Festivals are the perfect way to celebrate summer as a family. The UK’s best family friendly festivals are packed with activities, music, theatre and story telling. They are the ultimate summer party and there are plenty of festivals out there that are completely kid friendly. Why visit a family friendly festival? Because they give you…
‘Luxury’ and ‘family’ travel are not two things you often put together – in fact, it’s quite difficult to imagine how it would work! However, there are plenty of ways to enjoy luxury family travel from jetting off to exotic locations to staying in world-class accommodation. Image Credit: Unsplash under Creative Commons If you want…
Family travel is a whole different ball game to life before kids isn’t it? When it was just you finding the money for one or two flights and a room that was adequate for sleeping in the costs were a lot more manageable. This is why I want to talk about how to save money…
Did you enjoy city breaks before you had children? Does the idea of taking a city break with kids fill you with panic and dread? I’ll be honest, city breaks with kids are different but honestly they are a lot of fun. Some of our best holidays have been exploring cities with kids, and sometimes…
This post may contain compensated links When you are going skiing with the family, finding a good budget holiday can be a challenge. I’m sure lots of you will argue that there is no such thing as a cheap family ski holiday, but there are definitely ways to stop costs escalating out of control. These…
Gifted Product Review Over the summer we were asked to review the Vango Edoras 500XL Air tent for the blog. We set ourselves the task of finding out if this was the best Vango tent for family camping? It was the perfect excuse to book a family camping trip to North Yorkshire and test out the…
Collaborative Post Planning the perfect family vacation isn’t all that straightforward. You’ve got to find activities that will appeal to everyone — particularly to young children, should you have them, while also sticking to a budget. Maintaining a certain harmony and equilibrium that can withstand the frayed nerves that so often come with annual holidays…
This post contains affiliate links Lots of road trips will be being planned at this time of year. The most common will be a long car journey to see friends or family for the holiday season. It got me thinking about the last long car journey with a baby that I took and all the things…
I’ve read so many Just So Festival reviews and seen lots of photos and videos on various social platforms the last couple of years. The impression I got was that it was a magical event just for families and I really wanted to experience it for ourselves. Well, this year we were lucky enough to…
Written in collaboration with Mary J When many of us list travelling as one of our passions, we tend to be referring to discovering amazing new places, foods and cultures, rather than the plane journey that gets us there! Air travel can be tiring and stressful as the best of times, but when we add…
This is a collaborative post With the nights getting darker and the distinct chill there is now in the UK I’m literally dreaming of winter sun holidays for the family. Winter sun holidays are just good for the soul, don’t you think? I love being able to take the kids out to play on the…
As a Mum with an older child I totally understand that finding things to do with teenagers can be a challenge. When kids get older they don’t seem to enjoy family time in the way they used to? Please do not be put off, as it’s still important to spend time together or get them…
We’ve been looking out for the best festival tent for families for a while now. When Tiso found out we were going to Just So Festival they said they had a great festival tent for us. They sent over the Vango Beta 450XL camping tent and asked us to share what we thought for a…
mifold Review The latest travel accessory to arrive in our house is the mifold grab and go child restraint from mifold UK. We regularly travel with a 4 year old and a 6 year old and I’ve been interested in the mifold travel car seat for a while now. When we received an email asking us…
Timber Festival was a brand new festival for 2018, and we were delighted to be asked to go and see what it was all about so we could share this review with you on Zena’s Suitcase. I was excited for weeks before Timber Festival as I had a feeling the girls would love it. They…
If you have a young family, you might not want to put them through the torture of erecting a tent every night or pay the price of a villa hire. Thanks to the internet, you can now hire budget accommodation that will keep you and the kids happy and content and make exploring the countryside…