Like many families, my family enjoys taking family trips together. Like many families, we often look to travel on a budget. That means that my family does a lot of local travel, but we find plenty of places to explore!
My husband, kids and I just visited Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania! The resort has multiple water slides, a lazy river and an indoor/outdoor hot tub! There is also an arcade, restaurants and shops. We had a great time!
This summer, my family took a trip to the Hope Lake Lodge near Ithaca, NY! It was a wonderful vacation! At the hotel, we enjoyed the indoor waterpark, had several lovely meals, and went zip lining and enjoyed the mountain coaster! My family would love to go back to Hope Lake Lodge again!
While my family and I were at Hope Lake Lodge, we traveled up to Ithaca, NY, where we visited a state park with gorgeous waterfalls!
We also stayed at the Crystal Springs Resort in Northwestern New Jersey. The resort has beautiful views, a gorgeous biosphere with hot tubs, a waterslide and indoor and outdoor pools, and six award-winning golf courses!
The Grand Cascades Lodge at Crystal Springs
My family and I also had a wonderful day trip to iPlay America in Freehold, NJ! There, my family and I played skee ball and air hockey, tried our hand at games of chance and played many, many video games! My husband even won a few plush toys for my kids to take home!
The arcade at iPlay America
My family and I like to save on our vacations, and have a few things we do to spend less on our travels. Check out my vacation money-saving tips!
Tweet ThisMy family doesn’t have to travel far to have fun, though — we find lots of great stuff and day trips to do in the New Jersey / New York / Pennsylvania tri-state area!
We love to visit local zoos! A great zoo within driving distance of our home is the Turtleback Zoo.
Lauren, I enjoyed reading your article on NJ day trips- Have you ever had readers write their own versions, based on their hometowns?I’d be interested in reading about things to do in different parts of the country, maybe others would, too. Last yr we found ourselves in Baltimore for a convention, and sometimes a hotel conciergedoesn’t know the kid-friendly hot spots, so I’m sure we missed out on some good stuff.
We live in sFL and have 5 kids, so what we mostly do during school vacations are day trips, especially when out of town guests visit. We can’t always afford restaurants and hotels, so we’ve explored every zoo, park and museum in this area.I bet other would share their localinfo, too.
Polly
Thanks for sharing these wonderful destinations with us.
Great place for couples, family, and friends.
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