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A family stay at Hillgrove Hotel & Spa, Monaghan – Review
Walking distance into the centre of town, spacious and comfortable family room to accommodate everyone, free parking, affordable and leisure centre. These are the things I always look for when booking a hotel for my family of five. It’s pretty rare to be able to tick off everything on that list. We’re used to comprising […]
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Hotel Beacon New York Review – The perfect family-friendly accommodation in NYC
Location, location, location. This has got to be one of the key selling points of Hotel Beacon in Upper West Side, New York. It’s ideally situated to explore NYC. It’s a mere ten minute stroll to Central Park and there’s a Metro subway stop just two minutes walk from the hotel entrance, on 72nd street, […]
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Teen Christmas Present Ideas 2019
When your children are younger, it’s so much easier to choose Christmas presents for them as they’ll usually tell you exactly what they want and the numerous turned down pages of the various Smyths and Argos catalogues that they leave lying around. Teenagers, however, are often much more difficult to choose gifts for, as they […]
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Travelling to America with kids – 20 things you need to know before you go
It can be daunting travelling to America with children. Here are a few useful things that may help you be better prepared for your trip and also enjoy it more when you’re there : To fly to the US with your family, everyone needs an ESTA. An ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation) is a […]
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Snorkelling, Sunshine and Salvador – Summer Holiday fun with teenagers in Roses, Costa Brava
People often say that when your kids become teenagers, they won’t want to go on holiday with you anymore. Apparently most of them would much rather stay at home and spend time with their friends instead of being forced to go away with their parents. How can we persuade our teens that family holidays are […]
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Camping with teenagers at Camping Salatà in Roses, Costa Brava – Review
As the sun is setting on a balmy July evening in Costa Brava, I’m sitting on the deck of our bungalow playing cards with the family and suddenly realise that this is exactly what summer holidays with teenagers are all about. We’ve only been in Roses a few hours and yet the calmness of the […]
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Cape Cod luxury at Bayside Resort Family Hotel
For the duration of our visit to Cape Cod we stayed in the award-winning family-friendly Bayside Resort Hotel which overlooks Lewis Bay in West Yarmouth. This hotel is one of the most popular family friendly hotels in Cape Cod having won numerous awards. It’s also the perfect location for getting out and about with the […]
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Family Fun at Ryan’s Ten Pin Eatery Cape Cod – A Review
Ryan’s Ten Pin Eatery is located in Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis and basically offers everything that any family could ever want in terms of entertainment under one roof. There’s a restaurant, bar, bowling lanes, Laser Tag, Escape Rooms, an arcade and Virtual Reality. When we were invited to come and visit, we knew that […]
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Fresh from New England – A family break exploring Cape Cod
With 900km of incredible coastline, world famous seafood and quaint New England towns, it’s no wonder thousands of people holiday in Cape Cod every year. Having driven the long four hour journey from New York, we were delighted to arrive in Massachusetts and check into our home for the next three nights, the award-winning family friendly […]
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