Little Legends in Beverly Hills

The Beverly Hills Hotel  is celebrating its 100^th anniversary. The Pink Palace, as it’s known, wants your pint-sized starlets to enjoy the same luxury and service usually reserved for the most well-known celebrities with their stylish Little Legends promotion. The two-night package is inclusive of a special red carpet arrival for your children complete with sunglasses, a boa for girls and a top hat for boys; keepsake photo taken in front of the Little Legends paparazzi wall; personalized chocolate star amenity; “I’m a Little Legend” T-shirt; choice of old-fashioned ice cream sundae or milkshake in the Fountain Coffee Shop, and a V.V.I.P. card, good for complimentary sodas throughout the hotel. The Little Legends package is recommended for children ages 5-10, but is available to “children” of all ages. Rates start at $545 per night.

Camp Omni

For travel from June 1 – September 16, Omni Hotels and Resorts gives your family 15 percent off room rates with their Camp Omni package.   Available for a two-night stay, your rate also includes free breakfast for children 12 and under from the buffet or children’s menu, $10 kids’ gift cards to be redeemed anywhere in the hotel, a scavenger hunt with a prize upon completion and a welcome gift of s’mores-flavored marshmallows, collapsible water bottle and a lanyard kit inside a cinch-up backpack.  Rates start at only $155/night.  Choose from 36 Omni properties in the U.S. including great summer family vacation destinations in Bretton Woods (New Hampshire); San Francisco; Washington, DC; New York City, Hilton Head, Amelia Island and Chicago.

Family Fun at Ritz Cartlon Orlando

Ritz Carlton Orlando Grand Lakes‘ Family Fun package is a great value and available year round.  It provides guaranteed connecting rooms (king to two double beds) with an upgrade to a lake view; free dining for children up to age 12 in all Ritz Carlton restaurants (except Norman’s) with each adult entree; photo album and disposable camera; choice of Ritz Kids for two children (ages 5-12) or breakfast buffet for two adults and two children at The Vineyard Grille, ice cream passport for up to two children up to age 12; transportation to SeaWorld, Aquatica, Universal Orlando and Wet n’Wild (two miles away) and a guaranteed late check-out at 2:00 p.m.  Rates start as low at $498/night for two spacious rooms.  The luxury resort features 18-holes of golf, 11 restaurants, pool with cabanas and personal concierge, spa, gym, kids club and more.

Ranger Danger in Boston

Looking for an off-the-beaten-track summer activity in Boston? Then look no further than the Boston Harbor Islands. With over 1,600 acres and 35 miles of undeveloped ocean shoreline, this collection of islands make up one large national park and the ultimate family day trip just a short ferry ride away. The Fairmont Battery Wharf wants to encourage your family to explore these interesting islands with their Ranger Danger Boston Harbor Islands Family Package.  Your children will discover what it’s like to be a National Park Ranger by completing the activity booklet on the islands and attending a ranger program where a park ranger will check their answers, sign their booklet, and give them an official Boston Harbor Islands Junior Ranger badge.  In between earning badges, discover Georges Island, and explore its historic Civil War era Fort Warren. Then hop over to Spectacle Island and splash through tide pools, skip through sea grass, or go for a swim on one of the sandy beaches. Finish off the day at sunset by taking a hike up to the islands highest point to take in the panoramic views of the city.  The hotel’s package includes your room for two adults and two children, round-trip  Boston Harbor Island ferry tickets for four, Junior Ranger Activity Booklet and milk and cookies for four and is offered May through September.

Endless Adventure at Sunriver

Sunriver Resort’s 2012 Endless Adventure generates more savings the earlier you book for stays between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Confirm three nights or longer in the resort’s lodges by April 30 for 30 percent off, by May 14 for 25% off, by May 28 for 20% off, by June 18 for 15% off and by July 9 for 10% off.  Sunriver features a variety of family friendly accommodations including hotel rooms, condos and large homes perfect for multiple generations or families traveling together.  Enjoy biking, rafting, golfing, hiking and more or splash around in the brand new $19 million Sunriver Aquatics facility complete with huge slides, several pools, a lazy river, and much more.

Grand Traverse Family Offer

A Family Fun Weekend can be had at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City, MI.  This special package includes 2-nights accommodations, breakfast for four at Sweetwater American Bistro, one in-room movie or video game per room, one pound of bulk candy from Dylan’s Candy Bar and two Dylan’s lollipops or ice cream cones.  Apart from its 600 guestrooms, 54 holes of championship golf, full-service spa and upscale dining and shopping options, Grand Traverse Resort and Spa also offers watersport rentals such as jet skis, jet boats, water trampolines, paddle boats and two-person kayaks for use at its private beach along East Grand Traverse Bay, plus a 15,000-sq.-ft. indoor water playground featuring a 70-ft.-long waterslide.  Two-night package rates start at $297 through April 12,  $335 between April 13 and June 7, $445 from June 7-September 1 and $379 from September 2-November 3.  Taxes and resort fees are additional and mid-week travel may be less.

Yellowstone Camping Adventure

Far and Away Adventures is offering 50 percent off for all children under age 18 traveling with one or more adults on their adventurous two-day/two-night luxury Yellowstone Lake Basecamp Adventure.  The adult rate is $840 and children pay $420 for bookings made up until April 15.  Summer trips depart on July 11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 29; August 6, 12, 14, 20, 22, 28 and 30. Enjoy Yellowstone’s “premier luxury wilderness clamping experience” as well as a way to escape the usual crowds at this popular national park.    The trip includes kayaking, guided backcountry hikes, wildlife observation and fly-fishing.  Each trip has a maximum of 10 guests.

Broadway Bound

Theater lovers will appreciate Broadway Across America’s 2nd annual Take Your Sons & Grandsons to Broadway Weekend from July 19-22, 2012.  This exciting package includes round-trip airfare to New York from most major cities in the continental U.S., round-trip airport transfers in a town car, three nights at the Westin New York Times Square and top category seats to three amazing and different shows: Spider Man-Turn Off the Dark, War Horse and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.  The package is limited to a group of 24 and also includes a welcome reception, lunch at Sardi’s with a Q&A sessions with a Broadway performer, a post-show chat back with members of Spider Man Turn Off the Dark, the official soundtrack of Spider Man Turn off the Dark and entrance to Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Odditorium.

Fit Families

Look for a new wellness program for families at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel called Fit for Fun. It pays homage to the hotel’s location next to the beach just south of the Santa Monica Pier and overlooking the original location of Muscle Beach. The goal is to get your family outdoors and exploring the beach’s 26-mile paved strand and world-famous outdoor workout equipment.  Fit for Fun includes yoga classes and Rings and Swings Playtime on Muscle Beach; culinary tours of Santa Monica Farmers’ Market with Chef Keith Roberts; adventure bike rides; guided hikes through the Santa Monica Mountains; jogging tours; surfing and stand-up paddle lessons and indoor fitness classes, including Hula Hoop Fitness, Spinning, Pilates and Zumba.  Loews also wants you to save on your spring break. Children 12 and under eat for free at Ocean and Vine and Blue Streak restaurants.

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