Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author best known for his tales of adventure, includingnbsp;Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,nbsp;Journey to the Center of the Earth, andnbsp;Around the World in Eighty Days. A true visionary, Verne foresaw the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, among many other inventions, and is now regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction.nbsp;
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 asUSA Today,theWall Street Journal,theNew York Timesas 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 has traveled around the… world with her three children and others in the family, talking to other traveling families wherever she goes.