Kelly Merritt - The Everything Family Guide to Budget Travel: Hundreds of fun family vacations to fit any budget

I would like to thank the following people for their unwavering support as I completed this book. First and foremost, I thank my editor, Lisa Laing, at Adams Media for being so patient with me as I survived two life-threatening illnesses within six months of each other while writing this book. Her patience and direction were invaluable, along with my development editor at Adams Media, Brett Palana-Shanahan. My thanks especially go to my agent, Bob Diforio; Barbara Lawing; Joanna Nix; Mike Prasse; and my camping resource, Travis Johnson. Most special appreciation goes to Catharine Hamm, my travel editor at the Los Angeles Times, one of the most knowledgeable experts in the travel industry, and one of the kindest. In further gratitude I acknowledge the brilliant writers of the International Thriller Writers Association, Johnny Jet of JohnnyJet.com for a world of travel wisdom, Roberta Braun, Catherine Lee, Keri Morris, Tammy Schuft, LeeAnn Rawson, Cassie Brinkley, and talented actress of stage and screen Mary McNeil for her inside scoop on Hawaii. I owe Julie Ellis Levine for gifting me with the travel bug in the first place through our beloved Paris, and my grandmother Melba Wilson, who shared generations of knowledge with me as we sat side by side for many months as I wrote this book. I thank Pat and Brad Johnson, Peggy and Buzzy Merritt, my beautiful stepdaughter Madeline Merritt, author William Graham Carrington, and Pamela and Tom Newton. Most of all I acknowledge my husband, Kevin Merritt, for putting up with eons of family budget travel talk, never once complaining and always providing support.

Poconos Tourism Clearing House
www.800poconos.com

Split Rock Resort
www.splitrockresort.com

Woodloch Resort
www.woodloch.com

Great Wolf Lodge
www.greatwolf.com/Locations/Poconos

Vermont Vacations
www.vermontvacation.com

Stowe Mountain Lodge
www.stowemountainlodge.com

Stoweflake Resort and Spa
www.stoweflake.com

Smugglers'Notch Resort
www.smuggs.com

Greenview Cottages
www.smuggsvacationhomes.com

Nye's Green Valley Farm
www.nyesgreenvalleyfarm

Sterling Ridge Log Cabin Resort
www.sterlingridgeresort.com

Summit Lodge & Resort
www.summitlodgevermont.com

Mountain Meadows Lodge
www.mountainmeadowslodge.com

New Hampshire Mountain Hiking
www.nhmountainhiking.com

Visit White Mountains
www.visitwhitemountains.com

Ski NH
www.skinh.com

Mount Washington Observatory
www.mountwashington.org

New Hampshire Travel & Tourism Guide
www.mountaintravelguide.com

New Hampshire Mountain Peaks & Summits
www.mountainzone.com/mountains/state.asp?s=NH

Maine Office of Tourism
www.visitmaine.com/region/lakes

Massachusetts Beaches
www.masstraveljournal.com/beaches

Raft Maine
www.raftmaine.com

Inn by the River
www.innbytheriver.com

Maine Beaches
www.visitmaine.net/beaches.htm

Maine Lakes
www.visitmaine.com/region/lakes

New Hampshire Beaches
www.eastern-beaches.com/new-hampshire-beaches

New Hampshire Lakes Region
www.lakesregion.org

Rhode Island Beaches
www.visitrhodeisland.com/what-to-do/beaches

Connecticut Beaches
www.eastern-beaches.com/connecticut-beaches

Ocean Place
www.oceanplace.com

New Jersey Shore
www.newjerseyshore.com

Virtual New Jersey Shore
www.virtualnjshore.com

Wildwoods at the Jersey Shore
www.wildwoodsnj.com

Maryland Beaches
www.eastern-beaches.com/maryland-beaches

Ocean City, Maryland
www.ococean.com

Delaware Beaches
www.eastern-beaches.com/delaware-beaches

Chelsea Piers
www.chelseapiers.com

Broadway Theater
www.broadway.com

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
www.nps.gov

Central Park
www.centralparknyc.org

Gem Hotels
www.thegemhotel.com

Grand Hyatt Hotel Midtown Manhattan
www.grandnewyork.hyatt.com

Explore Chinatown
www.explorechinatown.com

Little Italy
www.littleitalynyc.com

Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau
www.bostonusa.com

Boston Duck Tours
www.bostonducktours.com

Freedom Trail
www.nps.gov

Colonnade Hotel
www.colonnadehotel.com

Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center
www.seaportboston.com

Legal Seafood
www.legalseafoods.com

Vinny T's Restaurant
www.vinnytsofboston.com

Philadelphia Visitors Bureau
www.gophila.com

Comfort Inn Penns Landing
www.comfortinn.com

Best Western Independence Park Hotel
www.independenceparkhotel.com

Dalessandro's
www.dalessandros.com

Ralph's Italian
www.ralphsrestaurant.com

Washington D.C. Walking Tours
www.washingtonwalks.com

DC by Foot
www.dcbyfoot.com

Washington.org
www.washington.org

Library of Congress
www.loc.gov

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
www.madametussaudsdc.com

National Air & Space Museum
www.nasm.si.edu

National Museum of Natural History
www.mnh.si.edu

National Cherry Blossom Festival
www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org

International Spy Museum
www.spymuseum.org

Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau
www.washington.org

L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
www.lenfantplazahotel.com

Old Glory Barbeque
www.oldglorybbq.com

ICI Urban Bistro
www.iciurbanbistro.com

Salem Witch Museum, Massachusetts
www.salemwitchmuseum.com

Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts
www.plimoth.org

Old York, Maine
www.oldyork.org

New England Visitors Bureau
www.visitnewengland.com

York Microtel, Maine
www.yorkmicrotel.com

Bunker Hill Bed and Breakfast, Massachusetts
www.bunkerhillbedandbreakfast.com

Salem Waterfront Hotel, Massachusetts
www.salemwaterfronthotel.com

Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia
www.theconstitutional.com

Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania
www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

Historic Delaware: The First State
www.visitdelaware.com/history.htm

Stowe Commodores Inn
www.commodoresinn.com

Trapp Family Lodge
www.trappfamilylodge.com

GoStowe.com
www.gostowe.com/KidsZone

Stowe
www.stowe.com

Ski Vermont
www.skivermont.com