Tips for travelling long haul with children

rail travel

Travelling long haul with children can be challenging and unpredictable. Sometimes we can prepare for every eventuality and still it feels as if everything goes wrong. Other times, you plan for weeks in advance of your trip, trying to anticipate everything and the little darlings totally surprise you. We’ve had good and bad experiences with […]

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Save money on your family rail travel

train travel

I love the idea of travelling by train as a family. The last big train trip we did altogether was actually to the Alps on our last skiing holiday. We travelled from Ashford to the Alps by train and the children absolutely loved it. Despite having four children (which at the time included a baby […]

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Planning a holiday in the Norfolk Broads

fun outside

Norfolk and the Norfolk Broads remind me of geography lessons at school. We studied The Broads as a topic for GCSE geography and I loved it. The Broads, a National Park with over 125 miles of navigable lock-free waterways, set in beautiful countryside, are possibly what Norfolk is most known for. The closest other example I can think […]

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Things to do in Devon with toddlers

a trip to the beach

Devon, a county in southwest England, is full of sandy beaches, fossil cliffs, medieval towns and moorland national parks. Devon is often known as The English Riviera, due to its series of picturesque, south-coast harbour towns including Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. For us it’s a long way to travel to get there, but when you […]

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Things to do in Kent with the family

Things to do in Kent

When I think of Kent I can’t help but think of the white cliffs of Dover. As well as them being a British icon, they are also a childhood memory of mine. For years, I travelled with my family backwards and forwards across the channel to France, and those white cliffs are a vivid part […]

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5 winter sun destinations to consider

Dubai fountains

After a couple of big storms in the UK recently, you might be thinking about how you can escape this awful weather. I’ve got a few winter sun destinations here for you to consider, without having to travel too far. Dubai Dubai is such a great place to holiday, even if you only have a […]

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What to expect from a holiday in Orlando

Orlando Villas

Have you been to Orlando with your family before? Orlando is a hugely popular travel destination for families, with so much to see and do, it’s one of those sort after travel destinations. So what can you expect from a family holiday in Orlando? Expect to have crazy amounts of fun Whether you are cruising […]

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Things to do in Hawaii with children

turtles in Hawaii

A good friend of mine talks about their dream family holiday being to head off to Hawaii all together. Is it somewhere you have considered as a family holiday? It’s not somewhere I had ever really put on my radar for family holidays before, so I started looking into it. Turns out Hawaii looks like […]

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