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TheFamilyTravelFiles.com Editorial Calendar 2012
Family vacation planning goes on 24/7/365.
Our website is an online family travel magazine. We publish every week, and to do so we have an editorial plan to keep us focused.
Here's the scoop.
To make sure what we post is useful and relevant I rely on industry partners and conatcts for trends and advice.
Please use this information as a guideline, if we change course the changes will appear on this page.
Editorial Plans for 2012
June
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Family Vacation Adventures,
Free or Almost Free Getaways
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme: Best Family Camping Spots
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Seattle, Philadelphia, Tornoto, and Wisconsin
July
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus: Family Tennis Holidays
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme:
All-inclusive Family Resorts
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Bike Friendly Vacation Destinations (Locations TBD)
August
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Secret Vacaton Places for Familie
s
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme: Free and Almost Free Fun with Kids
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Vancouver, Virginia Beach, Minnesota, Vermont
September
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Reunion Spots
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme:
Harvest Festivals & Corn Mazes
, and Weekends Away
Destinations: Family Getaways - Weddings Away (TBD)
October
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Away for the Holidays
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme:
Santa Trains
and Holiday Lights
Destinations: Family Vacaiton Ideas - New York City, Pigeon Forge, and Portland
November
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Snow Places
- Family Vacations with Snow
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme: Caribbean Family Vacation Spots
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas -
Green Spots
- Earth Friendly Family Vacation Destinations
December
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Tours & Cruises
- Dream Adventures
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme: Best Snow Tubing Spots
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas – TBD
2013 Plans
January
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus: Best Deals on
Family Tours
and Adventures
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme: Spring Break Getaways, and Family Camps
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Southern California, and Hawaii.
February
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Weddings Away
- Best Destinations and Resorts
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme: Summer Family Vacations and the Best Family Camps
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Dream Vacations in Puerto Rico, and USVI.
March
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus: Summer Vacations -
Free or Almost Free Fun
Roundup Theme: Family Adventure Vacations –Camping, Rafting, Hiking, Biking, Kayaking, Diving
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Carolinas, Special Feature - Florida Family Vacation Ideas
April
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus: Family Tours, Adventures, and
All-inclusive Fun
Ideas and Options Round Up Theme:
Family Golf
- Destinations and Resorts
Destinations: Canada - Five Summer Family Vacation Ideas, California Family Vacation Ideas
May
Spotlight and Features Topic Focus:
Best Beach Vacation Places
- Lakes, Rivers, Waterparks, and Ocean
Ideas and Options Roundup Theme:
Mountain Tops
- Family Vacations with Altitude
Destinations: Family Vacation Ideas - Colorado, Georgia, New Hampshire, Northern California
Change happens.
As always this calendar serves as a guideline and is subject to change when external conditions change.(How like life!) However normally our e-zine changes weekly so the editorial deadlines match our internal posting schedule but generally are 30 days prior to the beginning of the month for the topics scheduled. For example anything to be featured in December 2012 needs to be submitted on or before November 1, 2012.
Editorial Office
Nancy Nelson-Duac
Executive Editor
1820 Long Creek Court Granbury, Texas 76029.
editor@thefamilytravelfiles.com or (817) 573-6920.
The current economic situation makes us sensitive to presenting no nonsense deals and bargains for families every month of the year. Therefore our editorial plan is subject to change. We continually seek informaiton appropriate to our lifestyle folders: Family Vacaiton Deals, Family Tours, Reunions, Beaches (a.k.a. Water Spots), Soft Adventures, Mountain Tops, Cruises, Snow Places, Green Spots, Family Golf Spots, City Takes - urban vacations for families, Secret Places - not yet discovered family vacation spots, and Camp Out - back to basics vacationing. We have just launched Camp Out - featuring camps and family camps. Check us out on Facebook and become a fan of Family Travel Files. Seriuosly, if it's not fun why do it? Let's work together showcasing the fun stff for families.
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Lisa Kamps Duac
Publisher
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Tampa, Florida 33618
publisher@thefamilytravelfiles.com or (813) 968-4799