AAA Travel Tips & Articles

Spend a week or a weekend at these luxurious hotels for an excellent romantic getaway. With spa services, champagne greetings and peaceful views, these hotels are the perfect places to escape from the hustle and bustle of day to day life and relax with your sweetheart.

Planning efficiently is hard to do even on your own—much less with multiple family members. Here are some things to do to make traveling to a destination easier on everyone.

Travel is the perfect way to build memories that will last a lifetime. But even the closest families or friend groups might find traveling together a bit of a battle. There’s nothing like a trip to magnify our personality traits—both the good and the irritating. That said, experiencing a new place or simply getting away with the ones you love most is worth the bumps in the road. Below are a few ways to tackle group travel’s biggest obstacles before they even happen.

Have you thought about some professional assistance planning your next vacation? You’re not alone.Three-quarters of Americans would consider working with a travel agent to plan their vacations, new research from AAA Travel shows. Some 27 million travelers plan to do so within the next year.Despite the ability to book their own vacations online, nearly half of Americans (46 percent) feel that working with a travel agent adds value to their trip, especially conditions are so changeable. Plenty of tech-savvy millennials are part of the trend as well: They are just as likely as baby boomers to report planning to use a travel agent for a trip in the next year.Top reasons for considering a travel agent are to ensure a smooth experience on complicated and expensive trips and for help arranging special activities and experiences. In the current environment, dependability matters; a travel agent will be a steady resource, confirming reservations and looking into travel requirements along the way. But there are other benefits too:

If you have kids, you don’t have a lot of time to read. My pet peeve is a long-winded blog about family travel that’s light on tips, but just FULL of funny anecdotes. You just need the tips. So here they are, quick and dirty.

Here are our AAA Inspector Picks for some of the best family-friendly hotels around the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Check these out when planning family vacations and looking for things to do with kids.

Do you ever wonder, “Can I take my pet on vacation?” Stop wondering and start planning your trip with your four-legged friend. Book a room at one of five favorite pet-friendly lodgings located near the beach or in the mountains. These Southeastern pet-friendly hotels are in close proximity to walking trails or a dog park and some welcome pets with a treat. So bring Spot and find adventurous things to do together.Need more pet travel planning tips? Check out AAA.com/PetTravel to learn about helpful tips and resources to make traveling with your pet even more enjoyable.

Seafood fresh from the Gulf of Mexico, a climate perfect for produce and a multicultural environment helps to make Tampa a welcoming spot for foodies. If you want to learn about the Big Guava’s food culture or uncover some well-known places to eat in Tampa, then sample a few of these culinary offerings recommended by professional AAA inspectors and editors.