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Throughout this site (which is designed as a companion to my upcoming guidebook) you’ll find a wealth of in-depth information on planning, traveling, and enjoying a family vacation in Florida (central Florida to be exact). Included are detailed reviews and ratings of the area’s kid-friendliest theme parks, hotels, resorts, and restaurants in andaround Orlando, at Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and more.
Information on the best (and kid-friendliest) offerings throughout the coastal areas of Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Clearwater Beach and St. Pete Beach will be available soon too!
In addition there are tons of helpful insider tips on traveling with kids in tow and how to survive the experience with your sanity (and your bank account) in tact. The best features of the site however are the numerous updates (including time-sensitive information that is simply is simply impossible to include in a printed guide), weekly happenings (like park hours, show times, parade schedules, and more), special events (like holiday celebrations and festivals), special promotions, and limited-time offers from area attractions, hotels, and restaurants – all to ensure you’re in the know before you go.
Personalized Vacation Planning (or decision assistance) is available for those who prefer to speak directly with the family travel experts at Travel Insights Group. They’re happy to help vacationers determine exactly which attractions, activities, and accommodations (among other things) would best suit your family’s vacation plans – and all based on the specific needs of each individual family. Simply click on Consulting Services for more information about this service (including rates).
About the Creators:
Laura Lea Miller
Mother of 5
Author
Travel Writer
Director of Travel Insights Group
As a mother of five children, ages six through fourteen, having traveled throughout the country with and without my family in tow, I offer a unique yet realistic perspective on family travel both from a parent’s point of view as well as a child’s. The expertise I offer stems from traveling both with and without my family, learning along the way from our successes and more importantly our mistakes. This enables me to impart truly useful travel tips, practical cost cuts, and realistic suggestions to share with others regarding what works – and more importantly what doesn’t and why.
I feel that I offer a unique perspective as I tackle this job from the perspective of an actual traveler - allowing me the unique opportunity to fly the airlines, stay at the hotels, eat at the restaurants, tour the theme parks, and live within the very same time constraints (and family related constraints) that I write about.
Published Titles Include:
I have been, and currently am, under contract to write a number of travel guides for John Wiley & Sons Publishing and am responsible for the following titles:
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| Frommer’s Walt Disney World and Orlando (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions) |
| Frommer’s Walt Disney World and Orlando with Kids (2nd and 3rd edition) |
| Walt Disney World and Orlando for Dummies (2006, 2007 and 2008 editions) |
| Frommer’s Florida (co-authored and contributed to the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008) |
| Other Contributions Include: |
| Club Mom - as a family travel expert |
| DK’s Walt Disney World & Orlando Eyewitness Travel Guide |
| AAA Going Places |
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Also in progress with the University Press of Florida is a family specific travel guide, “Coast to Coast with the Kids;
A Parents Guide to Central Florida’s kid friendliest places to stay and play including an in-depth look at Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and much, much more …” (though still a working title)- the printed companion to this site. In addition to the hotel and restaurant reviews, the guide is filled with in depth reviews of Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld. Setting the guide apart are the practical and realistic tips on traveling with kids in tow, the theme park survival guide, and much, much more. Coast to Coast is due to be published in 2007.
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Editors In Need of Articles or Guidebooks
Should you find yourself in need of an author, please feel free to contact me via e-mail or phone.
Laura Miller
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
Member of the North American Travel Journalists Association
(716) 913-0296
travelinsightsgroup@yahoo.com
www.travel-insights.com
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If you prefer to make contact via my agent please call or e-mail:
Julie Hill
1155 Camino Del Mar #530
Del Mar, California 92014
(858) 259-2595
Hillagent@aol.com |
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Bob Scott:
Illustrator
Designer
804-320-0007
 Bob grew up in the "southern tier" of N.Y and after college spent the next 8 years illustrating in NYC before relocating to Richmond, where he now lives with his wife and 3 children. His 'retro contemporary' illustrations have appeared on a wide variety of projects, including editorial, advertising, software packaging, publishing, corporate annual reports, movie credits and television ads. Bob's work has also appeared in numerous design annuals as well as the book "The Creative Art of Self Promotion".
Some of his illustration clients include:
Newsweek, U.S. News, Deutsch Inc, IBM, Wente Vineyards, Jim Jarmusch Productions, U.S. Air, The New York Times, and Disney Cruises.
www.bscott.com
Bob also operates Capital Garage Design which he formed in 2005 from a desire to fit his illustration talents together with graphic and web design pursuits.
C.G.D. allows Bob to combine illustration and design in a 'full service' approach to design projects that provide clients with unique and creative visual solutions for everything from logos to advertisements to website design. Stop by and take a look under the hood.
www.capgarage.com
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