An easy week on Anguilla, a quiet Caribbean island known for its beaches, with just enough off-resort adventure to keep the whole family happily occupied.

A short stay on a private peninsula on Antigua's southeast coast, with protected water on one side and the open Atlantic on the other. Three generations, with little to plan.

A girls' trip to Aruba built around Palm Beach, poolside happy hours and sunset walks, plus a catamaran morning and a Jeep day through the dry, rugged Arikok National Park.

A high-energy long weekend on Nassau's Cable Beach, with slides, a wave pool and a surf simulator for kids from 10 to 20 by day and the casino and restaurants by night.

Three generations sailing the Exumas, tracing a route from Staniel Cay to Highbourne Cay through turquoise water and the kind of waterside restaurants worth dropping anchor for.

Just over a week at a Barbados west coast hotel that balances lazy beach days with island exploration, great restaurants, and enough activity to keep teens engaged throughout.

A girls' trip on the south coast of Barbados for five nights of beach mornings, walks into town, a sail and snorkel along the coast, and long dinners.

A luxury adventure that zips into a tented jungle camp, takes in the temples of Angkor and Thailand's limestone coast, and finishes with the canals and street food of Bangkok.

A West Coast winter week with friends: three ski days across Whistler and Blackcomb, then a short downtown Vancouver stay with a Canucks game to finish.

Newfoundland's east coast, from St. John's to three nights on Fogo Island, with coastal trails, outports and fishing villages, icebergs in July and time on the water.

A short ski escape to Big White in the Okanagan, with true ski-in, ski-out ease, tree runs, good snow and dinners in the village between full days on the mountain.

Skiing first, then the stands: two days on Whistler and Blackcomb, then downtown Seattle for a Kraken game and the Seahawks on New Year’s Day, all over the holidays.

A girls' trip to Grand Cayman, with long Seven Mile Beach walks, a morning at Stingray City and hammocks between the palms on the quieter north side of the island.

A family adventure based in one whitewashed colonial town: mountain biking, class IV-V rapids, canyoning a 500-foot waterfall, a canyon bungee and paragliding.

Frontier jungle, a river that blooms in colour and Colombia's coffee country by Willys Jeep. Three stops from wilderness to colonial towns, bookended by Bogotá.

Three Costa Ricas in nine nights: an off-grid jungle lodge reached by raft, Arenal's volcano and canyon country, then the Pacific at Papagayo. Adventure-led, with a resort finish.

Two weeks across Costa Rica's rainforest, volcano country and Pacific coast, balancing whitewater, ziplines and wildlife with slow beach days and Christmas in a villa.

A private villa in a gated Guanacaste community for sixteen at Christmas. Chef-cooked dinners, half-day adventures with time to recharge. Costa Rica at the grandparents' speed.

Just four spring nights on the Dalmatian coast, before the summer crowds. Walled medieval towns, a hilly island best explored by bike and a Roman palace to finish.

Christmas season in London with family: three Premier League matches, the lights and shop windows, and a 20th anniversary celebrated in the city where it all began.

London in January, taken in two walkable days: the Westminster sights and the Tower on foot, a West End show by night, and a guided crawl through the City's oldest pubs.

A first London visit for young teenage boys, over four nights. The Crown Jewels and a wartime bunker, a rooftop walk over the O2 and celebrating Canada Day on Maiden Lane.