If you love sand dunes, visit Jacksonville, Florida and head 5 minutes out to Atlantic Beach. You can check into the One Ocean Resort Hotel and Spa, and book yourself on a tall ship cruise for the day. There are alligator farms to explore, kayaking, surf board shops to rent a board for the day, jet ski rentals and bike tours. You can attend University of Georgia and Florida football games, take golf lessons at the Queen’s Harbor Golf and Country Club, and cast your line on a deep-sea fishing trip. Read more »

Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort

This resort has won top awards in the following : top eco resort in the world, top scuba diving resort in the world, #1 resort in Fiji by Conde Nast in 2006, and several others. To help you in your search for the best family beach vacations, this resort – we’ll just call it the JCF for now, goes out of its way to create that. Read more »

After hearing of one parent’s awesome experience with teens at this resort, I decided to look it up. This resort on the beach offers an all-inclusive price that includes two children or teens up to age 17 to stay and eat for free. That may not be a concern for you, but that isn’t where the raves started. It had to do with the resort and all that it offered. Read more »