Favourite family travel partners
Below we've listed the top dogs of the family travel trade. In our humble opinion these companies are the bees knees, the top bananas or, if you prefer, the cat's whiskers. We've partnered with these companies because we trust them. We've been on holiday with them. And most importantly, we'd go again. We hope you agree - if and when they provide you with a truly magical family holiday.
The Adventure Company have over 50 family adventure holidays worldwide, for adventurous parents with children between the ages of one and sixteen. They search the world to bring you unique trips and genuine experiences, providing a balance of well known highlights and places off the beaten track.
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Aware of the demand for well-organised family adventure holidays Activities Abroad have created activity programmes specifically designed for families. Their European winter or summer family activity holidays include dozens of activities that parents can enjoy with their children from canoeing, mountain biking, horse riding and tubing to reindeer safaris and ice-fishing!.
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Beachcomber Tours has a long history of organising luxury tailor-made holidays for families to the Indian Ocean, with eight of their own family friendly resorts in Mauritius and Sainte Anne Resort & Spa in the Seychelles.
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Bluestone National Park Resort in Pembrokeshire, Wales is set in 500 acres of stunning countryside, close to numerous golden beaches. Families can select from 268 luxury lodges, cottages and studios and enjoy numerous on and off-site activities..
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Butlins and the famous Red Coats have been around since 1936 when the first park opened. All three resorts are on the coast - Skegness in Lincolnshire, Minehead in Somerset and Bognor Regis in West Sussex.
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Canvas Holidays was the first British firm to arrange family camping holidays over 40 years ago. Canvas offers resort style self catering holidays at over 90 campsites in Europe's most desirable locations with spacious accommodation and extensive on-site facilities.
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Center Parcs owns and operates four holiday villages located in Cumbria, Wiltshire, Suffolk and Nottinghamshire. The Center Parcs’ environment is ideal for families – it’s virtually car-free, and there are a huge number of indoor and outdoor activities.
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Club Med has over 60 years experience of premium all inclusive holidays for families and adults. With over 75 exclusive ski and sun resorts worldwide, a Club Med holiday includes superb accommodation and gourmet food, with unlimited bar drinks and snacks, as well as wonderful sports and leisure activities.
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Cottages are a great alternative to hotels for family holidays and breaks Our preferred partner, Cottages4you, has helped families enjoy tremendous holidays for over 20 years and now offer cottages, villas, farmhouses and more in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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Cyprus Premier is the UK's leading North Cyprus specialist. They take family holidays very seriously, hand-picking a small selection of child friendly hotels to offer the very best for you and your family.
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DFDS Seaways carry 14 million passengers a year on a fleet of five modern passenger liners between Denmark, Norway, Holland, and the UK.
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Disneyland Paris is Europe's most popular attraction. Each year several million families visit the Disneyland Park, Walt Disney Studios Park and are entertained in the Disney Village.
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The family specialist in skiing (and alpine summer holidays) - nurseries, exclusive children's ski classes and activity clubs, baby-listening - and carefree days for parents Over the last 26 years Esprit have developed and refined their child care programme to meet the requirements of the whole family on a ski holiday.
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Families really love Eurocamp The kids not only go free, they ARE free, with lots of room to play, new friends to make and tonnes of free fun activities.
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Farm & Cottage Holidays is a family run and owned business that have been marketing properties throughout the West Country since 1979 They offer the finest selection of hand-picked self catering holiday cottages in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, all located in superb rural and coastal locations.
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At Feather Down Farm Days, families unplug from the daily rush and reconnect with each other and Britain’s beautiful countryside.
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First Choice specialise in sun holidays worldwide and charter flights They provide more kids’ clubs than any other UK holiday company, so children are always entertained and active.
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Haven have 35 family holiday parks in fabulous locations around the UK It’s easy to say they all offer something for everyone.
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With over 12,000 places to stay in coastal and countryside settings throughout Britain and Ireland (and now in mainland Europe), Hoseasons provides a huge choice of self catering holidays From secluded forest lodges to holiday parks with plenty to do for all the family, and from thatched rustic cottages and farmhouses to boating holidays on the beautiful waterways of Britain and France, Hoseasons offers the widest available range of accommodation and facilities to suit everyone.
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A long way from the typical 'child friendly holiday', Intrepid Travel's family adventures give your kids a chance to discover the world as you do And the best thing is there's just as much for parents to enjoy too.
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ITC Classics is the flagship brand of International Travel Connections, a fully bonded independent tour operator specialising in luxury holidays. They have extensive experience arranging family holidays.
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Kinderhotels are a unique collection of family-friendly hotels in some of Europe’s most beautiful mountain resorts They offer the highest standards of comfort, service and hospitality – and up to 60 hours a week of Free Child Care.
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KUONI TRAVEL LTD, are Britain's best known longhaul luxury holiday tour operator offering a wide range of tailormade holiday types in over 65 countries Founded by Alfred Kuoni in 1906, Kuoni unpackaged the package holiday long before many of it's competitors, offering tailored made luxurious holidays at competative prices.
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Just as you begin to think that being a parent excludes you from stylish travel experiences for years to come, welcome to Luxury Family Hotels Each of our five unique properties offer the backdrop of an elegant country house, luxurious interiors, fine dining and pampering treatments combined with Ofsted registered crèche facilities, outdoor play space, children’s menus, baby listening in every room and a warm and welcoming ambience.
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Snow or sun, ski or sail - a Mark Warner holiday has something for everyone. With premium locations, a friendly relaxed atmosphere and brilliant staff, Mark Warner provide summer family holidays to the Mediterranean and family ski holidays to the Alps.
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A family owned and family run Company specializing in providing mobile home holidays in France on some of the best campsites by the sea, with over 40 years experience of organizing family holidays in France Proud winners of the French Government Tourist' Offices Biennial Award for the 2006 Best Camping/Mobile Home Operator to France and runners up in 2008 and 2010.
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Meon Villas first began offering bespoke villa holidays in 1967. Today, they are still proud to offer the same level of personal service that sees many of their customers return year after year.
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Neilson Active Holidays are the award-winning experts when it comes to snow, with over 30 years experience on the slopes With a selection of over 80 resorts across 13 countries you're guaranteed to find your ideal holiday.
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PV-Holidayscom is the website for Pierre & Vacances, the largest holiday accommodation provider in France & Spain.
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As the leading Sardinian specialist, Sardatur has first-hand knowledge of the best family hotels Sardinia has to offer. All have been personally visited by its staff and selected for their family friendly atmosphere and facilities.
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Siblu villages have 14 holiday villages in France, mainly in coastal locations, from the rolling hills of Normandy to the glitz of the Côte d’Azur At siblu villages, you can expect great facilities and services including luxurious mobile home accommodation, indoor and outdoor pool complexes, waterslides, multi-sports grounds, 3 FREE kid's clubs, bars, restaurants and nightly entertainment for all the family.
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Simpson Travel offers a fantastic range of family-friendly self-catered accommodation, whereby freedom and independence are perfectly combined with comfort and beautiful surroundings Family villas can be booked in Corsica, Greece, Italy, Mallorca, Morocco and Turkey.
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Ski Famille offers catered chalet skiing holidays, with inclusive in-house childcare, in the French resorts of Les Gets and Reberty Village (3 Valleys) They employ qualified and experienced carers who will look after your children in the chalet you are staying in, from a few months old up to 12 years.
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With more than 30 years experience as a specialist tour operator, Sovereign have a long-standing reputation for affordable excellence, going that extra mile to make every hour of your holiday count Sovereign's family collection hotels have been carefully chosen for their warm family welcome, with larger rooms, supervised children's activities and special menus for younger guests.
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One of the World's best known tour operators, founded by Thomas Cook in 1841 and now renowned for a broad choice of worldwide holidays.
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Book great value travel deals with Thomson holidays, the UK's number 1 Tour Operator, with a vast selection of family holiday options From family hotel reviews to videos and travel guides, Thomson holidays offers it all.
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Family-focus meets pure luxury at Travelbeam’s hand picked portfolio of European Luxury Hotels They know their hotels inside out and offer first hand, honest advice making them refreshingly different.
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Virgin Holidays offers holidays to mainland USA, Canada, the Caribbean, the Far East, South Africa, the Middle East, Indian Ocean, New Zealand and Australia plus a well-established ski programme.
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Western & Oriental know how precious family time is, which is why they aim to create the perfect holiday for the whole family, one full of unique moments that everyone remembers for years afterwards As parents, you want your children to have a great time – but it’s your holiday too and it needs to be special for everyone.
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