Family Vacations Directory - Virginia

A terrific family beach vacation includes sand, sun, sea plus an occasional surf board, a little beach music, crabbing, sailing and oceanside picnics. Find the perfect match for your family. [Read More]

A family vacation at the beach is always better when it includes time at the boardwalk where suns, sand, and surf align with entertainment, lively activities and classic often funky eateries. Boardwalk options anchor both coasts providing family vacation choices from Virginia and South Carolina to California. [Read More]

This page highlights deals and ways to save on a summer family vacation or city getaway. [Read More]

Going to the beach in the spring is a rewarding, stress free, and wallet friendly experience. The “sweatshirt season” is the vacation value season with savings on shopping, hotels activities, and attractions. [Read More]

From Virginia Beach, and Richmond to Valley Forge, PA and Southern West Virginia there is still time for a great spring break Family vacation fun includes shopping, whale watching, snow tubing, ziplining, hiking, canoeing, and kite flying. [Read More]

Sharing adventures with your kids is one of the ways to define family vacation fun and during the snowy months snow tubing ranks at the top of the fun list. [Read More]

We have the ideal beach house - a home away-from-home. It has room to be together and space to escape – absolutely essential with three generations including five teens and four children younger than ten. [Read More]

Looking for a new spot or a new family vacation spot? Off the beaten path and plenty of fun, this year’s list of spans the gamut from earthy and adventuresome to deluxe yet family friendly. Imagine ziplining in West Virginia; discovering an old swimming hole in Virginia; collecting farm fresh eggs in Pennsylvania; boat making on the Chesapeake. This is the fun stuff but it's a secret. [Read More]

The friendly atmosphere makes the city an ideal base for an urban family vacation. It offers a small town atmosphere with easy access to Washington DC museums, entertainment, and events. [Read More]

Located on Potomac River just outside of Washington, D.C., offers families bikes trails, scavenger hunts, street festivals, and living history all for free or almost free, making it easy to have fun and stay on budget. [Read More]

This summer, visitors to the nation's capital can now engage in an entertaining game of Spy vs. Spy. The International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. has launched Spy in the City, the first-of-its-kind GPS-enabled multimedia interactive game that enables participants to see the nation’s capital through the eyes of a spy. [Read More]

Share holiday magic with your kids or grandkids. View more than 250 animated nautical and holiday-themed light displays along the boardwalk including festive fish, jumping dolphins, frolicking porpoises. [Read More]

Looking for a terrific day trip to launch your holiday celebrations? Secure tickets and ride the rails with your kids. From New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Virginia and Maryland traditional “Santa Trains,” and miles of twinkling lights enhance the spirit of Christmas. [Read More]

How about a whale for the holidays? The Atlantic Coastal waters just off the Chesapeake Bay provide a comfortable wintering home for hundreds of humpback and fin whales. [Read More]

With summer family vacation time on the radar screen the folks at Jellystone have announced Yogi’s newest family vacation spots - each with a unique personality and all fun, friendly, clean, and service-oriented. [Read More]

Looking to lighten up and laugh a little more? Want to camp out and share s’mores or play laser tag with your kids or better yet introduce your family to Yogi Bear? [Read More]

Virginia Beach has the locations, the activities, and the planning staff to create the best family reunion ever. [Read More]

Step back in time and introduce your children to Colonial Virginia. Meet Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson and feel the tension in the air as actors discuss the Revolutionary War. [Read More]

From time travel at Henricus and living history at Museum of the Confederacy to carriage rides, butterflies and baby lambs at Maymont and live theater with Carpenter Science Theatre Company, and Theatre IV. It's family travel for the fun of it. [Read More]

From two children’s areas and a waterpark to the region’s largest collection of roller coasters, including the world’s longest floorless coaster and the newest thrill Intimidator 305, there are plenty of things to do with kids of all ages. [Read More]