We bought our first Volvo for one reason only – safety. I’d not bothered about cars much, as long as they worked, until I had a horrible car crash on the school run. My car rolled onto its side and was written off. I remember it happening as if in slow motion, and I remember […]
London Gatwick Airport travel tips
I’ve spent most of my life in places which are within striking distance of London Gatwick Airport. As a child I used to wave to the planes and imagine where they were going as they flew over our house, and one of my favourite school trips was to Gatwick’s air traffic control tower. As a […]
10% airport parking discount
Do you drive to the airport when you travel? If so, how do you book your parking? When I flew from London Gatwick to Copenhagen for a weekend trip with my husband recently, I booked our parking through SkyParkSecure. We had an early morning flight and so I was looking for a meet and greet […]
What do do if your flight’s cancelled and you’re in the departure lounge
‘I’m calling a taxi and I’m going home’, said my son, 14. ‘You can’t’, I said. ‘Why not?’ said my son. ‘Because we’re in the departure lounge and there’s no way that you can get out’, I explained. We were at London Gatwick airport, and we’d just found out that our flight to Italy had […]
Easy airport parking: Purple Parking meet and greet review
The only way to get to an airport from our house is by car (unless we go for a tortuous car/bus/train combo which would add aeons to our journey). So, we either 1) get a lift from a kindly friend or relation, or 2) fork out for a taxi (if we remember to book a week […]
Stena Line ferry to Holland
I wasn’t particularly looking forward to our ferry crossing to Holland. But I’m surprised to say that the seven hours and 15 minutes which I spent on board the Stena Brittanica ferry from Harwich were actually relaxing and enjoyable. Duinrell I was driving to Holland to stay at Duinrell holiday park (I’ll be writing about […]
Family RV trips: the lowdown
Moya Slade Lifestyle photographer Moya Slade lives in Surrey, in the South of England, with her husband and their son and daughter. I went to meet Moya to find about about their family RV holiday on the USA’s West coast. RVs In case you don’t know, RV stands for Recreational Vehicle (otherwise known as a motorhome) and in […]
Tips for travelling as a family on a ferry
Travelling by car and ferry from the UK to Europe rather than flying is a great option for families. This is because of two main factors: luggage and seating. Luggage Rather than being restricted, as you are on a plane, to 20 or even 15 kg of luggage per person, plus hand luggage, when travelling […]
How will new DVLA rules affect car hire?
If you have a British driving licence and are planning on hiring a car at any time in the future then you need to know about this. Car hire We’re going to hire a car in Italy on holiday this summer. We usually hire a car with no problem when we go on a family […]
APH Meet & Greet Airport Parking
I’ve had some horribly early flights recently and I’ve tried various options to see which is the least grim way to get to the airport at times when I really should be fast asleep in bed. Airport hotels When we went on a family trip to Croatia at Easter we had to check in at […]
