Family Travel Planner - WestJet Magazine

While it may be true that no one drives you crazy like kinfolk, there is nothing like a shared vacation to bring family closer together. In this four-part guide, three seasoned travel writers reveal their family-friendly getaways and share their road-tested, family-travel philosophies.

A Father-Son Trip On Route 66

Twenty-five years after their first family road trip, writer Tim Johnson and his father return to the Arizona stretch of Route 66. Side by side, they make stops along the way including the Grand Canyon, the Route 66 Museum and Petrified Forest National Park.

How to Have an Adventurous Family Vacation on Vancouver Island

Writer Lisa Kadane and her husband have always shared their love of adventure with their kids. By travelling outside their comfort zones on family holidays, each member of the family learns something new about themselves and about the world around them.

How to Plan the Ultimate Family Getaway

Planning the ultimate family getaway that parents, grandparents and kids will all love is no easy feat. Here, writer Timothy Fowler shares the planning strategy he used for a successful multi-generational Maui vacation.

Five Family Vacation Ideas

Where you choose to spend your holiday depends, in large part, on the wants and needs of each member of your travelling circus. Here are travel suggestions to suit families with young children, teenagers, single-parent families, multi-generational families and multiple families travelling together.