Ottawa native Bruce Maclaren opened Wymara Resort + Villas in 2009 and its recent renovation helped it secure a Forbes Travel Guide four-star rating for the second consecutive year.
The last time that my wife and I were on vacation, just the two of us, Ariana Grande was dating Pete Davidson, no one knew who or what a Baby Yoda might be, and Donald Trump had yet to be impeached (either for the first or second time). It was a different world, filled with different expectations of what a few days spent travelling in a new city might look like for a pair of lovebirds. Five long years later – oh, no wait, it’s actually been six – and the two of us were staring down a summer of no escape.
It’s not that vacationing with kids doesn’t offer its own kind of fun. But there is something to be said f