Depending on where you live, your child will likely get about two weeks off of school for winter vacation. While your average 8-year-old would argue that it’s not very long, it can be an eternity if the weather is nasty and you don’t have enough plans.

Here are a few things you can do to pass the time if you’re not traveling.

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Because I’m a travel writer, my family travels across the country (usually staying at the excellent and affordable Homewood Suites). Much to our delight, we’re on the road most weekends around the globe. This year, my kids are dying to put their experience on display for everyone on our block to see – in their Halloween costumes, that is! The only problem? They can’t decide which adventure and which character to portray.

Abby’s way into scary this year, so we’ve been working on gathering together materials for a witch costume, inspired by our visits to the witchy sites in Salem, Massachusetts, and to New York, where the musical Wicked is a huge hit. But last night she came to me and said she wants to be a fishmonger. Why? She’s still totally jazzed by the fish we saw “flying” at Pike Place Market in Seattle, and she thinks it would fun to throw a few while she trick-or-treats.

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Summertime is right around the corner and that means three things: good weather, barbecues and baseball. And with the baseball season just starting, its time to start planning your weekend vacation to see some games.

Watching baseball in real life delivers an effect far more dramatic then watching on television. The right baseball stadium has a unique energy; the smell of hot dogs and peanuts lingering in the air, crazy, pointless chants, sunny skies and wild cheering. A little bit of luck will get you this experience in any stadium around the country but several cities work particularly well with the weekend traveler. Here are Suite Trip’s picks for our favorite baseball cities for a weekend visit.

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The following post is by a special guest blogger: Sharlene Earnshaw, Trekaroo’s Blog Editor.

There is something captivating about watching a kite swirl and soar through the wind currents high above us.  Children love the excitement of running with their brightly colored rhombus shaped flying machines, eager to watch it catch the right current to send it up, up, up towards the clouds.   If your family can’t get enough kite flying fun, then you should definitely spend a day at one of the many great kite festivals across the nation.

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