Weekly Family Travel Links and Deals

Angela Nickerson followed up her post on Visiting Rome With Teens with some great recommendations for a kids reading list for Rome

I love these printable paper dolls. They'd make a great activity for a long plane flight or road trip. Want something a little more chic for your family trip to Paris? Here's a printable kelly bag

There's a great discussion at Mother of All Trips about worst travel experiences with kids. This one reminded me of my own worst flight, a British Airways flight where the check-in agent took it upon herself to randomly confiscate items from my carryon... including limiting the number of diapers I could bring on board!. Did I mention I was traveling alone with him from Paris to Seattle? How about the fact that I was 8 months pregnant. Luckily he was a dreamboat on the plane, but the fact that she confiscated some of his toys didn't exactly make things easier. And those diapers? He blew through the last one while I was waiting in the lost luggage office in Seattle. But Mara is right... bad days happen at home too, there's no reason to give up traveling for fear of a rough day.

Simple Mom has a great article about the benefits of raising kids cross-culturally.

Wendy Perrin shared some great deals at Ritz Carlton's around the world. You might think the Ritz is too fancy or formal to accommodate kids well, but in fact many of the properties have special programs designed to make kids more comfortable. Personally, I'd love to tag along while my kids bake cookies with a Ritz chef in the hotel's kitchen.

I mentioned last week that there have been some great deals to Hawaii. Arthur Frommer blogged this week about the best places to find deals to Hawaii

Here's a trick for getting Hilton Honors gold status

With Iceland's currency crashing, the country is doing everything it can to encourage an influx of tourist dollars. MSNBC reports Airfares as low as $399 Round Trip

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