[2] Kemmons Wilson, who founded the Holiday Inn brand in 1952, is credited with starting "family travel" as a hotel concept after a road trip in which his five kids were charged $2 per head per night by motels.
[3] Back in 1950, Delta Air Lines[4] sold a "Family Plan" that allowed children under 2 years old to fly free with their parents.
The same year, American Airlines and Northeast Airlines allowed mothers and children to pay half the fare when traveling with dad mid-week, while TWA advertised that their air hostesses were trained to help moms with their babies, who flew free of charge.
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