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Things to Do in #Savannah for #Summer 2013 | #thingstodo #family

Downtown Savannah horse carriage | Photo (c) Sandy Traub

Kids love the horses and pedicabs, fun breakfast in the courtyard at Presidents’ Quarters Inn and spotting tug boats, playing on the beach, doing art (not just seeing it), live music, and dolphins at play!

SAVANNAH Georgia (May 25, 2013) — Scratching your heads about what do with the kids in summer 2013? Roadtrip!

Located on the USA east coast, the family-friendly Presidents’ Quarters Inn shares some summer events in Savannah and happenings nearby.

Savannah’s got what kids love! — fireworks, ice cream, pedicabs, puppet shows, horses, summer movies, candy shops, live music, a sandy beach (only 20 minutes, driving east), interactive art and water spray pools, and dolphin cruises.  Nearby waters are great spots for ecology trips, kayaking, and paddle surfing.

Telfair Museums — Owens-Thomas House, Jepson Center, and Telfair Academy of Art — offer free admission to military families — Memorial Day through Labor Day (September 2, 2013). “Free admission is offered as part of the Telfair’s partnership with the Blue Star Museums program, which offers military families the chance to visit museums across the country free of charge this summer” states the release:

Turn your youngster loose with a digital camera to record their own memories.  We put odds on lots of dog pictures, plus people playing in Forsyth Park where there’s a playground, tennis courts, lots of runners, interactive spray pool, and organic eatery nearby. Farmer’s Market is on Saturdays, beginning at 9 a.m.

Kid favorites include Pedicab (bike cab) | Photo (c) Sandy Traub

Bike cabs are called Pedi-cabs in Savannah and young kids love to ride in them!

For families exploring organic gardening, you’ll love to see the SCAD Community Garden on Boundary Street, near the Talmadge Bridge entrance to downtown Savannah.   See the cows in the field at Bethesda Academy Farm & Gardens (one of America’s oldest orphanages) with a delightful farmer’s market under the trees on Thursday (3-5 p.m.).

  • First Friday fireworks (each month) on the riverfront, 9:30 p.m., on Historic River Street.
  • Through August 9: Children’s puppet shows at Angela Beasley’s “Puppet People” in Thunderbolt
  • Through September 30: Savannah Sand Gnats Baseball
  • May 31 – August 9: The Beat Goes On, live music on stage at historic Savannah Theatre
  • May 31 – June 15 (various dates & times): “Frog and the Toad”, Savannah Children’s Theatre (children from grades 2 – 7, by audition only cast)
  • May 31 – June 2: First Annual Blues, Jazz & BBQ Festival on the Savannah riverfront. Continue reading →
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Part 2: Splendiferous #Summer in #Savannah: Presidents’ Quarters Inn Answers “Why go to Savannah, Georgia in Summer?”

In Part 2 of Presidents’ Quarters Inn’s “Why go to Savannah, Georgia in Summer?” the top tier Savannah mini-hotel continues with its generous list of summer vacation ideas. Family fun includes in-city and day trips along the USA Atlantic Ocean shore near Savannah, Hilton Head Island, and Tybee Island.  (Part 1 is here.)

Beach near Savannah is Tybee Island | Photo (c) Sandy Traub

The beach nearest Savannah is Tybee Island (once officially Savannah Beach).

SAVANNAH Georgia (May 20, 2013) –  Unique for a top-tier historic inn, Presidents’ Quarters Inn in Savannah invites discerning, exploring young families and multi-generational families to stay in Savannah for a summer vacation with children.

With that invitation the inn shares also family vacation tips for day trip exploring and fun, interactive children’s activities in Savannah and nearby family spots including Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and Tybee Island, Georgia. Continue reading →

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Splendiferous Summer in #Savannah: Presidents’ Quarters Inn Answers “Why go to Savannah, Georgia in Summer?”

Presidents’ Quarters Inn offers 2013 family summer travel tips — endearing and affordable summer family vacation ideas for great family vacations on the east coast — “Splendiferous Summer in Savannah, Smiling and Sunny.” Part 1. (Part 2 continues here.)

SAVANNAH Georgia (May 20, 2013) – It is perfectly logical. Dr. Seuss books appeal to adults.  Savannah appeals to multi-generational families.

Dolphin near Fort Pulaski | Photo Fort Pulaski

Dolphin near Fort Pulaski National Monument, between Savannah and Tybee Island, GA

Yes, the same author that wrote Green Eggs and Ham also wrote You’re Only Old Once for senior adults, and Oh! The Places You’ll Go for graduates—Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel.  Conversely, the same sunny, Savannah-by-the-sea vacation spot delivers up southern rascals and clandestine escapades for novelists and spectacular backdrops for movie makers. Plus, America’s most beautiful city is the friendly, fun-loving Hostess City of the South that is pleasing multi-generational and young families in greater numbers.

Now the city’s award-winning B&B, Presidents’ Quarters Inn, introduces an imaginative grouping of cloud-nine spots for families. Celebrity dining spots, ocean-highway forts, water-way junkets, nostalgic ice cream and candy shops, and nearby beach time are among the “Splendiferous Summer in Savannah” vacation tips.

LSavannah-20130524-01732ocated within a one-hour swathe east of Interstate 95, the inn points beyond what is classic in Savannah.

“Take some leisure time on the Georgia Barrier Islands along the southeast Atlantic Ocean shores, and the nearby Low Country of South Carolina,” encourages executive innkeeper Jane Sales.  Continue reading →

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Presidents’ Quarters Inn, A Film Location in “The Savannah Way To Stay”, a Mini Travel Video Produced by Romantic Inns of Savannah

You’ll see Presidents’ Quarters Inn in the new Savannah travel video for Romantic Inns of Savannah:  The Savannah Way to Stay.  The inn’s Oglethorpe Square setting was a movie location also in Roots (1977), the popular television series. As one of a dozen historic bed and breakfasts in the marketing collective, we regard highly the smartness of shared brand messaging among our historic Savannah inns. We applaud the travel video’s focus on the generous complimentary amenities (varied by each B&B owner) in a dozen local, family owned Romantic Inns in the historic district. Below is the press release and video.  Please enjoy and share your comments. 

Best Savannah B&B a movie location in A Savannah Way to Stay (c) Romantic Inns of Savannah

The courtyard at Presidents’ Quarters Inn, seen in “The Savannah Way to Stay”, a 2-minute mini-film produced by Romantic Inns of Savannah

SAVANNAH, Georgia (April 29, 2013) — In a town popular for its Savannah Film Festival and Hollywood movie making, it is no surprise that standout bed and breakfasts now turn the spotlight to themselves. In The Savannah Way to Stay the Romantic Inns of Savannah LLC highlights an important, yet overlooked word that defines their generosity — complimentary.

“What a delight to be pampered in so many unexpected ways,” announces Jim Carswell of Spyhop Productions, who produced and narrates the video.  The association of privately owned Savannah bed and breakfasts in the National Landmark Historic District commissioned the USA travel video.

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Fun Family Vacations in Georgia: Spring / Summer Fun in Savannah from Presidents’ Quarters Inn

USA beach fun, plus more, for a mini-family vacation in Savannah on the Georgia Coast!  April is the “Fairies and Gnomes Festival” at Oatland Island, a free admission week at Fort Pulaski National Monument, and the Turtle Trot beach race and turtle release on Tybee Island.  May is “National Kids to Parks Day” (a Let’s Move! initiative). June is National Zoo and Aquarium month.

Skidaway Island Georgia State Park playground in Savannah GA USA

Skidaway Island State Park Playground & Picnic Tables. Free admission. $5 parking fee.

SAVANNAH Georgia — Many of  Savannah’s best kept secrets for families are off the beaten path — natural, cultural, historical, and recreational vacation spots.  With a bounty of family friendly attractions, Skidaway Island, Oatland Island, and Tybee Island are Georgia Barrier Islands that are easily accessible by car along the Georgia coast.

According to Presidents’ Quarters Inn, Savannah’s awarding-winning “Best Savannah Inn / B&B”, 2013 spring and summer family fun resources are plentiful for a mini family vacation in Savannah.

In fascinating ways kids can get up close with nature and learn about wildlife — mammals, birds, and reptiles — that live around Savannah, Georgia’s Atlantic Ocean coast line. Continue reading →

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Championing Savannah as the Young Family’s Vacation Spot the Historic Presidents’ Quarters Inn Points to Spring Happenings

In April 2013 the Sidewalk Art in Forsyth Park, river dolphin tours, free days at Fort Pulaski National Monument, and the First Annual Savannah Children’s Museum Bug Festival will attract young families to Savannah, Georgia USA.

Wormsloe Plantation in Savannah GA | Photo Georgia State Parks

Historic reenactments at Wormsloe, a Georgia State Park in Savannah, Georgia USA

Savannah, GA (PRWEB) March 27, 2013 — The city’s top historic bed and breakfast inn, Presidents’ Quarters Inn, is out to champion the family’s mini vacation in Savannah, GA. Perhaps the idea of Savannah as a family friendly vacation spot is one of the genteel city’s best kept secrets.

“This beautiful southern city is where a child’s imaginings become real!” shares executive innkeeper Jane Sales. In the celebratory spirit of Old Savannah, discerning families now visit to acquaint their children with new experiences together. Sidewalk Art in Forsyth Park is a favorite annually (April 27, 2013). Minor League Baseball (Savannah Sand Gnats, Class A affiliate of New York Mets) begins in April and runs through early September. At Fort Pulaski National Monument free admission days are during National Park Week (April 22-26). Continue reading →

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Fascinating Children: An Alphabet Soup of Savannah Family Vacation Ideas from Presidents’ Quarters Inn

Presidents’ Quarters Inn in Savannah, Georgia, introduces an alphabet soup of exciting family vacation ideas. Spot a lion on main street, alligators and rare fish, big ships, dolphins in the city and in the rivers, and statues that honor the brave. Discover pigs and donkeys residing in the wild. See “the Castle” downtown and build sand castles on the beach. Be right there when songbirds and turtles race out to sea, cannons fire in real forts, and soldiers march with muskets. Meet real life boat captains, artists, and train engineers. Ride diesel and steam engines, a street car, water taxis, and pedicabs. Dine where character-rich pirates partied. Sleep where heroes lived and visited.

Wormsloe Plantation in Savannah GA | Photo Georgia State Parks

Soldier reenactments at Wormsloe Historic Site, a Georgia State Park in Savannah, Georgia USA. Photo: Georgia State Parks

SAVANNAH Georgia – Young families are discovering Savannah as their vacation destination. Why? The city and surrounds offer enticing,  creative places to explore and engage school-age children.

“Savannah is where a child’s imaginings become real!  Simple things capture children’s fascination – those things that they do not see or do day-to-day,” says Jane Sales, a lifelong children’s advocate and executive innkeeper at Presidents’ Quarters Inn.  “Exploring with children stirs their imagination and brings excitement to learning.”

Jane relays several scenes from one family’s Savannah vacation. For Georgia Week festivities the family had driven in from Jacksonville, Florida, and stayed at the upscale historic inn. Continue reading →