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Issue No. 25 October 02, 2007

One, Two, Free... Child Places, Weekends away & Winter Specials


Handpicked family holidays from Take the Family With the leaves falling, winter coats at the ready, tumbling temperatures, and the clocks going back, we can all be forgiven for already dreaming of our next family holiday!

Half term, Halloween & Bonfire night are all galloping towards us at rapid pace, but don't worry we have more ideas than ever for your perfect family holiday or break, from Brighton to Barbados and Thailand to Tignes. Christmas is also just around the corner, so why not take a dip into some of Santa's Magic with free child places and discounts on a magical trip to Lapland or take advantage of some great early booking offers for Summer 2008.

There's also still plenty of time to enter our competition and grab some great early booking and Christmas family ski holiday offers.

See our Half Term Tips


Latest Holiday Offers


Exclusive 5% off Mark Warner from Take the FamilyEarly Savings for Summer 2008.. Now!

There is no better time than now to make the biggest savings for summer 2008 holidays. The sooner you book, the bigger the saving, and the greater the choice of availability and facilities to suit the whole family.

Take a look at a few of our great Summer 2008 family offers...

    Thomson - Guaranteed free child places plus Save £150 per couple

    Sovereign - Save up to 15% on Winter Sun and Summer 2008

    Virgin - Save £s plus free child places to Orlando, Save £220 to Bahamas

    Kids in the Med - Save 10% on Porto Sani Village accommodation, Halkidiki

See all our Summer 2008 Offers


Free Santa's Magic & Tons of Winter Sports SavingsFree Santa's Magic and Huge Discounts

We are delighted to let you know that our partners Esprit, are offering Free Child Places on one of our most popular winter adventures, Santa's Magic in Lapland. To get your hands on them, you'll have to be quick, as they are guaranteed to run out as fast as the proverbial hot cakes.

 

 

Fantastic family ski offers  hand picked by Take the FamilyFantastic Family Ski Offers Too...

We've teamed up with Ski Famille to bring you some fantastic family offers for December. A family of four can save up to £670 in Les Gets at both Chalet Portes du Soliel or Chalet Le Chardon. PLUS, if a grandparent travels with you, they will pay only half of Ski Familles discounted rate, which could be as little as £162.50!

 

It's a great time to book your family skiing holiday, with early booking offers abundant from a variety of our favourite suppliers. Save £100 with Club Med plus kids from 4-23 months stay free. Mark Warner are offering £100 off for early booking of Christmas and New Year periods. Save up to 20% with Leisure direction. Ski with Esprit for only £899 for a family of 3 (19/20 Jan), plus more great family offers at Chalet Elise and Chalet Sapiniere. And take a ski trip to USA or Canada with Virgin holidays from only £506pp if you book by November 30th.

See all our Winter Sports offers


Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort, Phuket, Thailand from Key2holidaysYour Key to the Far East

We are pleased to bring you our latest favourite family holiday from our partners key2holidays, providing some fantastic family offers for autumn. Newly refurbished the 4+* Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort, Phuket, Thailand is a deluxe resort offering a high level of comfort and a huge range of facilities in a heavenly setting.

Up to 31 October 2007, the holiday price for Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort includes 3 Nights Free!. PLUS - Stay a minimum of 7 nights and book 2 rooms at the same time upon reservations, with the same family surnames, and receive one time free family buffet dinner at an available restaurant for up to 4 family members (except any festive or themed dinners). In addition, for travel up to December 9 2007 you can also save £120 per person on flights.

Find out more

See all our Travel Partners


Autumn & Winter Specials

See all Winter Sun & Long Haul offers


Great family Winter offers from Esprit

Esprit holidays

Free Santa's Magic child places plus fabulous family ski offers... more

Winter Sports destinations
  • Les Gets - Winter, spring, summer and snow fall.
  • Courchevel - Ski at 1850, that's the height not the time
  • Tignes - Perfect from tots to tignes-agers
Winter Ski Early Booking Bonus. Plus Free Infant Ski Places from Club Med

Club Med

Winter Ski Early Booking Bonus. Plus Free Infant Ski Places ...more

European destinations
  • Tenerife - Beautiful beaches are Tenepenny.
  • Cyprus - It'd be a pitta to miss it
  • Menorca - Lie back and Finca Menorca
Virgin holidays family offers for Sept, Oct & Nov

Virgin holidays

Free Child Places to Orlando, £s off 2008, plus save 5% online... more

Long Haul destinations
  • Orlando - Not just a mickey mouse holiday
  • Barbados - Sun, Sea and Sandy Lane
  • Dubai - Sinbad and the Holiday of a Lifetime

News


New Partners The Apartment Service and Exclusive CompetitionExclusive Competition with New Partners

There's still time to enter our Exclusive competition with our new partners The Apartment Service, holders of the title "Best serviced apartment company 2007". Your family can win a 2 night break in luxury serviced apartments in either London or Lisbon. Just send your competition answer, along with your name and address, but hurry, the winning entry will be picked at random in the week commencing 22 October 2007.

 

The Lisbon apartment is at the recently opened and restored Santos River Serviced Apartments overlooking the river Tagus, gives great access to all Lisbon has to offer, and the luxury London apartment is in the heart of Kensington in the Point West building, with a David Lloyd gym, restaurant and wine bar on site.

Find out more

See all our Places to Stay


What Sort of Trip offers and tips from Take the FamilyWhat Sort of Trip paints your wagon?

We've updated our family Camping, Beach and Adventure 'what sort of trip' holiday pages to bring you the very latest of our favourite offers, and a whole lot more information at your fingertips, including favourite destinations as well as our favourite travel partners.


O, I Dea Like to be Beside the Seaside

This month Dea & family are holidaying in autumnal Brighton, donning rain ponchos and waterproof shoes, battling with the sea breeze, and enjoying their stay at the Hilton Metropole.

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See all Dea's & family journeys


It's good to Talk

Thanks again for all contributions to our discussion forum Talk the Family .

The information, advice and tips you give us and other parents is invaluable and helps us improve our website and service.

Current discussion points include, Holidays with food allergies?, Ideas for Christmas ? and City Slickers family holidays ?. Why not take a moment to have your say or ask for the advice of others?

See all our Talk the Family Forums


PPPSSSS...

With Madeleine McCann now missing for over 150 days, help is still desperately needed to find her. You can still help by downloading posters from the official findmadeleine website, (in a wide range of languages), print them off and display or distribute them at your destination, to help in the search for missing Madeleine.

If you have any information you can call Portuguese Police on 00351 282 405 400, Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, or International Crimestoppers on 00 44 18 83 73 13 36.


Top Exclusive Offers

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Exclusive 5% off Mark Warner holidays

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Additional 5% off all Mark Warner snow, sun, ski or sail holidays ... more


Happy holidays from everyone at Take the Family

Happy holidays from everyone at Take the Family!Wherever you're planning to Takethefamily this Autumn or Winter, we wish you a fun and peaceful journey.

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