The Kid's Guide to Camping

Award-winning author Eileen Ogintz is a leading national family travel expert whose syndicated column Taking the Kids is the most widely distributed column in the country on family travel. She has also created TakingtheKids.com which helps families to make the most of their vacations together. Ogintz is the author of seven family travel books and is often quoted in major publications such as USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times as well as parenting and women's magazines on family travel. She has appeared on such television programs as "The Today Show," "Good Morning America" and "Oprah," as well as dozens of local radio and television news programs. She lives in Denver, Colorado.


Kampgrounds of America is the industry leader in outdoor hospitality with the world’s largest private network of open-to-the-public campgrounds. There are more than 500 KOA-franchised campgrounds. There are KOA campgrounds in nearly every U.S. state (except Hawaii and Rhode Island) and in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. KOA is based in Billings, Montana.