America’s best hotels for families
In the brief months since President Obama was elected, his daughters, Malia and Sasha, have visited the Eiffel Tower and the Kremlin, strolled the beaches of Hawaii with their dad, curtseyed to Queen Elizabeth, and had an audience with the Pope. Why not take a cue from the First Family and plan a vacation that’ll go down in history?
The key, of course, is picking the right hotel, which is why each year, Travel + Leisure asks our readers to choose their favorite family hotels, resorts and cruise lines — ones that truly excel at pleasing the whole clan.
Judging by the stellar properties that made the 2009 cut, two things are changing in the competitive world of family-friendly hotels: resorts are becoming even savvier about designing activities to engage young guests, and they’re going back to fundamentals in pleasing parents.