Whoa! What happened to the summertime? Last time we checked, baseball season was in full swing, the SuiteTrip barbecue was on at full blast and sandal tans were gracing our feet. Two weeks spent on deadline and a quick trip to Istanbul later, our summer loves have melted away, the trees are starting to turn and the hum of air conditioners has dropped to the barely audible drip-drip-drip of condensation soon spent.

It’s a tough reality facing the seasons ahead of us, but there are two silver linings waiting at the door to autumn: beautiful colors with mild temperatures and good ol’ college football. Whether you’re nestled under a blanket as you watch USC ravage another underfunded Pac-10 team or live at a ground-shaking UGA versus Georgia Tech game, it’s clear that college football is a deep, textured thread in the fabric of these United States. Nary a few brave souls will be taking to the road to visit their favorite college destination for a game or two.

Having trouble deciding your road trip schedule? Here are a few SuiteTrip picks for your pigskin perusal. Read More >

With a writer mom, my kids never had a chance: They had to love reading from the minute they were born. Luckily, they took to books like a pig takes to mud, and now a lot of our family time consists of sitting together on our family room sectional, each absorbed in our own book.

So how can you get your kids addicted to books? Travel’s a perfect vehicle (please forgive the pun) – or at least, so I’ve found with my two. Given the amount that we travel (often several weeks a year, and at least a couple of weekends a month), the reading bug has come in super-handy for my girls, both because they have a way to entertain themselves in transit and because they can learn all about the places we’re going before we ever get there. Read More >

Celebrate National Literacy Month with Homewood Suites and share your story for a chance to win!

To read or not to read? Is that even a question?!  At Homewood Suites we are very excited about our reading.  Oh yes we are! In fact, we have partnered with the Books for Kids Foundation to help build libraries in low-income, high-risk neighborhoods to make books accessible to children who normally would not have them. Read More >

There comes a point in every family road trip—usually about 300 miles from the driveway in my experience—when everyone needs an old-fashioned backseat game to break up the monotony.

Bring bickering to a standstill for awhile as you introduce a few of these classic backseat games to your kids. 

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