxury Travel Advisor
"... if your client is traveling to Europe this summer with kids in tow and doesn't know quite where to stay, check out Ciao Bambino! (www.ciaobambino.com), a company that scouts out the best hotels accommodating families with children in Italy, England, France and Spain."
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Your Brood Abroad
Travel and Leisure Family
"Travel concierge Ciao Bambino has a new baby—a Web site devoted to child-friendly villas and hotels in Italy, France, and the U.K."
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Taking the kids: Renting a villa or flat abroad
Eileen Ogintz, Tribune Media Services
"(http://www.ciaobambino.com) has a free online guide to kid-friendly villas, flats and apartments with hotel services in resort areas in Italy, France and Spain. Give them your kids’ age ranges, and they’ll tell you which places will work best for your family."
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Traveling with Kids to Europe?
Things to Consider When Selecting Accommodations
Amie O'Shaughnessy, Ciao Bambino Founder
"When parents start looking for places to stay in Europe that can accommodate the entire family, it doesn’t take long for them to realize that hotel websites and villa brochures don’t provide the details needed to make confident decisions."
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Save big on that next family trip to Europe by cruisin'
New York Daily News
"Ciao Bambino (www.ciaobambino.com ), a new company devoted to foreign family travel, can plan customized shore excursions in Italy and France for a planning fee, starting at $250."
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Your Next Spring Break: 15 perfect escapes for every family—and budget
Travel and Leisure Family
"If your vision of heaven involves baguettes, Beaujolais, and fields of lavender, lease a farmhouse in the south of France from Ciao Bambino."
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Tempting the Taste Buds: Engaging Young Traveler's Palates in Provence
Lynda Zuber Sassi, Travel Consultant
"So what's a parent who wants to have a culinary holiday to do when traveling with kids in tow? In Provence the solution is simple, take the kids along and tempt their taste buds!"
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'Togethering' suddenly is in, but let's be realistic about the concept
LA Times
"Family-friendly services are proliferating. Some are silly, but others -- child-oriented travel consultants and retreats -- are brilliant."
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Savvy Tip, Italy with la famiglia
Departures
"Once you have a baby, your days of trekking through Tuscany are over, right? Wrong ..."
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Bonjour, Baby
Cookie Magazine
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Bon Voyage! International Travel with Children
Baby Zone
"With the right planning (and attitude), traveling internationally with
children is not only doable, it's enjoyable, and it will provide lifelong
memories unlike any other."
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Family Style
UrbanBaby Daily
"Maybe this time, you won't need that second vacation to recuperate."
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Traveling With Children Enjoyable for Parents and Kids
Road & Travel Magazine
"Ciao Bambino works directly with each client and takes into consideration many of the elements of family dynamics and travel preferences that most traditional travel agents ignore."
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Ciao Bambino!
TravelLady.com
"You no longer have to wait until the children are older or grown to take
that "once in a lifetime" trip to Europe - you can go and take them along."
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