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Glorious! Adventures Cruising The Mediterranean

ByZena's Suitcase November 30, 2015September 17, 2024

Going on a cruise is by far one of the best holiday experiences you will ever have.  I was lucky enough to take my first cruise with my husband in 2011 for our honeymoon.  My son was deposited with his Granny for a week in the summer holidays while we flew off to Mallorca to join our…

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Hotel Stella & Spa Review

ByZena's Suitcase November 16, 2015June 13, 2023

We were just about to leave the house to start our trip to the Hotel Stella & Spa in Pineda De Mar when Daddy starts offering some last minute holiday assistance. Throwing in questions like, have you got the passports and did you pack the toothbrushes as we are leaving the house is bound to…

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Don’t Be Air-Bored! Try These Tips Before Your Flight

ByZena's Suitcase October 28, 2015March 5, 2023

Airport? More like air-bored! If you enjoy people watching just take a look around your local airport and you’ll see one of these three people.

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Do You Enjoy Travelling?

ByZena's Suitcase October 26, 2015October 19, 2018

Do you enjoy travelling?  You probably think that’s a rather odd question. Who doesn’t enjoy travelling and visiting new places? I think a lot of us do don’t we?

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What’s On in Great Yarmouth

ByZena's Suitcase October 8, 2015March 1, 2023

Great Yarmouth has plenty of things to do all year round with a great programme of events including theatre shows and racing.  This is such an important factor when deciding where to take the family on holiday.  If you’re anything like us, we like having lots of things to do, interesting places to visit and…

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Europe

Costa Brava: Looking Forward To Our Winter Sun

ByZena's Suitcase September 16, 2015January 6, 2023

We are well and truly on countdown to our holiday in Costa Brava and it really can’t come quick enough. It feels like the right time for us to be taking a break as a family.  We haven’t been abroad since our trip to Ibiza, which was exactly 2 years ago. I wasn’t feeling my best for…

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Europe

Nerja: My Favourite Holiday Destination In Spain

ByZena's Suitcase August 25, 2015August 23, 2024

A holiday can be many different things.  It can be exploring somewhere new, like our recent visits to Liverpool and York or our up and coming holiday to Costa Brava. A holiday can be about living in the lap of luxury in a 5* hotel or being waited on hand and foot aboard a luxury…

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Europe

5 Reasons To Discover Costa Brava

ByZena's Suitcase August 21, 2015December 27, 2023

We have just booked our family holiday to Spain and we are so excited.  We are off in October to Pineda De Mar, which is a town totally new to us.  We are huge fans of visiting Spain, but have not really explored Costa Brava.  I really enjoy sharing new experiences with my family, so…

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Family Travel

Larmer Tree Festival Family Fun

ByZena's Suitcase July 28, 2015January 1, 2024

Larmer Tree Festival is something I’ve really looked forward to sharing with you all.  There are some posts that are just like that.  I have enjoyed going back through our photos of our time at Larmer Tree Festival, and choosing the ones that sum up what a great time we all had. I missed out…

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Dreaming of Antigua & Barbuda

ByZena's Suitcase June 15, 2015October 19, 2018

I have dreamed of a holiday for so long, and the time has finally come to get planning something we are all going to remember.  What with babies and exams, holidays have been put on hold, until now.  It’s a big year for us, I’m 40 and teen is turning 18.  There’s been lots of…

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Family Travel

10 Top Tips For Flying With a Baby

ByZena's Suitcase March 2, 2015March 5, 2023

I haven’t met a Mum yet who isn’t a little bit nervous about flying with a baby for the first time. It’s completely understandable when you think about it. There’s negotiating check-in, the airport lounge, take off and all whilst hoping your baby doesn’t become upset and you can tend to all their needs during…

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Europe

A Traditional Spanish Christmas With Villa Plus

ByZena's Suitcase December 14, 2014March 5, 2023

When Villa Plus  asked me which of their destinations I wanted to chose to help me create a festive celebration I knew it had to be the Costa Del Sol.  As a family this is one of our favourite holiday destinations and we would spend Christmas in the lovely fishing town of Nerja in a…

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Why Do We Want To Go To Florida?

ByZena's Suitcase October 22, 2014January 1, 2024

Making memories is such an important part of our family life and holidays are the perfect way to spend time together and capture perfect moments.  I firmly believe that you make memories by spending time together, away from the day to day of family life, in a relaxed holiday atmosphere.  Stimulating the senses with beautiful…

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Travel

The Time We Went Cruising with Kids

ByZena's Suitcase March 11, 2014September 17, 2024

This is a post I’ve been thinking about for a while, now that I’m in the ‘no-fly’ trimester of pregnancy. I’ve been reminiscing over our last major holiday a lot, so when the chance came along to join up with Brit Mums and Visit Wales for the #Wales4Kids Family Holiday Challenge I simply couldn’t resist!…

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