Taking family vacations has always been one of the favorite pastimes for many families in America. Most of the time, these vacations are taken during the breaks from school such as during the summer, winter holidays and during spring break. Not all places are kid friendly and this can ruin a nice vacation quicker than anything. This article offer a few tips on places that are fun for families to go to in 2 states, Florida and Colorado. If you are wishing for warm weather, the beach and sun head to Florida that has wonderful places for families including funky Sea gull lighting in some of the hotels. If you wish to go skiing during the winter holidays and stay in a cozy cabin complete with Elk lighting with antlers head to Colorado with the children.

This article discuss two areas of Florida not including the big family location of Orlando. The first spot is called Longboat Key, Florida and is just outside Sarasota, Florida. This is a mellow very family oriented spot with condos, homes and hotel rooms to rent. If you are a family that adores playing tennis, stay at the Colony resort that has the largest tennis facility in the country and is right on the beautiful beach. A fun activity to do there with the kids is to visit the Mote Aquarium that rescues injured and sick marine animals and nurses them back to health. It is a fun family activity without the crowds and is educational as well.

The 2nd beachside town in Florida is Seaside, Florida that is on the panhandle part of Florida in the north on the Gulf of Mexico side. A lot of people from the South and Midwest love this town because they can drive in a short timeframe. Seaside is complete with some condominiums but mostly has quaint beach bungalows to rent. The main form of transportation is the bike and is a fun way to spend some time with the family. Seaside has some wonderful shopping and restaurants in addition to an outdoor amphitheatre where they have free weekly concerts where families have a picnic while listening to the concert.

For families that enjoy skiing and snowboarding, there is no better place to go than Colorado. If you have little kids or beginner skiers, try the smaller and not big resort mountain of Sol Vista. It is a small, family oriented mountain that is less intimidating and about a third of the price for lift tickets and lessons. There are wonderful rental properties on this mountain that are considerably less expensive to the larger resorts in the area.

If you travel to Colorado in the summer, a great location is to head to Vail or Beavercreek. Rental properties are less expensive during the summer and there are several child friendly activities at the mountains such as miniature golf, horseback riding, alpine slides, and mountain biking. Beavercreek has an outdoor ice skating rink that is open year round as well as a Children’s interactive museum also.

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