Summer reminds me of car trips, boats and beaches. Each summer growing up we’d always look forward to the summer trip. Whether it was a trip to the beach or a flight up to the Cape, it was not only was it a vacation, it was a chance to make lasting memories with family members.
My two favorite summer travel memories included renting a car and driving around the Northeast from Manhattan to Cape Code to Martha’s Vineyard and taking an Amtrak sleeper car to explore the Nation’s Capital.
Boston, Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard
We flew up to Boston and picked up our rental car to explore Boston before heading over to the Cape to meet up with family. We took a day trip on the ferry over to Martha’s Vineyard and rode bikes all over the island. We even saw where that famous scene from Jaws was filmed. How cool is that for a kid? We dug for clams and I lost my sandals in knee deep mud. My brother and I learned how to sail, cook clams, and had a great summer with the family.
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Amtrak To DC
The trip up to DC was memorable because it was my first train ride in a sleeper car. We had a bunk room and I remember watching “train tv†thinking it was the coolest thing.
Now it is your turn to share your favorite summer family travel memory in the comments section. Not only are you sharing your knowledge with others, but you are entering to win the following prizes:
How To Enter Making Summer Travel Memory Giveaway
- Leave a comment on this post with your favorite summer travel memory or upcoming memorable trip by 11:59PM Eastern on Saturday June 8, 2013
- Must be 18+, limit one entry per person per day, void where prohibited
- We’ll select one lucky winner at random
- Remember to go and enter to win similar prizes on Pizza in Motion and Mommy Points!
Enter For Chance To Win Following Prizes
- Complimentary one-night stay at Hyatt House: Valid at any Hyatt House location through 12/31/2014. Subject to availability and must be made in advance using the code on the certificate. Limit one certificate per stay. Other details available on the certificate.
- Hertz: 1,200 Hertz points (enough for an anytime rental, and free weekend days start at just 500 points)
- American Airlines Admirals Club Pass: Valid for one day for one person. Expires 12/31/13. Must be 18 years or older and hold a same-day ticket for travel on American Airlines.
Hertz Helping Travelers With New Guide And Apps
Looking for the closest, safest beach?
Hertz has partnered with Waterkeeper Alliance to offer the first-ever “Waterkeeper Swim Guide,†accessible to customers via the in-car Hertz NeverLost GPS unit. The “Waterkeeper Swim Guide†is a new data source that will tell users where beaches are located, which are safe for swimming, and what’s unique about each beach.
Looking to apps to help you explore?
Hertz is also expanding its NeverLost My Exploreâ„¢ mobile app to include five new city guides for the following locations: Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Detroit and Napa. The app allows users to maximize their travel experience in or out of the car with customized voice narratives and text descriptions for must-see sites, tours, shopping, neighborhoods, favorites and restaurants.
- Additional notable features of the NeverLost My Explore™ app include augmented reality to turn a camera phone into a live map at the touch of a screen to show surrounding attractions, map view to let users find their way by car, foot, or public transportation, live weather updates for help pre-planning activities, social media integration so users can share travel adventures using Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr, and free download codes to integrate seamlessly with any NeverLost® GPS device.
- NOTE: The first My Exploreâ„¢ app is available for download for free; additional city guides are available for $0.99 each.
Hyatt house Expands And Adds Personalized Perks
The Hyatt house is expanding across the country and is adding new perks such as the Very Important Resident (VIR), Morning Spread and Hyatt Has It.
Very Important Resident
Guests staying 30 nights or more on a single stay at a Hyatt House hotel will earn the Very Important Resident (VIR) status which will allow the guest to enjoy the great new benefits.
Morning Spread
The morning spread is a new complimentary breakfast spread offering build-your-own Omelet Bar, oatmeal, yogurts, fresh fruit and other breakfast goodies. Of course it is complimentary.
Hyatt Has It
We’ve all been there. I’ve forgotten to bring items on a trip more times than I can count over the years. Guests will now be able to borrow from House Hosts items from curling irons to cell phone chargers to blenders!
Bottom Line
We always enjoyed the summer as kids because we were fortunate enough to be able to make some great memories with family. We plan to continue that with Baby Weekly Flyer thanks in large part to points and miles.
Hope your summer is filled with many opportunities to make lasting memories. What’s your favorite summer family travel memory? How do you plan to make memories this summer?
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Heading to costa rica with my (now) fiancee and relaxing in a nice hot springs.
Seeing Bryce canyon and Yosemite with my parents was the most impressive trip of my childhood.
My favorite summer travel memory was traveling to spend time with my grandmother on the beaches of Montauk. It’s bittersweet to be there without her now, but the memories are only sweet.
last fall when two of my friends from Europe came to visit and we took a three week road trip up the coast of California. Big Sur might be my favorite place in the US because of the trip
Favorite memory is going to the Jersey Shore!
Traveling to the New Jersey shore with my rowing team and running into the ocean at 9 o’clock at night still wearing our practice clothes.
A quick win at a casino in Monaco.
A great memory was a trip with my mom to hawaii. She said it was the best trip ever!
My many trips to Cancun, I love the beach there and its easy to fly into for me.
Blue Lagoon in Iceland where we bathed in a geothermal spa!!
When I was 6 or 7, and my Mom loaded us up in our 1957 Mercury (the one with the airplane hood ornament!) and jetted us off to my uncle’s Farmhouse in Missouri driving 75-95 all the way from Texas! I plan on packing up my kiddos and doing a road trip to Cali to make summer memories for my kids.
Family trip to yellowstone. Such beauty.
Ditto on summers in Cape Cod!
I really enjoyed my visit to the grand canyon
2010 trip to japan
Going to martha’s vineyard
Any time spent in NH’s White Mountains.
Going to martha’s disney world
My favorite summer trip was taking my one year old to Europe, where among other things we rented an apartment in Paris for a week. Bliss pretending to be a Parisian!
going to see Angkor Wat – cannot wait!
The time we took our three young children to Europe and travelled around in a motorhome visiting Germany, Switzerland, and Northern Italy. We took a lot of pictures to remind them of what cool parents they have! (Because they often forget!)
Spending time with family at the Jersey shore. Italian ice, great pizza, the beaches and the ocean while listening to Bruce Springsteen.
Backpacking through South America
Hong Kong
Seattle
Got lost with my dad on a hike in NC. Was scary at the time but awesome now.
My favorite summer memory for the last three years has been the Dolomites in Italy. They’re not that well known compared to the Alps, but they are spectacular.
flying to buenos aires with my girlfriend this summer to drink lots of red wine and eat lots of steak. and see a waterfall, of course.
Spending time with my sister in the San Francisco Bay Area – looking forward to Napa, Monterey, SF, Santa Cruz!
Universal Orlando. My kids love it.
Trip when I graduated from high school. Whole family went to Disney World. Surprisingly fun at that age.
Loved summers at the pool! And eating good food.
Ice cream at the lake during the summer! Yum
My favorite memory is taking my parents on their first airplane ride. They were nervous going through the check-in process, but after that they became frequent flyers traveling all over the world.
Looking forward to upcoming Europe cruise on Norwegian Epic.
Mine is heading to the Philippines when school was out to see my extended family
Does a quick trip to PDX count as a sweet upcoming trip???
Kayaking down the Mississippi River was the best!
Taking my kids to the Smoky Mountains for the 1st time!
As I said: Summers up at Mirror Lake, my cousin’s cottage up in the Canadian Shield in North Western Quebec. Canoeing to the Beaver Dam at the end of the lake, where we’d knock off a few sticks and by the time we came back from the end of the lake it would be repaired. Swimming laps of the lake to see how many miles we could swim in a week. Diving to the bottom (when my inner ear was a lot more flexible) to bring back mud to prove I made it. My cousin’s tippy canoe. Watching movies at the drive in (remember those?). Eating a “teen burger” at the A&W, where they hung the tray on your car’s window, with a big frosty root bear mug for each of us. Driving back home in the back of their van with the collected garbage from the weekend smelling up the place, sliding back and forth until we inevitably threw up. Good times!
favorite summer travel memory: Going on a roadtrip in America with my best friend.
getting ditched by a bus and having to hitchhike in Costa Rica. At least it made for a good story!
Was traveling in Africa and Asia for a year so it was kind of like an 18 month summer. But when I got to Malawi I was running out of money. I got a hut in the village and my rent was 5 USD a month. I bathed in the lake and when I shaved my legs I had about 50 local kids just staring in awe. I got a job at a cafe so I had free food. It was all quite an experience. I was even called to court as a witness in a dispute. To be honest I didn’t miss the comforts of the developed world. It was quite an experience.
Favorite’s watching my son chasing pigeons around the pond in Tuileries Garden in Paris.
Looking forward to our family’s upcoming summer trip to Maine, it’ll definitely create fond new memories.
Definitely our trip to south of france!
summers in maine, eating ice cream and lobster
Nothing beats sitting in an infinity pool at a family-run resort in the Philippines, just quietly watching planes fly past in the distance and sipping on a cool, refreshing drink.
Staying in a cabin on the beach on Cape Cod and digging up clams to make “chowda.”