Margaritaville Cap Cana Island Reserve

Near Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic is a fabulous Margaritaville resort perfect for families with teens or tweens. I personally thought it was, great for families with college students. I can make both these statements since that’s who I traveled here with. The good vibes start the second you walk into the resort and don’t end until you’ve left. To kick things off you are greeted with a spiked popsicle or a non-alcoholic one if that is what you prefer. Many Thanks to Apple Vacations for sending us to Margaritaville Cap Cana Island Reserve.

Apple Vacations is the nation’s

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Don’t make these travel mistakes! Travel agents sound off on common issues they see

“How to travel better” is a five-part series focusing on uncomfortable or inefficient travel experiences and how the industry can do better. If you’d like to contribute to our future reporting and share your experience as a source, you can fill out this quick form.

For Frank Jung in Missouri, it’s when people kick the back of his seat. For May Wong of California, it’s people who bare their feet during a flight. For others, like Regina Blye of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation who has a spinal cord injury and uses a wheelchair, the most annoying part of

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Dorm Room Essentials – Mommy Travels

Moving a kiddo into a dorm room can be incredibly challenging. There’s very little space to work with, so you have to think strategically about the must-have items you need to get through the year. I just moved my daughter into the dorms last month, so we are now well-acquainted with many of the best current options. She is at least in a two-person room. Noah somehow ended up in a triple his freshman year, so you can just imagine what that was like. Neither situation is impossible but it definitely took some advanced planning.

The easiest way to maximize

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Turks and Caicos travel advisory too late, says murdered NAACP leader’s family

The outpouring of tributes continues for Kent Carter, the beloved Arlington NAACP vice president who was murdered Sunday in an ambush shooting in Turks and Caicos.

Carter was on vacation returning from a jet ski trip when Turks and Caicos police said a group of gunmen opened fire on the

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How to Lose Weight – Mommy Travels

Every month there is a new diet promising unimaginable results if you only stick to its rigid rules. The amount of people who are willing to try every diet they come across online proves just how many of us know nothing about our bodies.

To help clear things up, TotalShape.com searched for the most googled questions about weight loss and Isaac Robertson, TotalShape’s personal fitness trainer and nutritionist, has answered them for you.

1. How to lose weight fast

In theory, losing weight is simple math: the number of calories you burn has to exceed the number of calories you

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Try these tips and tricks to make carry-on-only flights a reality

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Keep all of your belongings on the flight with you by implementing these useful hacks.  (Source: iStock)

Keep all of your belongings on the flight with you by implementing these useful hacks. (Source: iStock)

Traveling by plane always makes for an interesting adventure. While taking to the skies excites some it stresses out others, and generally, travelers will experience one or two small inconveniences sometime along their trip. While you can avoid arriving late for your flight or getting stuck in a bad seat, saving on unreasonable

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MyPillow executive Mike Lindell says FBI agents sewn his cellphone

The agents then told Lindell they had a warrant to seize his cellphone and ordered him to turn it over, he said. On a video version of his podcast, Lindell displayed a letter signed by an assistant US attorney in Colorado that said prosecutors were conducting an “official criminal investigation of a suspected felony” and noted the use of a federal grand jury.

The circumstances of the investigation were unclear. The Justice Department did not immediately respond Tuesday night to a

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Chicago travel agent helps kids travel the world

A West Side grandmother is exposing kids to a side of the city they’ve never seen before.

“A lot of these young kids, they’ve never been off the block, let alone think of going somewhere like that,” said Crystal Dyer of her field trips with at-risk youth.

The travel agent, who also owns a travel store, founded Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures or CAYTA six years ago.

“As a young

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