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Bank holiday family ideas

Ah Bank Holidays!

With two in May alone, and one in late August, it's another great opportunity to make the most of these wonderfully long weekends. But don't worry if time is short, we have already done the leg-work and searched the globe for tons of family friendly ideas.
Find out more below...

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Bank Holiday Ideas

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Bank Holiday Offers

Check out these fabulous family friendly bank holiday offers, for the penultimate bank holiday of the year.

Go On - Grab the August Bank holiday!!

 

Lastminute.com - Top August bank holiday offers, including sunny city breaks, Great places to stay and late summer jaunts!

Expedia - August bank holiday breaks. Take a look at Expedia's top 10 theme parks

Thomas Cook - 3 night August bank holiday city breaks including flight and hotel for under £200, or Dubai for £411. Book now!

Opodo - August bank holiday deals incl flights, city breaks, short haul beach hotels, car hire plus long haul short breaks.

Self Catering family holidays

With thousands of family friendly cottages from our partners, town houses, apartments, villas and more besides, we have every family's ideal self catering accommodation.

 

Cottages4you - Search thousands of family friendly properties, across Europe and get an exclusive 5% discount!!

Meon Villas - Save 10% by booking online.Luxury holiday villas with pools across the Med and beyond.

Simply Travel - Exclusive extra £20 off hand picked properties off the beaten track

The Apartment Service - Save 15-30 % on hotel prices with serviced apartments across the globe.

P & V Holidays - Leader in apartment and residence rentals in France, Spain & Italy. Save up to 40%

Family friendly hotels

From family friendly beach hotels to exclusive city gems, in the UK and across the world. You can Save the Money for when you Take the Family on that extra special break.

 

Active Hotels - Active Hotels offer thousands of the best choice of hotels across Europe and the World

Expedia Hotels - Room for every family to relax on their perfect trip, with 1000s of hotels and deals

Late Rooms - 4 & 5 star luxury hotels, guest houses, city apartments & rural B&B deals

Superbreak Hotels - With over 5000 hotels in more than 1000 destinations worldwide. London £26pppn

Special UK Ideas

If you fancy staying on home turf, and need some ideas, why not take advantage of our UK ideas below.

 

Bluestone Wales - Next generation holiday village in Pembrokeshire

Center Parcs UK - Center Parcs 4 UK Parcs

Theme Parks - Legoland, Chessington, Alton Towers...

Family Show Breaks - High School Musical, Mama Mia and more...

Red Letter Days - Exclusive 10% off

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