An Affordable, Unpretentious Family Reunion is a Great Event of Life
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, December, 2000 by Eileen Ogintz
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Grandma and grandpa haven't seen the kids in months. You haven't seen your siblings in nearly a year. The cousins hardly know each other anymore. It's high time to get the gang together.
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But grandma doesn't want to cook and clean for everyone. And the kids don't want to spend a week sitting around grandma's condo with not much to do. That's why millions of American families - some 16 million a year, according to the Travel Industry Association - are taking off on vacation with three generations and sometimes four. Families are meeting for a long weekend or a week, gathering at beach and ski resorts Thanksgiving and Christmas, sometimes taking their holiday turkey along. They're crowding cruise ships and Disney World, even heading overseas to rental villas. These millennium-style family reunions are a lot different than those afternoon barbeques in a park, ...
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