Mother/Daughter Vacation

[Kelly]

Posted by Kelly on April 10, 2000 at 16:43:12:

I am looking to go on vacation with my 10 year old(she will be 11 by trip time). This will be our first vacation alone together, and I need help finding a place to go that we will both be satisfied with. Disney cruise is out, we did that and didn't like it. Any other suggestions?
Thanks
Kelly

[Lynnette Hartwig]

Posted by Lynnette Hartwig on June 10, 2001 at 20:28:58:

In Reply to: Mother/Daughter Vacation posted by Kelly on April 10, 2000 at 16:43:12:

This may be a shock, but I suggest New York. I took my 9 year old son last summer, for 5 days. We bought the 2-day, 1-evening hop-on, hop-off tour package. We stayed at a hotel about 2 blocks from the Empire State building, so could always 'spot' our place.
We took the subway to catch the first boat to the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island. We ate the tastiest hamburger & fries I can recall eating at the restaurant near where we got off the boat, and ate in the courtyard looking up at the statue.
The night bus tour was wonderful. It had a stop across the river from Manhattan just as the sun set. Wonderful, a million lights, on a weekday. New Yorkers work late. Coming into Times Square after dusk on the top of a double-decker bus is like 4th of July. The cab back to our hotel was about $4, my son's first cab ride.
We later took the Circle Line boat tour around Manhattan. A day was devoted to the Upper West side Museum of Natural History and the Planetarium show, then a stroll through Strawberry Fields and Central Park, then a comfortable rush-hour subway trip back to our hotel.
There are enough boat trips and WOW things every day to impress the most jaded kid. My son loved the view from the top of the World Trade Center.
New York is very cleaned up. Let me be blunt, everyone has to be a millionaire to live there. Little hovels are $200,000. There are so many hot dog & pretzel vendors, postcard stands, and garbage cans that you'd think you're in Disneyworld. Business owners hose off their little patch of sidewalk every morning, and the sea breezes smell fresh and gentle all over the city.
What's neat is seeing the places we know from TV series and movies. The subways have mosaics all over and everyone is in a good mood.
Although our hotel was modest, while my son watched the cable cartoon channel I took the elevator down and went to the shop on the corner that sold breakfast biscuits, bagels, donuts, coffee & juice to bring our $7 breakfast back to the room.
We loved it.

[Barbara]

Posted by Barbara on February 04, 2001 at 15:05:44:

In Reply to: Mother/Daughter Vacation posted by Kelly on April 10, 2000 at 16:43:12:

I went to a dude ranch in Colorado with my ,then, 5 year old daughter. They had a great childrens program and she absolutely loved it. I also enjoyed it but there were mostly families and I felt a bit out of place. The ranch was called Bar Lazy J in Parshal Co.

[Kathy]

Posted by Kathy on June 25, 2000 at 14:22:23:

In Reply to: Re: Mother/Daughter Vacation posted by Angela on May 24, 2000 at 14:43:00:

can anyone suggest holidays in Europe for single mother and daughter

[Anne Johnstone]

Posted by Anne Johnstone on June 25, 2000 at 14:20:36:

In Reply to: Re: Mother/Daughter Vacation posted by Angela on May 24, 2000 at 14:43:00:

Can anyone suggest an activity holiday for mother and 16 year old daughter. Would be nice to have the company of a group

[Elizabeth Condotta]

You've already taken your trip by now, but for others who are looking for a good place for a mother-daughter holiday, I agee that cities are really fun. New York, London, Miami, Seattle. You name it. There is enough to do in a city to keep everyone happy.

My daughter is now 18, but we have been all over the place together. Cities seem to work best. We always trade off on who gets to pick what to do. Sometimes we each take a full day, other times, we each get to pick one or two activities a day. We always try to get some type of theatrical performance or evening performance in that we both agree on. And we always try to do some sort of outdoor experience too, like a bike tour if possible, because that is really fun. In San francisco we biked across the Golden gate bridge. In Seattle our outdoor experience was riding the ferries.

We trade off on who gets to pick our dinner restaurant too, and at dinner we always make our plan for the next day. Many evenings after dinner if we've had a really busy day we'll go back to the hotel and read a book or watch TV. It's been so much fun.

[canary blue]

Rafting trips are another great trip for single mothers and children. Everyone is thrown together on the trips and it's very comfortable and easy. The trips range from one overnight to several weeks. You'll find exceptional rafting through the Grand Canyon and on several rivers in Idaho, like the Salmon river but you'll find trips in many places such as the New River in West Virginia or the American River in California. Everyone sits together around the campfire at night, so it's a ready made social group.

[simfunding]

I know how confusing it can be trying to pick a nice place to vacation. I will like to recommend Tobago in the Island of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. It can be a little expensive, in terms of transportation within Tobago, but all that can be alleviated by buying your travel ticket cheap. I hear that the cheapest site to buy air tickets or book cheap hotels or car rental in vapour2000.com even better than expedia. Your savings their can help augment the cost of transportation in Tobago. Let us know how you fair. Good luck.

[susan_sfw]

Hi, Like otheres we're a little late on this one but we took a riding trip to the White stallion in Tucson, Arizona. this was perfect for us as the riding was suitable for beginners - and we made friends with other people going out on trail rides together. Stunning scenery and loads of additional activities all added to the fun. we would especially recommend the hay ride. All I can say now is my rding is definitelyt better than my line dancing (one of the evening activities in the happy hour saloon)... i still have two left feet but yes a really good experience for families looking to spend time together on holiday. We booked with Ranch Rider who were also pretty good at sorting out our time off ranch as we booked a self drive trip after our ranch stay and they were super in terms of first hand knowledge of the destination.
Posted by Anne Johnstone on June 25, 2000 at 14:20:36:

In Reply to: Re: Mother/Daughter Vacation posted by Angela on May 24, 2000 at 14:43:00:

Can anyone suggest an activity holiday for mother and 16 year old daughter. Would be nice to have the company of a group

[Xperience]

Hey why not travel to Rarotonga. Its very safe for single parents and children alike. But only if you like tropical beaches, swimming, relaxing and enjoying other peoples culture.
It really is magical..

[Texas Darling]

I have so many ideas that I want to give you, but what kinds of things do you and your daughter like to do. My mom and I prefer adventure trips together; trips where we are trekking to unknown lands or snorkeling or going out on safari. If adventure is not your cup of tea, than I also can give you some more relaxing trip tips.

So before I start writing up a storm about possible trips you two should take, can I ask what your travel style or interests are?

Cheers,
Darlene