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Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Williamsburg Williamsburg has a reputation as a theme park city, which makes families assume everythi…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Washington DC No city in America gives families more for free than Washington DC. The entire Smithson…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Virginia Beach Virginia Beach has a reputation as a place where you spend all day paying for things —…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Tampa Tampa has a reputation as a pricey theme park destination, and Busch Gardens will absolutely ea…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in St. Louis St. Louis might be the best city in the country for a family on a budget. The park system i…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Sedona Sedona has a reputation for expensive resort pricing. That reputation is earned — but it's als…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Seattle Seattle has one of the best free activity rosters of any major US city for families. Genuinel…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Scottsdale You can have a great family day in Scottsdale without spending $200 at the Talking Stick E…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Savannah Savannah costs as much as you let it. The hotels and restaurants in the Historic District wi…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Santa Cruz Santa Cruz has enough free and low-cost options that a family of 4 can fill two full days …
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in San Juan Puerto Rico is a US territory with US prices in some areas — but the best family experiences…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in San Francisco San Francisco has a reputation for being expensive, and for good reason — but the city'…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in San Diego San Diego has a reputation for being expensive. It's a fair one. But the city also has more…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in San Antonio San Antonio has more genuinely free, genuinely good family activities than most cities it…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City has one of the best free outdoor recreation networks of any major Ameri…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Portland Portland is one of the few major West Coast cities where you can have a legitimately great f…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Pigeon Forge Pigeon Forge has a reputation as an expensive tourist town, and some of it is earned. Bu…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Philadelphia A full family day in Philadelphia does not have to cost $200. The city has a legitimate …
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Outer Banks You're already spending a lot on the rental house. The good news about the Outer Banks sp…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Orlando Orlando doesn't have to mean theme parks. The city has an underrated collection of free parks…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in New York City The most expensive city in America also has more genuinely free, world-class family act…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in New Orleans New Orleans has a reputation as an expensive party city. For families, the reality is dif…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Nashville Nashville has a reputation as an expensive city, and hotel rates will back that up. But the…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Myrtle Beach A Myrtle Beach family trip doesn't have to run $300 a day. The city is stacked with free…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Moab Moab has a reputation for expensive guided tours and pricey lodging, and that's not wrong. But t…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Minneapolis Minneapolis runs almost entirely free for families willing to work with what the city's p…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Milwaukee Milwaukee is legitimately affordable for families. The zoo is cheaper than Chicago's. The l…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Miami Miami's reputation as an expensive city is overstated. There's a substantial collection of genu…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Maui Maui is expensive. Resort prices, tourist-area restaurants, and activity operators that charge $…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Los Angeles LA's reputation as an expensive city is partly deserved and mostly overblown when it come…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Las Vegas Las Vegas has a reputation as an expensive city. That reputation is well-earned for adults.…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe has a reputation for expensive ski trips. That reputation is earned. But the ou…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Kansas City Kansas City has more free than people expect. A Hallmark-sponsored art studio. A nature c…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Jackson Hole Jackson Hole has a reputation for being expensive — and in many ways, that's earned. But…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Houston Houston punches well above its weight for free family activities. Twenty-two of the 61 kid-fr…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Honolulu Hawaii has a reputation for being expensive, and it is — if you default to tourist packages …
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Hilton Head Hilton Head has a high-end reputation that scares families off — unnecessarily. The islan…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Destin Destin has a reputation for being expensive, and some of it is earned. But there's a solid lis…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Denver Denver's outdoor options alone give you weeks of free family activities. But there are solid c…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Dallas Dallas has more free and genuinely affordable family activities than most people realize. The …
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Chicago Chicago's free options are genuinely excellent — not just filler. Lincoln Park Zoo. Maggie Da…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral surprises people. The Space Coast is known for Kennedy Space Center's $…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Branson Branson markets itself as a budget family destination, but the Strip will eat your money if y…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Boston Boston has a reputation for being expensive, and some of it's earned. But the city's parks, pl…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Austin Austin might be expensive to live in, but it's one of the better family travel destinations fo…
Free & Cheap Things to Do with Kids in Atlanta Atlanta has more genuinely free family activities than most cities its size. You don't have t…