Looking for an active family vacation with kids, teens or young adults? Backroads Family Adventures combine biking, hiking and multi-adventure experiences in spectacular destinations, with flexible itineraries that balance challenge, comfort and meaningful time together. From Alaska and Yellowstone…

A friend tells me that her mother still refers to a mother-daughter vacation they took years ago as “the torture trip.” What was intended to be a sweet week of pampering and bonding degraded into petty annoyances, nit-picking and constant bickering in that oh-so-special way that only mothers and dau…