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Stena Line ferry to Holland

April 8, 2016 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

Stena Line ferry sun deck. Copyright Gretta Schifano

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 […]

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Categories: Cruise, Life in General, Netherlands, The journey
Tags: cabin, ferry, Stena Line

Family RV trips: the lowdown

February 15, 2016 by Gretta Schifano 1 Comment

Moya's daughter on the shores of Brinnon, the Olympic Peninsula, USA. Copyright Moya Slade

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 […]

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Categories: Family travel interviews, The journey, Travel advice, USA
Tags: motorhomes, road trips, RV trips

Tips for travelling as a family on a ferry

August 16, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 4 Comments

Tips for traveling as a family on a ferry. English Channel seen from a ferry. Copyright Gretta Schifano

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 […]

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Categories: The journey, Travel advice
Tags: ferry travel, ferry travel with kids, P&O ferries

How will new DVLA rules affect car hire?

June 9, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 18 Comments

Driving through Sicily in a hire car. Copyright Gretta Schifano

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 […]

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Categories: The journey
Tags: car hire, driving licence, DVLA

APH Meet & Greet Airport Parking

May 20, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 19 Comments

Balcony, Ikos Oceania. Copyright Gretta Schifano

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 […]

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Tags: Airport parking, APH, meet & greet parking

Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park and Fly

April 27, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 22 Comments

Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick bedroom. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Our flight from London Gatwick to Dubrovnik was scheduled to leave at 6.50am. That would mean waking the kids up up far too early in order to reach the airport and check in at 4.50am. I wasn’t looking forward to a pre-dawn start to our Easter trip to Croatia. Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park […]

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Categories: Elsewhere, Room reports, The journey
Tags: airport hotels, Airport parking, Gatwick, Hilton, park and fly

New KLM kids’ film: ‘Bluey the Movie’

April 16, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 23 Comments

Bluey from KLM's 'Bluey the Movie'. Image courtesy of KLM.

The Dutch airline KLM will be showing some new animated films for young children on its long-haul flights from this summer. The films feature the KLM mascot: a little blue plane called Bluey. The first of these films will be available on board all of the airline’s intercontinental flights from June onwards or you can watch it now on the KLM […]

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Categories: The journey
Tags: Bluey the Movie, in-flight entertainment, KLM

How to survive long car journeys with kids

April 2, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 343 Comments

Car packed for journey. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Long car journeys with young children can be tricky, but there are some things which you can do to help. My aim when travelling is to keep everyone warm, comfortable, fed and watered and then hopefully the journey will be fine. icarhireinsurance.com have asked me to share my tips for getting through long car journeys […]

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Categories: Competitions, The journey
Tags: Sat Nav

APH Meet & Greet airport parking

November 10, 2014 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Pantheon, Athens. Copyright Gretta Schifano

My favourite way to get to London Gatwick, my local airport, is to be driven there by my lovely husband. That doesn’t happen often (he has a very full-time job, after all) and so the next best thing for me is valet parking. Valet parking Valet parking is a splendid idea. It involves driving to […]

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Categories: The journey
Tags: Airport parking, Gatwick airport, valet parking

10 quick child car seat safety checks

September 22, 2014 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Baby in a car seat. Image courtesy of Which?

A recent undercover survey by Which? found that 90% of the stores it visited failed to fit child car seats correctly. Experts from the independent consumer watchdog visited 42 major retailers across the UK which offer a free child car seat fitting service. The experts asked each store to fit two child car seats: only four […]

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Categories: The journey
Tags: child car seats, fitting child car seats, safety tips, Which?

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