Best Family Travel and Culture Websites

www.asiaforkids.com. 800-888-9681. Online catalog of over 2,000 books, videos, and other products designed to help kids learn the languages and culture of Asian countries. I have my eye on the Barbie-size Hanbok for my Korean-American granddaughter.

Family Travel Forum. 888-FT-FORUM; www.familytravelforum.com. Membership organization ($3.95/month or $38/yr) publishes newsletter and web site on global family travel—including destinations, health and parenting tips, travel deals, family tour operators—and provides customized travel information.

Fun Time Family Travel. 707-446-8497; www.funtimefamilytravel.com. This website specializes in families traveling with preschoolers; they offer a collection of family-friendly sites with specifics about amenities for little ones, from baby-sitters to high chairs.

Have Children Will Travel. 808-885-0333; www.havechildrenwilltravel.com. Online family newsletter of travel resources and tips. $4 to subscribe to the current issue; $2 for back issues.

Kidscantravel.com: Family vacation ideas and the tools to get you there with its editorial content and the tools to get your there; mbaldussi@kidscantravel.com, www.kidscantravel.com.

www.kinderstart.com/travelandvacations. Search engine offering a wonderful listing of family-friendly accommodations, travel tips, and tours all over the world. Highly recommended.

Responsible Travel. www.ResponsibleTravel.com. This UK-based web site is a collection of links to tours all over the world. Click on “Family Holidays” to find a wide assortment of interesting options, like hiking the Swiss Alps in a donkey caravan or seeing traditional water puppetry in Hanoi.

www.thefamilytravelfiles.com. An uneven mix of good links and reader contributions—some areas are thin but others have good resources.

Travel for Kids, www.travelforkids.com. This website combines fun things to do with practical tips, as well as family travel restaurant guides. We especially like the recommendations for children’s books about destinations worldwide.

www.travelwithyourkids.com. Features tips from real parents on how to travel internationally (or just long distances) with children. Topics covered include: getting kids ready to travel, health and safety, getting passports and visas, sections on traveling while pregnant, international adoptions, and a special section on moving and living abroad.