It\u2019s a big world out there and nothing beats discovering it with your kid. Far-flung destinations are enticing but big-ticket trips take time and planning. Even if you haven\u2019t planned ahead for the upcoming school holidays, you\u2019re in luck. Three family-friendly urban centers are only a short train or bus ride from NYC.<\/p>\n
Consider an impromptu getaway with our family travel guides to Philadelphia<\/strong><\/a>, Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or Baltimore<\/strong><\/a>. Kids ages 2-12 pay only 50% of the adult fare on Amtrak<\/a>, even for last-minute travel.<\/p>\n What are you waiting for? Ready, set, get going on your next family vacation.<\/p>\n Photo:\u00a0Darren Barnes<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s a big world out there and nothing beats discovering it with your kid. Far-flung destinations are enticing but big-ticket trips take time and planning. Even if you haven\u2019t planned ahead for the upcoming school holidays, you\u2019re in luck. Three family-friendly urban centers are only a short train or bus ride from NYC. Consider an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":50229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1508,350,747,315,973,358,907,332,748,330,316],"tags":[116,293,81,280,483,120,142,254,130,48,299,497,133,65,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-50216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amtrak-getaways","8":"category-baltimore","9":"category-bus-2","10":"category-day-trips","11":"category-daytrips-small-featured","12":"category-maryland","13":"category-pennsylvania-2","14":"category-philadelphia-2","15":"category-train-2","16":"category-washington-dc-destination","17":"category-weekend-getaways","18":"tag-amtrak","19":"tag-budget-friendly","20":"tag-concerts","21":"tag-cultural-getaway","22":"tag-family-friendly","23":"tag-family-fun","24":"tag-festival","25":"tag-free","26":"tag-green","27":"tag-historical-site","28":"tag-locally-sourced","29":"tag-museums","30":"tag-outdoors","31":"tag-park","32":"tag-train"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":50229,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10313817_10153096028128132_2023108794176101504_n-e1465076824746-300x169.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}