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Family Resort Find: Smugglers’ Notch

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 by Rudy Maxa.

I think I found the ultimate family resort this week—a summer camp on steroids, a Neverland without the weirdness. It’s not a secret place—Smugglers’ Notch Vermont, approximately a 35-minute drive from Burlington, has been around since 1956. But throughout the years, it has morphed into a sprawling resort with upscale condos, waterparks, tennis courts and—in the winter—ski slopes. Plus, there are enough kids’ activities to fill a year of Saturdays.

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Domestic Travel, Hotels, Sites, Tips
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How To: Travel with Kids

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 by Rudy Maxa.

I’ve often advised parents who ask how to travel with kids to include children in the planning of any family vacation. Last week I met a parent who, from the time their older son was in the second grade, actually made him the family trip planner. And every family with children can learn from his story.

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Travel Slogans

Sunday, August 09, 2009 by Rudy Maxa.

Quick, finish this statement: "What happens in Las Vegas . . . ." Or this one: "Virginia is for . . . ." Those are two of the classic travel slogans of modern times, advertising tag lines that have insinuated themselves into the lexicon and, not incidentally, colored how you and I think of a particular destination.

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Domestic Travel, International Travel, Sites
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Bringing Home Wine From Overseas

Friday, August 07, 2009 by Rudy Maxa.

Maybe, like me, you’ve traveled to, France or Italy or New Zealand or Australia and wanted to bring back a case or two of the local wine. But you didn’t because you thought you’d have to pay U.S. Customs a stiff fee for carrying more than two bottles of alcohol into the country. Well, don’t deprive yourself any longer.

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International Travel, Tips
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About Rudy Maxa

Rudy Maxa

Rudy Maxa is host and executive producer of the public television travel series, Rudy Maxa's World. The 78 episodes he has hosted have won numerous awards, including a 2008 regional Emmy for his episode "Rajasthan." He's a contributing editor with National Geographic Traveler magazine and has written for a host of national travel magazines and newspapers. For nearly 15 years he offered consumer travel commentary on public radio's business show Marketplace as "The Savvy Traveler," which was also the name of a one-hour, coast-to-coast weekend show on public radio that he co-created and hosted for four years. Prior to his career as a travel writer and broadcaster, Maxa was an award-winning Washington Post investigative reporter, magazine writer, and columnist for 13 years, during which time his reporting was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He was a senior writer at The Washingtonian magazine and Washington, D.C., bureau chief of Spy magazine. The author of two non-fiction books, Maxa lives in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.

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How To: Travel with Kids
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