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'Skip-gen' travel companies help grandparents and kids bond - St Louis Post Dispatch
You want to show your grandchildren the world — or maybe a neighboring state or two. Maybe you don’t want to figure out where to stay, compare car rental prices, wonder where to eat and wrangle tickets to attractions at your preferred destination.
Not to worry — the travel industry now actively promotes what it calls “Skip-Gen” trips, packages that take care of all the arrangements and also organize interactive programs for you and the grandkids in America’s national parks, Africa, the Greek islands, Alaska, Italy — and even St. Louis.
“The best investment you can make in your grandchildren and your relationship with them is a trip together,” says Karen Ledwin, vice president of program management at Smithsonian Journeys. A travel package, she adds, “takes all the worry out, and that allows grandparents more time to spend with the grandchildren.”
You want to show your grandchildren the world — or maybe a neighboring state or two. Maybe you don’t want to figure out where to stay, compare car rental prices, wonder where to eat and wrangle tickets to attractions at your preferred destination.
Not to worry — the travel industry now actively promotes what it calls “Skip-Gen” trips, packages that take care of all the arrangements and also organize interactive programs for you and the grandkids in America’s national parks, Africa, the Greek islands, Alaska, Italy — and even St. Louis.
“The best investment you can make in your grandchildren and your relationship with them is a trip together,” says Karen Ledwin, vice president of program management at Smithsonian Journeys. A travel package, she adds, “takes all the worry out, and that allows grandparents more time to spend with the grandchildren.”