Labor Day Weekend Deals Your Family Will Love

Tradewinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida (Tradewinds Resorts)

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Hoping to get away for Labor Day weekend? There’s still time to score a budget-friendly escape. The three-day holiday weekend is the perfect chance for one last summer family fling, as destinations and resorts around the country roll out end-of-summer events and activities. Here’s where to bid a fond farewell to summer:

Tyler Place Family Resort (Highgate Springs, Vermont)

Tyler Place Family Resort in Highgate Springs, Vermont (Tyler Place)

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This marvelous all-inclusive family camp-style resort in northwestern Vermont has the best children’s program we’ve run across, with nine age-staggered groups from babies to teens and a stupendous array of activities for grownups, too. If you’ve got preschoolers and can turn the holiday weekend into an entire week’s vacation, then you can take advantage of late-season rates and save 30 to 50 percent off your stay.

(MORE: Find other exciting kid-friendly getaways for the summer.)

Whiteface Lodge (Lake Placid, New York)

Whiteface Lodge in Lake Placid, New York (Whiteface Lodge)

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This grand mountain retreat—the only all-suite property in the Adirondacks—is luxurious without ever being stuffy or pretentious. Families can enjoy the heated indoor-outdoor pool, nature trails, catch-and-release fishing pond, movie theater, games room, bowling alley, nightly s’mores, and more. Book the 3-night Stay & Play Rewards Credit Package and receive $100 in daily resort credit.

Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort (Phoenix, Arizona)

Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix, Arizona (Hilton Hotels & Resorts)

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Rates at this plush desert resort start at just $139 a night with a two-night minimum stay over Labor Day weekend. Families can splash into a weekend of fun in the sun at the resort’s four-acre River Ranch water park complete with a half-mile lazy river, water slide, sport pool, mini golf, and more. During the holiday weekend, families can enjoy double dive-in movies and an outdoor hoedown with music, dancing and poolside activities.

Tradewinds Island Grand Resort (St. Pete Beach, Florida)

This popular Gulf Coast oceanfront resort throws a beach party every Labor Day weekend that’s complete with music, carnival games, and fireworks. The Endless Summer package includes a three-night stay in a deluxe guestroom, free use of a beach cabana, and tickets to the resort’s Sunday beach party and fireworks.

(MORE: Find more money-saving deals for your family summer getaway.)

Resort at Squaw Creek (Lake Tahoe, California)

Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe, California (Resort at Squaw Creek)

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This plush Tahoe resort offers a ton of family fun, from its four pools and 120-foot waterslide to hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, tennis, and fly fishing. Kids ages 4 to 12 can attend the Mountain Buddies program and golf-loving families can play an easy round on the front nine holes from family tees. The Labor Day in Lake Tahoe package includes a $50 food and beverage credit.

Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, a family travel expert, contributed this to MiniTime.