| Recent studies concluded that Hawaii family vacations | | | | Family cruises or beach houses may be the best |
| rated number one among 2006 hot family vacation | | | | selection for a gender safe vacation and a near equal |
| destinations. One third of the respondents think a | | | | percent of men and women preferred one of the |
| beach house in Hawaii would be the best family | | | | two. |
| vacation. | | | | Disney vacations represented fourteen percent of |
| The second rated among desired family vacation | | | | the respondents. Eight percent went to Lake Tahoe |
| destinations was Caribbean or Mexico family cruise | | | | ski trips and dude ranches was four percent. With |
| vacations. The cruise and Hawaiian beach house | | | | Washington DC and the many government buildings |
| proved to be the most gender-safe vacation options. | | | | having three percent. Interesting enough is the fact |
| More than four fifths of 16 to 20 year-old | | | | 25-34 year-old women mostly preferred a Disney |
| respondents favored the Hawaii family vacation or | | | | family vacation. |
| cruise to any other vacation choice. | | | | Overall, fifteen percent of the men liked the Lake |
| More than 60 million tourists traveled to Hawaii in | | | | Tahoe family vacation the most, and the Disney |
| 2006 alone reported by the State of Hawaii's | | | | vacation represented seven percent the least. |
| Department of Business, Economic Development, and | | | | Contrary to expectations, eighteen percent of the |
| Tourism. In addition, the top ten family resorts stated | | | | women best-loved the Disney family vacation, in |
| by Travel and Leisure Magazine are the Hilton | | | | opposition to the four percent for Lake Tahoe family |
| Waikoloa Village and the Four Seasons Resort Haulalai | | | | vacation . |
| at Historic Kaupulehu, the two on the Big Island. | | | | On the Travel and Leisure Magazine's top ten family |
| Family cruise vacations also rated very high among | | | | resorts list was Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge, Disney |
| the respondents. About one third stated interest in a | | | | Wilderness Lodge, and Disney BoardWalk Inn and |
| Caribbean or Mexico cruise. Can you say Pina Colada? | | | | Villas, all of which are in Orlando, Fl. |