Best Family-Friendly All-Inclusive Hotel: Club Med PHOTO: © CLUB MED SANDPIPER BAY
Best in Family Travel Whereverfamily.com announces the winners of the 2022 Wherever Awards. BY KIMBERLY KROL INLANDER
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hereverFamily, Global Traveler’s sister web publication, is the trusted source for family travel, bringing readers daily content on all things family travel at a variety of budgets, destinations, familial configurations and much more. Readers from whereverfamily.com selected their favorites in the world of travel during the voting period, and now it’s time for fun and celebration as we announce those winners. Congratulations to all the honorees in the 2022 Wherever Awards, now in its fifth year. Let’s start with the family-friendly skies. United Airlines wins Best Family-Friendly Domestic Airline for the third year, alongside its MileagePlus program, Best Family-Friendly Frequent-Flyer Program, also three years running. Air Canada again takes home two honors: Best Family-Friendly Airline in North America, fourth year in a row, and Best Family-Friendly
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International Airline, third consecutive year. Let’s also take a moment here to acknowledge the winning airports in this year’s survey: For the third year in a row, Chicago Midway Airport is Best Family-Friendly Domestic Airport; its international counterpart is Istanbul Grand Airport, Best Family-Friendly International Airport. Miami International Airport takes home its second nod for Best Family-Friendly Airport Dining, and two-time Best Family-Friendly Airport Shopping winner is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. And whether you fly and drive upon arrival or road trip with the fam to your destination, choose Hertz, Best Family-Friendly Rental Car Company for the second consecutive year. Where to pick for your family to lay their heads during travel? Choose Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Best Family-Friendly Hotel Chain and Best Family-Friendly Resort Chain. Upsetting
THE PROCESS
Whereverfamily.com conducted a survey of its readers Dec. 14, 2021–March 30, 2022, with open-ended questions for the best in many categories important to the family travel market (including multigenerational families). This survey was conducted online at whereverfamily.com/ wherever-awards and emailed during the period in question. Only those questionnaires with more than 50 percent of the questions answered were counted. Those with less than 50 percent answered were discarded. Employees of the magazine and individuals associated with the travel industry could not participate in the survey.
