When my husband and son signed up for an Easter holiday football trip, my 18 year-old student daughter and I knew what we had to do – book a trip ourselves. My daughter’s favourite place from InterRailing last summer was Berlin. As I’d never been there, we decided that this was where we should go. […]
What to do when your teenager doesn’t want to go on your family holiday
If your teen happily goes along with all of your family holiday plans, then move along now, there’s nothing for you here. If you have younger children, and can’t imagine them not wanting to travel with you, then make the most of it. They may laugh at your jokes and think that you’re beautiful, wise […]
Family travel with teenagers: why villa holidays work
I’ve teamed up with Villa Plus to look at why villa holidays work so well for families with teenagers. Space When they’re not on a family holiday, most teenagers probably spend more time with their peers than they do with their families. So when the whole family is together on holiday, it can be tricky, […]
What to do when your teen goes travelling
I wrote this when my teenage daughter went travelling with a friend for the first time: Right now, I’m a fretful mama bear. For no good reason. Except that my daughter, aged 17, has finished her exams and is currently InterRailing her way around six European countries with a school friend. Which is brilliant, and should […]
How to help your child learn to drive
My first driving lesson wasn’t a success. I was keen to learn to drive as soon as I was old enough, as were all of my friends in the rural area where I grew up. We were fed up with walking and cycling everywhere, and we wanted access to Saturday jobs and the freedom to […]
Visiting St Petersburg: a teen’s view
This is a guest post by Annabel Buxton, 17. Annabel went on holiday to Russia this summer with her family. You can read Annabel’s post about their time in Moscow here. This post is about her experience in Russia’s second city, St Petersburg. St Petersburg After four days in Moscow we were taken by mini-bus […]
Visiting Moscow with kids: a teen’s view
This is a guest post by 17-year old student Annabel Buxton. Annabel lives in Kent in the South of England and she’s just back from a family summer holiday to Russia with her parents and brother. They spent the first part of their trip in Moscow. ‘This year we struggled to decided on our perfect family holiday. […]
Travelling with teens: tips from teens
This post is written by my 17 year-old daughter Izzy. I’ve written an article of advice from parents of teenagers on travel with teens. My daughter has consulted various friends and relations to do the same thing from a teenager’s perspective: ‘What do you want most when you’re on a family holiday?’ Asking this around at school, I […]
Travelling with teens: tips from parents
Travelling with teenagers is easier than travelling with babies and young children in many ways. They’re not likely to wake you up at night, you can leave them on their own while you go off for a swim, they’ll probably be more open to trying different foods than they were when they were smaller and they […]
Goodwood Under 17s driving academy
During the half-term break I was invited to stay at the Goodwood Hotel in Sussex in the South of England with my family. Goodwood Goodwood is an historic country house and estate which has been owned by the Dukes of Richmond since the seventeenth century. Besides Goodwood House the Estate includes the Goodwood horse racing […]
