Travel Dispatch: Vacationing With Family
Plus: Seeing the World Through Kids’ Eyes
Travel Dispatch
July 16, 2025

It’s mid-July, and we’re firmly in the heart of summer travel season — which for many of us means vacationing with our families. Here are seven stories that look at how and where to travel with toddlers, teens and extended family.

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Seeing the World Through Kids’ Eyes

An illustration depicts a vacationing young family with a baby in a stroller and a toddler looking through a telescope in a scenic overlook area. The view beyond is of snow-covered mountains.

Weston Wei

How to Travel With Babies and Toddlers

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Christopher Silas Neal

How Much Did You Spend on Your Family Vacation?

Images of flowers and rushing water are projected on the floor and walls of a large space and people sit and stand among them.

Japan for Kids: Pikachu Is Just the Start

A woman with brown hair and a somber expression sits under a sun umbrella on the beach. She is holding a toddler wearing a floral dress and a pink bow.

James Jackman for The New York Times

Flying With a Child on Your Lap? You Might Want to Reconsider.

Two blond-haired children wearing baseball hats and with their backs to the camera rest against the stone ruins of an ancient temple with green hills in the background.

Andrea Wyner for The New York Times

Of Demigods and Minotaurs: Greeking Out in Athens and Crete

An illustration of a family at a dining table with breads, croissants and other baked goods with the Eiffel Tower and the Paris skyline behind them.

Weston Wei

How to Ensure a Peaceful Trip With Your Extended Family

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