Bishop’s Lodge Reopens

Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe has been fully reimagined with a renovation by Auberge Resorts and is ready to open! To celebrate, stay for a minimum of four nights and receive a $100 per night resort credit.  You can use your credits for a variety of activities including art tours, outdoor adventures along with wellness, and culinary experiences. On-property recreation also includes a pool, gym, mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding.  Off property, you can indulge in pottery making at a local studio, go white water rafting, fly fishing, and more. Set on 317 acres bordering the Santa Fe National Forest, the resort is minutes away from Santa Fe’s historic plaza and has 100 accommodation options including rooms, suites, multi-room casitas, and a 12-bedroom house ideal for your next multi-generational getaway! The resort credit promotion is available for stays through December 19.  

Summer at Sundance

Still looking for a summer getaway? Sundance Mountain Resort, an hour from the Salt Lake City airport, boasts a myriad of warm-weather activities for every adventure level. Enjoy riding the chairlift for scenic views, mountain biking, hiking, zip-lining, fly fishing, and horseback riding. There are also an array of art classes for pottery, painting, soap making, leather journal making, handmade jewelry, and glass blowing.  Release your creative energy and bring home a unique souvenir! The spa has treatments for adults and children and there is an amphitheater as well. This year-round resort, founded by Robert Redford in 1969 for the Sundance Film Festival, showcases hotel rooms, family-sized suites, and gorgeous homes that sleep 4-15 people.

New England with Disney

Starting May 2022, your family can explore the sights and taste the flavors of New England with Adventures by Disney. The new guided vacation will explore Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine with its quaint seaside villages, historic cities, breathtaking landscapes, and incredible food. The itinerary includes Lake Champlain in Burlington and nearby Stowe, Vermont; the White Mountains of New Hampshire; and Bar Harbor, Maine. The tour includes a variety of activities for all ages such as bike riding, carriage tours, lobster feasts, museum visits, a lake cruise, sailing, kayaking, and more. Adventures by Disney will offer six New England family departures between May and October 2022 (and several adult-only options in the fall while the leaves are changing). They are also doubling their recently introduced Private Adventures vacation portfolio, offering families of up to 12 people even more flexibility and unique ways to visit some of the world’s must-see places. Newly introduced private destinations include Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; England and France; New Zealand; Australia; South Africa; and Ireland.

Enchantment Family Adventure

The Enchantment Resort in Sedona, AZ wants you to break away from your usual vacation routine with a mix of adventure and activities your whole family can enjoy together. They are offering a special Family Adventure package that includes your accommodations plus:

• Welcome “snack attack” amenity
• 2-hour Family Mountain Bike Adventure
• 3-hour Table Top Vortex Family Hike
• 2-hour Private Broken Arrow Pink Jeep (for up to six people)
• $350 dining credit towards a family BBQ on your casita suite terrace

This upscale resort is surrounded by stunning red rocks and features spacious rooms and suites with up to two bedrooms.  Your family can also enjoy a wide variety of recreation and dining including great golf, spa (currently under construction, but treatments still available), pool, gym, tennis, biking and hiking trails, children’s program, private art classes, stargazing, and more! The family package just requires a three-night minimum length of stay.

Free Williamsburg Tickets

Book a stay at one of Colonial Williamsburg’s resorts and receive up to two complimentary, length-of-stay admission tickets to explore the Historic Area and Art Museums. Choose from a variety of rooming options in all price ranges at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites, Griffin Hotel, and Colonial Houses. These properties are close to the historical sights and the Merchants Square shopping district, with more than 25 dining options. Your family will also receive discount coupons for activities such as unique evening programs and preferred dining reservations at the Historic Dining Taverns. Also, enjoy nearby Busch Gardens with nightly fireworks and 12 championship golf courses.

Four Seasons Expansion

Four Seasons Resorts will open two new domestic properties this year. The Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley is located in the charming town of Calistoga. It will feature 85 luxurious accommodations, two outdoor pools, a children’s program, and a spa along with the highly anticipated TRUSS Restaurant and Bar led by Michelin-starred Chef Erik Anderson.  The Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Orleans is partnering with award-winning chef Alon Shaya, who is developing a signature restaurant concept for the new 34-story riverfront hotel in the World Trade Center on Canal Street, which will also feature a spa and rooftop pool. We also look forward to hearing more about opening a new Four Seasons property in Ft. Lauderdale. 

Duvine in the USA

DuVine Cycling + Adventure Co., a luxury cycling tour operator, has recently launched a series of new itineraries across the United States, including both group and private departures in Hawaii, Vermont, Virginia, Maine, and New York. DuVine also introduced a new backcountry ski tour in Aspen that targets winter-sport enthusiasts and private villa rentals in Hawaii with custom bike tours and other adventures included. Their dedicated tours in the United States for families now include Maine, Santa Barbara and Santa Fe/Taos.  Each tour is chock full of great biking, other outdoor adventures such as kayaking and hiking, and an array of cultural activities to really experience each destination such as boating with a local lobsterman in Maine, surf lessons in Santa Barbara and rafting down the Rio Grande in New Mexico.  Recently Lindblad Expeditions bought a majority stake in Duvine Cycling adding experience and resources to the biking company’s operations.

Glamp It Up in Florida

LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, FL wants to turn your overnight stay into a special memory for your children. The beachfront resort is now offering child-friendly and themed tents to create a unique and fun in-room sleeping experience. In partnership with Kids Dream Factory, you can choose from three adorable tent themes: Mermaid, Nautical, and Beach. The in-room camping experience includes a hand-crafted tent, real mattress with themed bedding, themed decor, rug, lantern, breakfast tray, and more. La Playa is a deluxe, beachfront resort with plenty of amenities and recreation for the entire family.  It showcases 189 rooms and suites, plenty of dining options, pool with cabana rentals, watersports, spa, gym with fitness classes, golf, bike rentals, beach butlers, nightly bonfires, and more. As Noble House Advisors, we can also offer you $100 in resort credits and breakfast for two daily!

Business-of-Play Lounge

The Chicago Children’s Museum has been closed throughout the pandemic; so they are bringing their exhibits to a unique pop-up experience at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel through May 31.  Your family will find a variety of interactive favorites in the Business-of Play Lounge (the converted business lounge) including puffball catapults, a large-scale playground with areas for climbing, and building a fort city.  Children and adults can play and learn together. Each family will be given a private visit to the lounge for an hour at a time.  Children will also receive a gift bag full of fun activities, books, and more to enjoy in your room and at home. The stylish hotel is located in The Loop and features an indoor and outdoor pool, huge gym, restaurant, outdoor terrace with firepits, and is close to a variety of local parks. A portion of every package booked goes to support the Chicago Children’s Museum!

Paws Up Family Offer

Receive $500 per person in resort credits and 10 percent off rates when booking an all-inclusive package this summer at Montana’s Resort at Paws Up.  Just stay a minimum of five nights.  Your lodging, all meals and drinks (including alcohol), daily activities, and Kids Corps of Discovery activities for ages 3–12 are all included!  You can choose to stay in a luxury home that sleeps up to 8 or a butler-serviced glamping tent that sleeps up to six. Your resort credit may be used for excursions, spa treatments and more. The upscale resort encompasses 37,000 beautiful acres in the Montana wilderness, but is only 35 miles from the Missoula airport. Ranch activities are endless and include trail riding, fly-fishing, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, cliff rappelling, and even cattle driving. The property is also opening adult-only treehouses this June.