SportCations Issue: July 2011
Summary: In today’s economy, families are looking for every way to stretch the dollar, and combining sports travel with the family vacation is one way to do that. “Families research what there is to see and do before, during and after a tournament. With the economy the way it is, sometimes it’s the only way that some families will have a vacation,” said Teresa Parmenter, governor of the Iowa Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (AAU). Cities, resorts and planners we spoke to for this article had suggestions about how to make the best of a “sport-cation.”