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Build a route around shorter driving days, one useful base and the places children remember without trying too hard.
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Family travel, unhurried
Make the getting there part of the story.
Routes, stays and small travel decisions for families who like a plan, but not a minute-by-minute one.
Plan a little better
A family trip starts long before the suitcase.
Our practical dispatches are for the flight, the motorway stop, the booking email and the first sleepy hour in a new place.
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School-break dispatch
More holiday, less rearranging.
Ideas built around different ages, different weather and the mood you want to come home with.
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The family dispatch
Notes worth packing
New writing about trip timing, useful stays and travelling alongside children instead of around them.
Holiday styles
A rainy-day museum plan for a city break with children
Choose one generous museum, a nearby lunch and a route home before attention runs out.
Travel with kids
What to put in a family cabin bag, and what to leave home
A no-drama packing order for flights, trains and the luggage delay you hope never happens.
Places to stay
The cottage check that makes a family weekend feel easier
A table, a bath, a nearby shop and enough space to be inside together all matter more than a perfect listing photo.
Destinations
A family train trip through northern Italy without the rushed bits
Use one city, one lake and an unplanned afternoon to make a rail holiday feel like a holiday.