Poconos Family Vacation & Fun Guide
This family vacation guide to the Poconos lists all the family-friendly places to stay and attractions that are suitable for children. The Poconos - a great place to bring your kids: convenient, friendly, and loaded with fun, indoor and outdoors attractions.
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Family Fun in the Poconos
February 16, 2012
The Poconos are a great place to take a quick weekend family getaway. With lots of family-friendly resorts and hotels, indoor water parks and many attractions designed just for youngsters.
Many families looking for an annual family vacation spot or a place to take the kids over the weekend find the Poconos a great place because of its convenience and affordability.
Options abound for where to stay - resorts, cabins, lakefront cottages and even campgrounds.
Activities and local entertainment are numerous, too: whitewater rafting and canoeing, fun centers, water parks, fishing, horseback riding and a host of indoor activities and recreation can be found here as well.
Poconos Family Vacations Planning Guide
If you're looking for the perfect spot for your family vacation this year, you've come to the right place. The Poconos offer several great resort options as well as a ton of activities and recreational options from which to choose.
Travel time and expense are kept to a minimum - especially helpful with budgets being pinched these days.
For families with younger children, you might try one of the resorts that are family oriented. A good choice would be Fernwood or Shawnee. Families with children a bit older might also take a look at some of the resorts listed in this site, notably Skytop.
For those families on a tight budget, there are alternatives to some of the resorts in the form of cottages and campgrounds - all listed on this site. Please remember while you look around this site, that many of the pages are long - you may have to scroll down a bit to find the information you're looking for.
Family-Friendly Resorts in the Poconos
Skytop Lodge
Skytop Lodge, located on 5,500 pristine
mountaintop acres, is the crown jewel of all Pocono resorts. Built in 1928, Skytop has traditionally been geared towards family vacations and getaways.
At the same time however, it has built a formidable reputation for world-class service and hospitality excellence.
Adults can enjoy a challenging round of golf, enjoy the full-service spa, and brush up on fly fishing at their Orvis School.
All the while knowing that their children are being well cared for and enjoying the finest vacation experience of their lives.
Separate and together, this is a family vacation experience everyone will enjoy. [more]
Fernwood Resort
Great Wolf Lodge
Popular Family Vacation Destinations
Use these guides to help you plan your next family vacation. Each site has links to hotel and resort reservation tools that have no fees or added penalties. Most allow you to make a reservation without putting any deposit money down -simply hold your room with your credit card.