"I have to go to the bathroom!" "Are we there yet?" "Mom, he hit me!" Sound like a typical family vacation? Forget about the old, tired road trips in the wood-paneled station wagon. The Web has loads of new ideas for making those family excursions more fun for everyone. Check out these sections: Trip preparation for kids and adults and vacation ideas and advice.

Trip Preparation for Kids and Adults

All family members can benefit from learning about their trip's destination. Everyone from Grandpa to Baby Joey can profit from a visit to Excite Travel, which features an easy-to-use destination information source. Just click on the map and you're there. Home and Family offers predeparture advice for families making a journey with young children. If you are worried about flying with your toddlers Parent Soup's Tips for Flying With Children are not to be missed.

At some point you are going to have to drive a long way with the family, and for that you will definitely need games, and lots of 'em. Check out this list of cool games and activities that the whole family will enjoy (and it might even save your sanity). Disney-owned Family.com?s column on car games for kids has good game ideas and some hilarious reader travel stories. Parent Globetrotting With The Kids on Pathfinder offers an in-depth look at "Making travel fun for the kids and easy on the parents." Still worried about family vacation meltdown? Parents can consult misc.kids.vacation, a Usenet newsgroup dedicated to the subject of family vacations for some firsthand advice.

Ideas For Family Trips

For starters, the kids still love a good amusement park. Nowadays, any park worth its mascot has a site on the Web--many of which are compiled in Yahoo!'s large directory of parks. Accessing the parks' websites will allow you to know what to expect, prices of tickets, directions on how to get there and, often, how to buy tickets online. The mother of all amusement parks, Disney World has a site that is almost as much fun to visit as the real thing.

You can do a lot more with the kiddies than ride roller coasters, of course. Family.com regularly updates its travel features; check in often for timely and novel vacation ideas. Families that are serious about their travels can subscribe to the Family Travel Forum and receive "unbiased information, informed advice and practical tips" about, you guessed it, family travel. Have Children, Will Travel boasts "guides packed full of fun family adventures, and even insider secrets. And if you and the kids can stand being together on a boat for a couple of weeks, Familycruises.com specializes in filling up boats with families. For one-stop shopping on cruises, hotels, and attractions, head over to Young Family Travelers.

Stay-At-Home Trips

If a family vacation is not in the budget this year, send your kids on some virtual trips, like this one to the White House (hosted by the first cat, Socks). And just for inspiration, check out a family that really had its stuff together and went on a year-long road trip in an RV.