This is a sponsored post on behalf of The Motherhood and MiniTime. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Summer is almost here and for our family, that means lots of traveling! Whether it’s for a week or just a weekend, we like to get away for some family bonding time. Whenever I start to research a future trip, I always spend time on numerous websites making sure that there are plenty of family friendly activities to do, not to mention accommodations that are child friendly. Now, I no longer have to visit several sites to plan my family vacations, I only have to visit one – MiniTime!
MiniTime launched 6 months ago and is the first family travel site to make travel recommendations based on the ages of your children. In just once place, parents will be provided the tools to help plan, book, and share their family travel experiences.
MiniTime is free to use and browse reviews of destinations. You can also easily register via Facebook and have full access to all of the features. We plan on visiting Branson, Missouri this August so I decided to create a Trip Plan, a new MiniTime feature that allows you to create custom vacation itineraries. I absolutely loved this concept and it was so easy to use and share with my husband so he could see it too.
Once I search for our destination, I was able to input the ages of my children, how long we would be gone for and the total number of travelers on the trip. You even have the option of making the trip private or public.
Planning your trip is easy when you use the interactive Trip Planner. It allows you to drag and drop places to see, stay, and eat into your interactive itinerary like I did below.
I was able to search through attractions, accommodations and restaurants and then add them to my Trip Planner. Even though we visit Branson frequently, I came across lots of places that we haven’t visited before. I liked seeing the ratings that places were given in relevance of my kid’s ages in addition to reviews and photos submitted by parents who have been there, done that. You can also print up your Trip Plan or access it via mobile which is great while you’re on the go!
Why MiniTime is Perfect for Parents
MiniTime conducted a survey on family travel and found:
- In 90% of households, moms are the key decision makers for vacations
- One in three parents consult more than nine online resources
- More than half of parents are spending nine or more hours planning a vacation
- 63% of parents would like to save time by researching and booking on the same website
- 88% of parents trust recommendations from parents with kids the same ages
- 65% trust sites offering comparative pricing from multiple online travel agents
Favorite Features of MiniTime
– Over 1000 hand-picked destinations, accommodations and attractions, recommended for your family based on the ages of your kids
– Printable games and activity sheets for kids
– Printable packing lists specific for your type of trip (road trip, beach vacation, etc!)
– Reviews from parents with kids the same age as yours
– Daily map with turn-by-turn directions to guide families on their way, as well as a journal, calendar and the ability to store family photos.
Learn More at the MiniTime Twitter Party
Make sure to join me at the #MiniTime Twitter Party on Thursday, June 6th at 1pm EST. We’ll be chatting about summer travel, facts, tips and more! Four winners will receive a $75 VISA gift card and a MiniTime hoodie. One grand prize winner will receive a $100 VISA gift card and a MiniTime hoodie.
TweetGrid for the Party:
I’m a huge fan of MiniTime and I know this is going to be by go-to website for planning all of our future family vacations. Where are you headed this summer?
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We are going to Orange Beach and I used MiniTime to help keep the trip organized. Can’t wait to submit my reviews once we’ve visited.
planning on using this application for our summer vacation,once we (I) figure out where to go!
What a great idea! I think that I’d confuse it when planning something with having a toddler and a teen. LOL!
Love this site! So many great ideas and it really makes vacation planning (and daydreaming!) so much fun!
RSVP @JeansandTs
What a cute idea!! love that it gives you lots and lots of options–I love to vacation plan–so I will be checking this out for sure–thanks for the tip!
This site sound like it would be really useful, I’m am going to try it out.
This certainly is different than anything else I’ve seen and could be very useful for vacation planning. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love the family guides. What a great idea.
I love that scheduler!
Now this is my kind of website! Thank you for sharing, I’m headed there right now!!
I am such a planner when it comes to vacations. I love this app and can’t wait to use it on our next trip!
I love planning vacations, even if I never actually get to go on them. This looks like a fun app to use!
This is one of those things which is only going to get better with time too. More and more people will leave feedback and it’s going to be a wealth of info!
I’m going to try this for our summer vacation, thanks!
Checked the site out and it’s great, thanks for the tip!
How cool is this. I love that it has a scheduler!
Oh wow what a great idea. I wish I knew about this sooner!
I’ve never heard of this before but what a good idea! Sounds easy to search for activities to do, including things for young children.
I wish I could join the Twitter party but I will be at work. This sounds like such a great resource I will have to check it out the next time I’m planning a trip.
Sounds great! I will check it out
That’s great that you can input your children’s ages. I have never heard of a trip planning site like that. See,s like a great way to stay organized and plan things out before the trip so it doesn’t get too hectic and the kids stay happy.
Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about
this, like you wrote the book in it or something.
I think that you can do with some pics to drive the message home a bit, but
other than that, this is great blog. An excellent read.
I will definitely be back.
I love that this has well over 1000 destinations, accommodations and attractions, and it has free games and activity sheets for the kids! Very nice!
sounds great I will have to check it out I have never heard of this site