This post, the last in a series, has been contributed by Vonnette Monteith, whose family won a Best Western 'Retro To Now' Road Trip.

     Boston is one of our all time favorite cities and we were happy to have an excuse to visit it again.  The kids made a few stipulations after having me drag them all over for the last four days.  No walking and nothing historic!  I hated to break it to them that they would have to spend the entire day with their eyes... Read More

     This post has been contributed by Vonnette Monteith, whose family won a Best Western 'Retro To Now Road Trip' This week, they'll see some popular northeast U.S. desitnations, first as 'retro' travelers without technology, then fully equipped....read all posts in the series here.

We headed to New York City – which is always so cool because you see the city skyline as you drive in so it was very fun to point it out to the kids. The kids... Read More

    This post has been contributed by Vonnette Monteith, whose family won a Best Western 'Retro To Now Road Trip' This week, they'll see some popular northeast U.S. desitnations, first as 'retro' travelers without technology, then fully equipped....read all posts in the series here.

OK so it’s a little later than I had hoped to leave on the great adventure.  We were hoping to get out at 9:30 but its 10:00 - oh well.  I managed to find my backpack from when I was a... Read More

     This week, we're taking a “Retro to Now Road Trip,” with the Monteith family whose photo (pictured) won a contest sponsored by Best Western International.

     The trip they won will illustrate how today’s technologies have changed the road trip experience by giving them a 'retro' travel experience  for the first leg of the trip, and bringing them back to present day for the latter portion.  Along the way, the family will answer the question... Read More

     Best Western International and AAA are offering one family the chance to find out how road trips have changed during the last 60 years by giving away a weeklong summer trip.  Now through May 31, log onto www.bestwestern.com/roadtrip to submit a picture of your family on a road trip or vacation.  Ten finalists will be chosen from the submissions and posted on the Web site for public voting.  The photo with the most votes on June 12, 2009 will win the “Retro to Now” road trip prize (itinerary to be determined), complete with an old-school station... Read More