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We took a family vacation from Ohio to Toronto and on the way home wanted to see Niagara Falls. It's easy to make a stop and only takes an hour if you need to make it quick. We did, as we had to pick our dog up from the kennel (poor Brandi!). If you want
We had a blast during our 4 day/3 night adventure in Toronto and really wanted to stay somewhere awesome our last night since we hadn't done a family vacation in a couple of years (well other than my parents coming to Hampi, but that wasn't really a vacation!). The #1 hotel in Toronto across pretty much
Lots of families from Ohio pack up and drive all the way to the beach, some 18 hours, once every summer. My family went to Gulf Shores Alabama as a kid and then when we got older started going to Myrtle Beach. While I was home from India this year, I told my parents we
I use pretty basic measures when I first start looking into what hotel to stay at. Like a lot of people, I first just look up the top 10 hotels on Tripadvisor then I search reviews on blogs of the hotels. In Toronto there were a few huge chains I'd heard of, and then at
