Everyone’s schedule is jam-packed and every vacation day—every vacation minute—really counts. That’s why Taking the Kids has partnered with Family Travel Forum to come up with the best 2015 family summer vacation ideas. These ideas will help your clients take their kids—and the grandkids and give everyone the best bang for their vacation buck and, more importantly, create lifetime memories.

Wherever you decide to go, lodging options abound. HomeAway, the world’s leading vacation rental marketplace, recently surveyed more than 2,500 kids (ages six to 18) to uncover what today’s youth really want on vacation and reveal their influence on travel decisions. In partnership with independent market research firm YouGov, HomeAway’s Kidfluencer Survey shows kids wield significant decision-making power over the entire travel planning process and have a strong point of view on where to go, what to do and who to bring … and parents are listening. An astounding 85% of parents across the globe give kids a say in vacation destination planning, with one in three (34%) of U.S. millennial parents allowing their kids to have full control over the final vacation decision. More than half (50%) of the U.S. kids surveyed said one of their favorite things of vacations was “being together with my family,” while 41% of parents say the most important part of a family vacation as spending quality time together.

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