Travel Writers Review Tyler Place Family Resort Vacations

Long before family resorts were in vogue, travel writers across the country began writing about The Tyler Place Family Resort. And over the years they've written dozens and dozens of reviews and stories featuring our most innovative features: the finely-tuned, age-staggered kids programs, private dining time for parents, our amazing young staff, the family inclusive activities, and the warm, friendly, off-beat atmosphere that bring families back year after year. Above all, they write because The Tyler Place is simply a great story containing 75 years of stories provided by generations of guests and staff and the ever-increasing Tyler family.

"A self-contained village of activities, accommodations, a lake, and fields, Tyler Place is a model of how to cater to every age group from 1-80." Meryl Pearlstein, ClubMom.com "Selected as one of "the Ten Best Family-Friendly Resorts" with first-rate family serivces;" CHILD MAGAZINE ""The Tyler Place prides itself on its unique formula. It's honestly like "family camp" with Old-Fashioned Fun as its motto." Jeanne Muchnick, ClubMom.com "The Tyler family had assured us there would be offerings to meet everyone's needs a summer camp for all. And so there were." Alexandra Kennedy, Family Fun "While away the afternoons canoeing, swimming and fishing with your progeny, but spend mornings and all meals with your contemporaries." Steve Jermanok, New England Travel & Life "What lures us back again and again is that the Tyler Place provides a genuinely eventful yet still pleasant family holiday." Suzanne Berne, New York Times "...great old-fashioned fun for the whole family smack dab in the middle of today's busy world." Brian Coughlin, www.canoe.ca "At the Tyler Place, family fun means creating a balance between kids' fun and private time for parents." Family Travel & Resorts, by Pamela Lanier, Lanier Publishing International, Ltd. "It's a place where kids experience summer camp and adults feel they're on vacation." Lisa Rathke, Associated Press "Owned by the same family since 1933 and set on 165 acres, Tyler Place combines old-time flavor with up-to-date services and amenities." Eileen Ognitz, Child Magazine "All the familiar sports (tennis, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, biking, plus fitness, recreation and game rooms, and indoor and outdoor heated swimming pools), traditions, and private time for adults have made Tyler Place unique as a family resort for 65 years." Kids VT "What fun my kids had! (ages 12 and 7)" Paul Roberts, Today's Parent Toronto! "Best of Vermont Awards--One of five family resorts." Vermont Magazine "The Tyler Place was one of the first resorts to devote itself entirely to families . . . it's the kind of place that families return to again and again. What many guests like most is the hospitable atmosphere of the many and varied activities, with never any pressure to participate." Janet Tice & Jane Wilford, Globe Pequot, 100 Best Family Resorts In North America "The Tyler Place is one of the few resorts that welcomes newborns, infants and toddlers with open arms; it's a place where the wishes and needs of families come first. This family owned resort's philosophy is that families on vacation should have time to spend together, time to pursue individual interests, and time for parents to be a couple." Cary Yager, Contemporary Books, Unbelievably Good Deals "If our son were writing this article, he would suggest you move there." Chris Hedges, New York Sunday Times "The Tyler Place sets the standard for family resorts in the United States." Martha Shirk, visiting co-author of Super Family Vacations "Super family place with great kids' programs . . . facilities for babies and toddlers . . . high quality care." Dorothy Jordon, Family Travel Times "Golf at 3 nearby country clubs . . . included are sailing, windsurfing, tennis, canoeing, fishing boats, swimming (heated indoor and outdoor pools and lake)." Recommended Family Resorts, by Wilford and Tice, The Globe Pequot Press "The (7) separate children's programs are very successful . . . guests come back year after year . . . one of the few resorts that will make arrangements for children as young as one month." Super Family Vacations, by Shirk and Klepper, Harper Collins "The mood is informal, the atmosphere low-key . . . every age group is taken care of." Great Vacations with Your Kids, by Jordon & Cohen, E. P. Dutton "Just about every form of recreation for adults and children . . . one of the country's oldest and most popular resorts." Vermont, An Explorer's Guide by Tree and Jennison, The Countrymen Press "It's summer camp for the whole family at Tyler Place." The Resort Report, Sharon Jaffe Dan, Family Fun Magazine "The Tyler Place was chosen for inclusion in" The 10 Best Resorts for Families" Lauren Bernstein, PARENTS Magazine "The only winner of our Top 10 award for three years running, The Tyler Place remains a favorite choice of parents who return year after year, with newborns through teens, sometimes even as grandparents hosting a reunion!" Fran Falkin, Family Travel Forum "America's original family camp and the model for many that have followed." Yankee Magazine "Children are well entertained in morning and evening activities . . . hospitable atmosphere . . . beautiful setting." What To Do With The Kids This Year, by Wilford and Tice, East Woods Press "Beautifully located . . . only a 4-hour drive from Boston . . . how you can take a vacation with a young child and really enjoy it." Boston Parents Paper "The highlight at Tyler Place is its extensive and excellent children's programs, eight in all." Great Nature Vacations with Your Kids by Dorothy Jordon