Muskoka! If you know the area, you know its magic. If you haven’t been there, take the whole family to reconnect and prepare to be enchanted. Muskoka wears its history proudly, and it’s part of what makes it such an iconic Ontario destination. We started our weekend getaway at the
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Eight hours after we piled in the car and pulled out of the driveway, we arrived at our destination only to discover that my wheelchair wouldn’t fit through the bathroom door. We knew our first family trip with a wheelchair in tow wouldn’t be perfect, but we were assured the
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Oahu, Hawai’i can be as affordable as any other sun and fun destination – maybe even more so, depending on the choices you make. If the sky’s the limit, Oahu can deliver the goods, but there’s no need to break the bank. Here are some suggestions for scrimpers, savers and
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Some people go for the weed, while others go for the jerk chicken, the beach, or the reggae. Those, I’m sure, are all excellent reasons for going to Jamaica, but one of my top reasons is the Cookie Monster. After all, as a mom, there’s nothing quite like seeing my
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Airbnb has transformed the way families travel by opening up a whole new realm of accommodation options. For many families, the idea of being stuck in a hotel room far from home with not much more than a bed and a coffee maker is a daunting one. So it makes
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Camping. It means many different things to many different people. Do you RV or trailer? Hard shell or tent trailer? Are you the type who loads up the car with the entire Canadian Tire summer section, or the rugged type who pares everything down to one backpack and hikes for
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When Someone You Love Loves Baseball: Spring Training in Phoenix Do you love to root, root, root for the home team? Do you live for peanuts and crackerjack? Are you continually requesting people take you out to the ball game? Or maybe it’s not you. Perhaps you married someone who
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Hidden behind the congested modern rail and motorway system, British canals offer a tranquil, yet thrilling tourist experience on the “inland waterways” – an alternate view of England that international tourists rarely see.  To travel through the British countryside by canal boat is to putter slowly, stopping whenever you please to
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It’s a scene we re-enact year after year. Our family of five pays an annual visit to Can Tire to pick up the odds and ends we need to put in our vegetable patch. The kids get distracted by the Outdoor Living section and bombard me with all kinds of
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Let’s face it. Travelling as a family of five or more in an accommodation world built for four can be challenging. I know this all too well. When my kids were small, it was possible—though never preferable—to cajole the wee three into one bed. Now that the oldest tops me
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