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The 10 Best of Everything: Families

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Wow. The book I’m holding in my hot little hands is a gem for those of you who love to travel or think about traveling or research future trips. Seriously, it’s cool.

Whether you are looking for adventures in your own backyard, or planning future vacations, or looking for interesting detours on a road trip, The 10 Best of Everything Families is for you.

It’s published by National Geographic, so the pictures are gorgeous, and the organizational structure is perfect. The items (below) are listed regionally or topically, but everything is cross-indexed in the back by state, making it perfect to even use on the fly if you are on a driving trip anywhere in the U.S.

There are “everyday travel” bests such as

  • ice cream
  • regional specialties
  • parks

Getaway bests include

  • reunion spots
  • fishing trips
  • museums
  • state parks
  • roller coasters
  • author’s homes
  • zoos

But that’s not all — the book is also jammed with general info on traveling, including a whole chapter on ways to document and remember your trip, and a resource section with information about trip-planning and packing.

If you like reading travel books, like me, this one is great. If you are looking for some great suggestions for side trips all over the U.S., this will serve you well. If you just want to dream, it will help you do that too.


Managing Editor Jennifer Donovan is thankful for grandparents who showed her most of the U.S. in multi-week trips in their Silver Streak trailer, and a husband who loves to travel, too. She also blogs at Snapshot.

We have one copy of this book to give away (U.S. or Canadian residents) as part of our Summer Fun Giveaway. Leave a comment on this post if you’d like to be eligible to win this book.

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Comments

  3. I would love to win this. We live and travel full time in a fifth wheel rv and this would be a big help in giving us a heads up on what there is to do in an new place. Thanks for the opportunity!

  4. I would love to win this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  7. Great ideas for the neighborhood kids that come over. Keep them busy. With it being by National Geographic, it should be educational as well.
    desertrose5173 at gmail dot com
    Thank you.

  10. We need help when it comes to a getaway. Part of the reason we haven’t gone anywhere in about 3 yrs.

  19. Travel is my passion, even if I don’t get to do it quite as often as I would like. This book would surely help “take me away” from it all even for just a bit ;).

  20. Keeping kids and parents on the same page is hard on trips. Thanks for a chance to please everybody.

  21. This will be perfect to plan our next family vacation – please enter me! I’m sure the kids will have fun picking out some of their favorite spots for us to hit up.

  24. Oh – pick me! Pick me! We love to go somewhere different every year, and this would be a great resource to make sure we have fun along the way.

  27. This book looks amazing. I always have a hard time thinking of travel locations within the U.S., so this would be so helpful!

  28. This would be great for my brouther and his family who travel quite a bit

  33. What a fantastic book! Now this is right up my alley for sure. I live to dream about traveling and adventure. I’ve been a fan of Natioanl Geographic my entire life even back into my childhood. I always wanted the entire world to be my “playground” and through National Geographic it has been.

    JDSG

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  45. My husband and I are looking to travel more–this looks like the perfect book! Thanks!

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