Apple Picking near Chicago: Best Apple Orchards for Apple Picking with Kids
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The best apple orchards within a two-hour drive of Chicago for your apple-picking pleasure, many with seasonal extras for kids.
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The best apple orchards within a two-hour drive of Chicago for your apple-picking pleasure, many with seasonal extras for kids.
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If you're a family with two kids, you know the drill when it comes to standard hotel rooms: you either have the kids share a bed (and deal with the fighting that results), or each parent sleeps with one kid and gets woken up all night by a foot or elbow to the face. If you have more than two kids, you likely have to shell out more money for adjoining rooms.
Hotels with bunk beds solve that problem by giving everyone their own sleeping space. Not only that, bunk beds are just plain fun for kids to sleep in. "Are there bunk beds?" is the first question many kids ask when their parents book a hotel room.
Here are 25 of the best family hotels with bunk beds across the US, plus some in Canada and the Caribbean. These bunk bed hotel rooms for families are located in big cities, near theme parks, along beaches, in skiing towns, and more.
Our Guide to Family-Friendly Resorts & Hotels is full of more great places to stay with kids, including our list of the best family vacation hotel suites, cottages, and villas.
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These places offer engaging Scout programs to help earn badges.
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Branch out beyond blue box macaroni.
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Try one of these educational and experiential programs for teens.
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When it comes to birthday party ideas for teens, NYC kids are a discerning bunch. Luckily for you—and your kid—we've found 15 birthday party ideas for teens at venues new and old, all of which are sure to be a hit with the guest of honor and their (equally judgmental) friends. With party packages this cool, it's a shame you celebrate but once a year.
Find more awesome birthday party ideas for teens in our jam-packed NYC Kids' Guide to Birthday Party Places and more picks for any time teen fun in our Tween and Teen Guide to NYC.
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Get up close and personal with animals from around the world.
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Soak up the last month before school starts.
