February 22, 2012

5 of the best UK cottages for 10+ people

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  The old adage of 2.4 children doesn’t always stand true anymore, and with families getting bigger their needs for a holiday cottage change too. Especially over Christmas, a festive treat away from the hustle and bustle is a nice change – and, you can do this quite easily. There are so many spots around [...]

Holiday accommodation help for larger families at Room for 5

I recently wrote a post about how large families often have difficulty finding hotels or accommodation big enough for them when arranging their holidays. Drina Murphy, from South Yorkshire, England also had that problem and after struggling to find a hotel room to accommodate her family of five she decided to create a website to [...]

Large families, day trips and holidays. Why do companies fail to deliver for us?

There was an interesting post last week over on Have a Lovely Time where they asked the question, “Do larger families get a tough break on travel?” I was asked for my opinion on this feature with regards to days out.  It is a bug bear of mine that events or attractions very rarely cater for larger than [...]

Larger Family Life visits Disneyland Paris – Part 2

You can read Part 1 by clicking here. Despite the early 4am start and not sleeping on the entire journey the kids were eager and willing to get to the park as soon as possible. We dumped our stuff, ate a little something to keep us going and headed off. The Disneyland Parks were only a ten minute [...]

Larger Family Life visits Disneyland Paris – Part 1

We hadn’t had a holiday for the last few years.  Paddy was a baby the last time we went away.  It was a cottage rental in Dorset.  In fact, we hadn’t been anywhere else but within the UK for years. It had long been a dream to take the children to Disneyland Paris.  It had [...]