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 […]
Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park and Fly
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 […]
New KLM kids’ film: ‘Bluey the Movie’
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 […]
How to survive long car journeys with kids
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 […]
APH Meet & Greet airport parking
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 […]
10 quick child car seat safety checks
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 […]
