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Our first family ski holiday

Clare — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:34:23 +0000

Part one: ski school v private lessons for children Hi. I’m Clare from the BabyAbroad team. This year my hubbie and I will be taking our girls aged 7 and 4 skiing for the first time ever. We’ve only been a few times ourselves and although we can’t wait to get them started on the [...]

The Ultimate Car Journey with 2 Young Children: An Interview with Ben Hatch

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:10:05 +0000

“‘Hurry up,’ I shout at Dinah, whilst on the overhead telly Ray Mears’ Survival is playing extraordinarily loudly because Charlie sat on the volume button of the remote. The kids writhe about in the V05 shampoo they just spilt, laughing as the last of their clean clothes bite the dust, and I’m thinking: ‘Survive driving [...]

SnooziHedz Competition Winner

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:48:45 +0000

Thank you so much for all your fantastic entries to our SnooziHedz competition. We asked for your favourite family holidays and there was such variety in your answers. We loved reading them all. If you want ideas for your next family holiday, I highly recommend that you take a look through all the responses for [...]

Competition: Win a Snoozihedz

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:16:07 +0000

Happy New Year to you all. We thought we’d kick the New Year off with a competition and we’re very pleased to be giving away a Snoozihedz from the company that brought you the fabulous Trunki. Introducing Snoozihedz Now, you all know that we love Trunki, the wheely (sorry) practical, loveable sit on suitcase and so you’d imagine [...]

Ruby and GINGER Competition winner.

Clare — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:48:48 +0000

Thanks to all of you who entered our Ruby and GINGER competition. We are pleased to announce that the winner is… Claire Woods. Congratulations Claire! Your funky flower Just Nipping Out Set will soon be winging its way to you. If you missed out this time, bad luck. But we do have another competition coming very soon. [...]

Family friendly holidays in Sicily

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:03:18 +0000

We love bringing you new holiday ideas here at BabyAbroad. So this week we’re pleased to hand the blog over to Jack Barker, seasoned family traveller, who tells us how he fell for Sicily one family holiday… It’s not often that, as a family of four, you get invited to dinner by total strangers. But this happened [...]

Win a Ruby And GINGER Just Nipping Out set

Clare — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:15:52 +0000

We’ve teamed up with the super stylish Ruby and GINGER to bring you our top dos and don’ts when it comes to the subject of nappies and holidays. We’ve also got a fabulous competition for you so read on…. Nappies Abroad: Buying, changing and all that what not. • Do pack enough nappies for the flight, [...]

Choosing a family holiday: 10 questions to ask yourself

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:12 +0000

When it comes to choosing your first family holiday, you have a whole host of new factors to consider, so here’s our low down on choosing a holiday for your baby and young children. How far do you want to travel with your children? For some parents the thought of a long haul flight is [...]

5 unusual hotels for your family holiday

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:29:40 +0000

Imagine your children’s faces if you took them to stay in a jumbo jet overnight or would your little explorers love a week in an amazing treehouse? Well, their dream holidays await. HostelBookers.com are back with some amazing and unusual family hotels to fire up your children’s imaginations. Over to hostelbookers…. How to spice up [...]

Family ski holidays: Our top 3 half term finds….

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:22:35 +0000

The best family ski deals are of course during term time. So if you’re considering taking the children out of school to ski, check out ski holiday deals from Neilson for New Year dates or browse ThomsonSki’s deals including free kids places. February Half Term Skiing …Or with a view to minimising the kids time [...]