Is it easy to take your dog to France?
Following on from our summer holiday review post, and the photos we posted on facebook I’ve had a steady stream of “oh, you took the dog with you! How was it? Was it easy? Was it complicated? What did you need to do? How much was the passport?” type questions. So I thought the easiest thing was to put all the answers in one place. Firstly – do you actually want to take your dog? For us, this was a no-brainer....
Finding Self Catering Family Holidays in France – the way WE do it.
Back in the early summer, the husband and I took a glance at the calendar and realised we had a gap in work commitments in August. Looking out of the window at yet ANOTHER wet and windy May day, we decided to hell with the bank balance, this year we were going to get some SUNSHINE. Weirdly, just an hour later www.HomeAway.co.uk got in touch to ask if we’d consider doing a short break review for them. I think I left some of their...
Time For a Family Holiday – try Majorca?
All too often the end of the summer holidays looms ever closer and you realise that you haven’t really done anything or been anywhere. Now’s the time to look out for last minute hotel deals and see if you can track down a cheapish holiday in the UK or even grab a discount flight overseas. UK Pros and Cons If you decide to brave the elements and stay in the UK be prepared to pack Wellingtons and waterproofs. Children do tend...
Fab late deal from HomeAway on Villa in the Algarve
Looking to get away for some late summer sun? Look what we found while we were poking through our favourite HomeAway.co.uk… This Algarve villa is just 17km from Faro airport, sleeps 4 and is on Special Offer in September: 35% discount, 5* reviews, now only £390 Dates: 08-Sep-2012 to 22-Sep-2012 Less than £400 per week in September! Let me just show you the pool… Gorgeous, isn’t...
Self Catering in Wales – Us Style… (with @OwnersDirect)
That cottage there? That was where we headed off to a few weeks ago, for a long weekend in the little slice of heaven that is the Brecon Beacons National Park. It’s one of our very favourite places in the world to visit for family holidays – wide open spaces for endless exploring, glorious beaches within reach and always something beautiful to see. The holiday was provided by OwnersDirect, which was about the best offer...
Our Isle Of Wight Trip – Rookley Country Park
While reviewing our holiday on the Isle of Wight from Red Funnel we stayed at Rookley Park. This was about 20 minutes away from East Cowes ferry port, and on the first trip there, I have to admit we did drive straight past the Park. It was sign posted – but neither Mr L or I were expecting it to be just up from a Co-op on a street of houses, and we did completely drive past! We saw it as soon as we had made the mistake and it...