Johnny X Splashes into Fiji
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh Johnny X the SATW Traveling Teddy crossed the International Dateline to explore Fiji–the two-day odyssey felt a bit like a mini-hibernation. Johnny flew across the US and the Pacific Ocean, took a bus and then hopped two boats to get to Beqa Island, pronounced “Mbenga”–that word took some practice! Johnny [...]
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Johnny X’s New Year from Pretzels to Surfboards
affiliate program Traveling Teddy Johnny X ran hot and cold on travel early in the New Year—heading north to frozen Michigan and out west to sunny San Diego. Johnny X is the SATW Traveling Teddy who globetrots for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. Right after he [...]
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Cayman Islands Catering to Family Budgets
affiliate program Considering the Caribbean this summer? The Cayman Islands is specializing in family-friendly deals in its Summer Splash Promotion now through Sept. 6, including: • Accommodations at hotels and condos – Book 5 nights, pay for 4. Kids stay free in room with adult. • Air – Kids fly 30% off on Cayman Airways [...]
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Lake Erie Guide Helps Stretch Vacation Dollars
Ohio’s 2010 Lake Erie Shores & Islands® Travel Planner has deals on lodging, attraction admission, shopping and dining at such hot spots as Kalahari Resort, Great Wolf Lodge and Sandusky’s Merry-Go-Round Museum. 800/255-3743.
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All That Glitters: Ashley Prospects for Welsh Gold
Ashley the Traveling Teddy became a deep thinker on a recent tour of Wales–very deep, down 70 steps into a dark shaft once worked by Romans 2,000 years ago. Ashley travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of [...]
Keep Reading...Toast Ohio Historical’s 125th with Free Party
The Ohio Historical Society will be throwing a big party for its 125th birthday on March 13, and everything’s free. During Happy Birthday, OHS! at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, the parking and admission will be free, as well as family activities and birthday cake from 1:30 p.m. A display will highlight Ohio Historical [...]
Keep Reading...Winter Carnival Fun for Families at Salt Fork
Salt Fork State Park Lodge in Cambridge, Ohio, will throw a Winter Carnival Family Fun night March 13, with games and special room rates starting at $79 per night plus taxes. The games, from 7-10 p.m., will include Wii, a football throw, basketball and baseball toss, duck pond and bottle ring toss, putt-putt golf, face [...]
Keep Reading...Free Bird Events in Jackson County, Ind.
Jackson County, Ind will be all about the birds March 6, with avian events at three of its most popular outdoor spots. The county is home to almost 300 different kinds of birds at different seasons of the year, including bald eagles which nest at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge in Seymour and near Starve Hollow [...]
Keep Reading...FREE Wildlife Programs in the Great Smokies
Wilderness Wildlife Week in the Great Smoky Mountains is a free, eight-day family program in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Lectures, classes, photography shows, musical performances and demonstrations run from Jan. 9-16. Nearly 20 of 230 programs are specifically for kids, such as Animal Olympics, an interactive program that compares human senses and abilities to those of [...]
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Splash for FREE at Coco Key Water Resorts
CoCo Key Water Resorts in Cincinnati and Columbus are offering a Stay the Night, Splash for Free holiday campaign now through Dec. 23. Book a mid-week stay Monday through Thursday in the adjoining hotel to any CoCo Key Water Resort and receive an “All-Access” pass to the indoor water park for the length of your [...]
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