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Laviinia Dhanagunan
TRAVELLING with
children can be a stressful experience, especially for first-timers. Don´t
fret. LAVIINIA DHANAGUNAN checks out a website dedicated to outstanding family
vacation ideas.
WHILE checking out child-friendly
websites for travel ideas for children, this website (http://www.kidscantravel.com/) popped
up among the search results.
Curiosity got the better of me and
a quick click had the page open in another browser. The first thing to catch
one´s attention is a banner with two kids wrapped up in towels staring out into the horizon.
The website´s tagline
"outstanding family vacation ideas and the tools to get you there" is
also quite quirky and an attention grabber.
The positioning of the tabs on the
left hand side of the page, however, don´t really sit well with me as I´m a fan of things working in order of
succession. Having to work bottom-up to look for the proper tab is not
something I´m used to.
The good thing, I suppose, is that
the "family travel tips" and "family travel guides" tabs
are found at the top of the page which allows me to get straight to business.
The homepage has several sections,
topped by featured tips for travel with kids followed by travel reviews, a global look at travel
ideas for kids, top family vacation destinations,
fun things to do with kids
and lastly, family favourites.
Each segment on the homepage opens
up to the individual page dedicated to discussions and articles on related
topics like Feeding Kids On The Move, Teaching Kids How To Snorkel, etc.
The articles are well-researched
and written in simple English, minus the jargon associated with say, snorkelling, and also features tried and
tested methods.
The article, Teaching Kids How To Snorkel, for example, tells you that snorkel
masks can be cleaned with dish soap or toothpaste.
The writer also provides an "old fashioned way" to avoid fogging of
the mask: "Have your child rub saliva on the inside of the dry lens and
then rinse the mask".
The family travel tips section is
portioned off into several topics like tips for travel with
kids, responsible travel and more.
Inside the segment, Tips For
Travel With Kids, for
instance, keep an eye out for a yellow and blue lined pill-sized diagram. This
diagram means that the tips in the article featured are meant for the little
ones to follow.
It´s also a constant sight on the
right hand side of the page where kids can brush
up on their travel trivia.
The dullest-coloured tab on the
left poses a surprise when clicked on as the images within this segment --
Family Vacation Images -- are brilliant.
The photographer of the most
recent albums (there are 270 featured), Alfredo de Simone, has managed to
capture some beautiful shots of places in
The website is fairly easy to
navigate and features some very practical travel tips that can be used
anywhere.
Source : New Straits Times – 23 February 2010
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