Fodor’s Travel today announced on Fodors.com the Fodor’s Choice Gold Awards 2010 honoring the best of the best in US hotels. One hundred hotels were ranked as the top 10 winners in each of 10 categories; Best Destination Wedding Hotel, Best Hotel Design, Best Hotel for Kids and Families, Best Hotel Pool, Best Hotel Restaurant, Best Hotel Service, Best Resort or Destination Spa, Best Sense of Place Hotel, Best Urban Escape Hotel, Most Romantic Hotel.
Since 1988, Fodor’s Travel has been awarding the annual Fodor’s Choice distinction to the very …

What to do during Winter Break? Crystal Cruises‘ Crystal Serenity has a 14-day Caribbean cruise (December 21-January 4, roundtrip from Miami) on which adults can take advantage of 2-for-1 rates and kids sail for free. Another great value applies, too: each cabin gets a $500 “As You Wish” onboard spending credit.  The ship will provide activities for kids during the cruise, and plans elaborate holiday decorations and festivities.
What You Get:

Kids under 17 sail free
2-for-1 fares for adults
$500 shipboard spending credit

For more information or to book, please visit Crystal Cruises, or …

Club Med announces it will invest $25 million in an enhancement program for the newly renamed, Club Med Sandpiper Bay. Known as the only family all-inclusive resort in the United States, Sandpiper Bay will become the flagship of Club Med “Premium Sports” resorts. The resort will close for renovations on August 20, with a grand opening on December 18.
The 216-acre renovated Sandpiper Bay resort will include a 7,000-square-foot fitness center, championship tennis facilities and an 18-hole golf course on-site with additional access to more than 16 courses nearby. French architect, …

Miami sizzles year-round, but especially in summer.  But don’t let a little heat scare you off.  The Marenas Resort in Sunny Isles, just north of Miami, has a family package that’ll let you float in the blue Atlantic all day long. The suites are
Love Your Family package includes:
* Overnight accommodations in a one-bedroom suite with full kitchen
* 2 reserved beach chairs and beach umbrella daily
* Daily beach snack pack (water, fruit, and snacks)
* One pizza delivered and new-release family movie in your suite
* Daily parking and resort fees
* $25 credit …

Club Med vacations are definitely escapism—after deciding which resort and when, you can unplug that decision-making reflex for the duration.  All your meals and drinks, all your activities (including trapeze!), kids’ clubs, everything for one price.   This summer at Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Cancun Yucatan & Ixtapa Pacific (Mexico), Sandpiper (Florida), Caravelle (Guadeloupe), and Buccaneer’s Creek (Martinique), big families can book a week at $637/person; and couples can book from $774/person.  Book by June 28 for travel between now and December 11.
What You Get:

7 nights’ accommodations
All meals, snacks, and …

The Holiday Inn Hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort is fresh from a $35 million top-to-bottom makeover, now featuring a zero-entry pool and game room. Rooms feature flat screen tv’s, mini refrigerators, free Internet and shuttles to the parks. $69/night though September 30, and kids eat free!  Works great for a large family needing two rooms!
Some more information:
MODERN GUESTROOMS DESIGNED FOR COMFORT
Relaxing and contemporary, guestrooms are designed with a soft color palette and outfitted with a 32″ LCD HD television, crisp, white bedding with pillows that come in two …

Summertime Savings of up to 30% at select Disney
Resorts for stays most nights 5/2/10-8/14/10
We checked out Disney’s website for a family of five traveling in June on a big family vacation and came up with some of the following. But, visit yourself there are more alternatives than the two below:

Discover the tranquility of this charming waterfront hotel that captures all the mystery and romance of a voyage along the Mississippi.
The Disney Port Orleans Resort:
All rooms have 2 double-size beds, table and chairs, vanity area with 2 sinks, a ceiling fan, …

Norwegian Cruise Line and Nickelodeon today announced the dates and itineraries for the two 2011 “Nickelodeon All Access Cruises.” These special Nickelodeon-themed cruises will give guests exclusive access to a fun-filled, seven-day itinerary of Nickelodeon-themed entertainment all day, every day on board Norwegian Jewel from New York on February 20, 2011, and on the cruise line’s newest ship, Norwegian Epic, from Barcelona on July 24, 2011.
“Nickelodeon All Access Cruises’ only on Norwegian Cruise Line will provide families with the ultimate vacation experience at sea,” said Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian’s chief executive …