We’re again talking about family travel, but today we’re focusing specifically on the kids club – that marvelous space in a hotel, resort or cruise ship where kids can play supervised by staff. This episode is based off hotels editor Christina Jelski’s cover story about the evolution of kids clubs: how resorts are pouring significant investment into them to make them bigger, better, with more activities and more design upgrades to impress any parent, let alone the kid.

We also talk with travel advisor Deb Swacker about how much the kids club plays a role in travel planning decisions, what resorts need to do for tweens and teens and whether parents should feel guilty for taking time for themselves on a family vacation. Finally, we delve into some bigger trends outlined in the Family Travel Association’s latest survey and ask: How much money do people actually spend on family travel?

This episode is part of our Best of the Folo series. New episodes return in February. This episode was recorded Friday Nov. 10 and has been edited for length and clarity. 

Related reports: 

These kids clubs don’t play https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/These-kids-clubs-dont-play 

Resorts are making a splash with waterparks https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Resorts-make-a-splash-with-waterparks 

10 days and Beyond: Long live the long cruise https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/10-days-and-Beyond-Long-live-the-long-cruise

We’re again talking about family travel, but today we’re focusing specifically on the kids club – that marvelous space in a hotel, resort or cruise ship where kids can play supervised by staff. This episode is based off hotels editor Christina Jelski’s cover story about the evolution of kids clubs: how resorts are pouring significant investment into them to make them bigger, better, with more activities and more design upgrades to impress any parent, let alone the kid.
We also talk with travel advisor Deb Swacker about how much the kids club plays a role in travel planning decisions, what resorts need to do for tweens and teens and whether parents should feel guilty for taking time for themselves on a family vacation. Finally, we delve into some bigger trends outlined in the Family Travel Association’s latest survey and ask: How much money do people actually spend on family travel?
This episode is part of our Best of the Folo series. New episodes return in February. This episode was recorded Friday Nov. 10 and has been edited for length and clarity.  
Related reports: 
These kids clubs don’t play <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/These-kids-clubs-dont-play">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/These-kids-clubs-dont-play </a>
Resorts are making a splash with waterparks <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Resorts-make-a-splash-with-waterparks">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Resorts-make-a-splash-with-waterparks </a>
10 days and Beyond: Long live the long cruise <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/10-days-and-Beyond-Long-live-the-long-cruise">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/10-days-and-Beyond-Long-live-the-long-cruise</a>

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about.  

You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do. 

Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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