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Pint-Size Pros: Hotel Programs Put Kids to Work

Locations in this article:  San Francisco, CA

Why spoil your kids on vacation when you can put them right to work? Don’t worry, it’s more fun for everyone than it may sound.

Here’s how kids can get involved with their hotel stay, and learn a new skill in the process.

Several of the Historic Hotels of America are offering children the chance to become a hotel professional for a day.

At the Fairmont San Francisco, kids can take on doorman duties, where they hail cabs and tip their official doorman’s hat to incoming guests.

The Peabody Memphis invites kids to be a Duckmaster’s assistant, where little ones can lead the hotel’s famous rooftop ducks on their daily parade to the lobby fountain.

Budding equestrians can get hands-on experience in the stables at the Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire.

And at the Basin Harbor Club in Vermont, a junior staff program allows kids to be a bellman, boat captain, front desk manager or gardener and spend two hours learning their craft.

Looking for more info on traveling with kids? How about Traveling with Tweens?

Or for inter-generational travel, try GrandTravel: Tripping With Grandma.

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