Single Parent Travel

The beach was pristine. The clear blue water of the lagoon-style pool beckoned. The food was fabulous and the room exquisite.

After years of planning, Brian Mayers was finally able to escape the pressures of his job with the Anne Arundel County, Md., Fire Department to take a well-deserved break from his three kids. He had [...]

You probably consider yourself a nice person. So when it comes to dealing with your travel agent, you can’t imagine pulling a Donald Trump and telling your trusted travel adviser, “You’re fired!”

But sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Your travel agent is a professional, after all. And if the relationship isn’t working out, you [...]

The bargains everyone has been snatching up the past few years are gone. Look at a typical week-long vacation for a family of four to the Riviera Maya, Mexico’s newest hotspot. That family, traveling from Baltimore on a charter flight, staying at a middle of the road all-inclusive resort, paid $2,158 in 2002. The average [...]