Recently, Darren wrote a great article about why holidays need to be made more educational for children. As a mum, who frequently travels with her two young kids, I thought it would fun to contribute my favourite ways to make family travel more educational ...

Personally, I think parents should use holidays as a way to educate their children. Rather than spending the entire length of the holiday on the beach, some element of the holiday should be spent educating the child on local cultures, history and the language. No ...

If you read Travel Rants regularly, you will already know that this week I visited a number of tourist spots on the Yorkshire coast. Yesterday, whilst stood in a massive queue to get into the Sea life centre in Scarborough, a notice on the ...

You all know the scene – you sit down on a plane and then you notice that the seats in front of you belong to a family travelling with small children. I used to complain about them too (at least to my travelling companions) but ...

Travelling with teenagers can be extremely tricky. Even the best-behaved teenager can get themselves into trouble. Being naïve enough to trust strangers who seem kind, not being mature enough to make judgments about taking drugs or alcohol, or simply falling into trouble through cultural differences. So ...

I’ve been quoted this time in the Sunday Express in an article about the increase in holiday prices, especially for those with families. Interesting quotes from Travel Supermarket, the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the usual spiel from ABTA about supply and ...

I recently mentioned that the Times have published the Holiday Handbook, which I started to read last week, well Frommer’s contacted me a few days after that blog post went live to ask me if I would write a review of their new destination family ...

Jumping into my email inbox today are a few rants from readers – each rant mentions how expensive holidays have become because travel operators are so keen on adding extras, which obviously hikes up the price of their holiday. The dreaded single person supplement [don’t get ...