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Chalet Vacations provides family vacationers to the Lake Windermere region with quality accommodations amidst the spectacular Rockies and Purcell Mountain ranges. They provide quality privately-owned chalets, cottages and condos. It is prudent for US tourists to consider Patriot America visitor insurance or visitor health insurance for their chalet holidays. Skiing, snowboarding, golfing, hiking, swimming and [...]

Activities

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Elkhorn Cabin Tours  250 341 3043 Mountain Biking Hiking River Rafting Columbia Rafting Adventures   250 345 4550 Canoeing and Kayaking Boating and Swimming in Lake Windermere Shopping in Invermere Dining Winter Snowmobiling Events such as the Fly Over the Rockies Bird Festival, Canada Day Fireworks, etc.    

DeliciousBaby Weekly Deals and Giveaways for Dec 8

Personality Hotels’ Modern Family Goes on a Holiday package is available at San Francisco’s Hotel Diva, Hotel Union Square, and Kensington Park hotel (all union square area) hotels. Each includes overnight deluxe accommodations, a $40 gift card for lunch at Colibri Mexican Bistro, a bottle of red wine, a $10 clipper card to ride the [...]

Gifts for Your Little Traveler

Every year I look for gifts that are fun, have lots of play value, and will hold up for the entire year. It’s fun to try to find things that have a travel tie in too, and I always look for one or two things that help the kids expand their cultural horizons, I thought [...]

Airport Security With Kids, Babies and Toddlers (An Update for Dec 2011)

A lot of things have changed since I wrote this post on how to Breeze Through Airport Security With Kids. I’ve updated the original post, but I also want to highlight some of the things that may have changed since your last flight with kids. You mean I didn’t have to do this? You mean [...]

Unusual Hotels for Kids

When HostelBookers contacted me to help spread the word about how families can find Interesting and unusual hotels at HostelBookers.com, I was a little bit skeptical about whether this would be a fit for me. Afterall, the image I have of hostels (admittedly formed when I was young, on a tight budget, and kid-free) doesn’t [...]

Welcome

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Chalet Vacations provides family vacationers to the Lake Windermere region with quality accommodations amidst the spectacular Rockies and Purcell Mountain ranges. They provide quality privately-owned chalets, cottages and condos. It is prudent for US tourists to consider Patriot America visitor insurance or visitor health insurance for their chalet holidays. Skiing, snowboarding, golfing, hiking, swimming and shopping are among the large array of activities available for all ages year round. They have beautiful vacation properties and ski chalet rentals.

Chalet Vacations is owned and operated by Heather and Don Bilodeau, who also operate the famous Bilodeau School of Skiing and Snowboarding at Panorama Mountain Village, BC. In addition to managing the best customer service snow sports school in North America according to an independent Colorado based research company, the Bilodeau’s offer extensive experience in resort and hotel management. Also, Don was recently awarded the internationally recognized CHA (Certified Hotel Administrator), the highest rank by the American Hotel and Motel Association.

 

Activities

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  • Elkhorn Cabin Tours  250 341 3043
  • Mountain Biking
  • Hiking
  • River Rafting
  • Columbia Rafting Adventures   250 345 4550
  • Canoeing and Kayaking
  • Boating and Swimming in Lake Windermere
  • Shopping in Invermere
  • Dining
  • Winter Snowmobiling
  • Events such as the Fly Over the Rockies Bird Festival, Canada Day Fireworks, etc.

 

 

DeliciousBaby Weekly Deals and Giveaways for Dec 8

Personality Hotels’ Modern Family Goes on a Holiday package is available at San Francisco’s Hotel Diva, Hotel Union Square, and Kensington Park hotel (all union square area) hotels. Each includes overnight deluxe accommodations, a $40 gift card for lunch at Colibri Mexican Bistro, a bottle of red wine, a $10 clipper card to ride the SF sleigh, a cute “family fight relief kit” and a grab bag of sweet and savory treats. It’s a cute package at some very fun looking hotels. Learn more here and be sure to ask about the specialized kids suites!. Wondering what to do with the kids while you’re in town? Checkout my San Francisco with Kids city guide.

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DeliciousBaby Weekly Deals and Giveaways for Dec 8

Gifts for Your Little Traveler

Every year I look for gifts that are fun, have lots of play value, and will hold up for the entire year. It’s fun to try to find things that have a travel tie in too, and I always look for one or two things that help the kids expand their cultural horizons, I thought I would share some of our current favorites as well as the toys I’m considering for this year. We’ve owned the Playmobil Jet Plane for almost four years now. It has (mostly) survived three kids and is still a popular toy in our house. If you don’t fly frequently, this is also a great tool to help “act out” what would happen during a plane flight (and what is good airplane behavior) before each flight.

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Gifts for Your Little Traveler