Not sure where to go on your next school break? Browse our family trip ideas by season: summer, winter and spring break adventures we’ve taken ourselves, with itineraries, tips and honest advice to help you pick the right one.
We spent Christmas in Egypt — 9 hectic days covering Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Luxor with a group of 19 family and friends, with our family of three splitting off at the end for the Red Sea in Sharm el-Sheikh. Our checked luggage never arrived after a missed connection at Heathrow,
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How many days do you need in St Kitts and Nevis? We spent six days exploring both islands: Basseterre and Brimstone Hill Fortress on St Kitts, a rainforest jeep safari, and a ferry day trip to quiet Nevis. We visited in 2013 and have updated the practical details — entry requirements, the new eTA, and driving
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Travel Month – December Why the Bahamas? Planning a Nassau and Grand Bahama itinerary? Here’s exactly how we did it — three families, seven days, and zero regrets. Four days exploring Nassau, Bahamas — beaches, Atlantis, the Straw Market, and the best local food shacks you’ve never heard of — followed by three days of
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Travel Month – April If you’re looking for the perfect family vacation in the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos deserves to be at the very top of your list. We traveled here as a family and can honestly say it exceeded every expectation — the water is impossibly blue, the beaches are powder-soft, and the pace
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Four days in Iceland in November gave us the Golden Circle, the South Coast waterfalls, glacier lagoons, and Northern Lights — with almost no crowds. We spent about $7,500 for 4 adults and 2 kids plus our guide’s accommodation (excluding flights and meals), most of it on a private 3-day superjeep tour. Here’s the full
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Sun, sea, shipwrecks, and a few surprises — here’s what five days on One Happy Island actually looks like. Travel Date – November 2025 Planning 5 days in Aruba? You’ve chosen one of the most reliably beautiful islands in the entire Caribbean — and as a family that has island-hopped across the Caribbean from Turks and
Seven days in Portugal gave us the perfect first-timer route: two days in Lisbon (history, hills and custard tarts), a day trip to Sintra’s palaces in the clouds, the medieval town of Óbidos plus Nazaré, the Douro Valley’s terraced vineyards, and two days in Porto — port wine, the Ribeira district and the Dom Luís
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How should you spend 14 days in Australia with kids? Our route covers Melbourne, Phillip Island’s Penguin Parade, the Great Ocean Road, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef, and Sydney. We went in December — summer and peak season — drove on the left, and booked reef tours and the Kangaroo Island
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A hiking trip to Patagonia, Santiago and Valparaiso Travel Month – April Planning a Chile trip itinerary that balances bucket-list hiking with big-city culture? You’ve come to the right place. This Chile travel guide covers our week long adventure through Santiago, Chilean Patagonia, and Valparaíso — one of the most rewarding South America travel experiences
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Seven days is the sweet spot for a first Tanzania safari. Our late-July family trip with Duma Explorer covered Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti during the Great Migration, costing roughly $13,000 all-inclusive for our family of three. This itinerary breaks down each day, what we saw, and what we’d do the same — or
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Travel Month – December Pura Vida (Pure life) Awaits: Why Costa Rica Should Be Your Next Adventure If you’ve ever dreamed of waking up to howler monkeys, watching a volcano emerge through the morning mist, or surfing golden Pacific waves before breakfast — Costa Rica is calling your name. In December 2023, our family of
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We spent 10 days in Turkey in November as a family of three — 4 days in Istanbul’s old town (Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Basilica Cistern and the Grand Bazaar), then 3 days in Cappadocia based in a cave hotel in Uçhisar for the Göreme Open-Air Museum and Derinkuyu Underground City
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Germany in Three Cities: Exploring Berlin, Dresden & Nuremberg Travel Month: August This 8-day Germany itinerary takes you through three of the country’s most historically rich and visually stunning cities — Berlin, Dresden, and Nuremberg — and is based entirely on our own family trip in August. We didn’t originally plan Germany as our main destination.
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Ten days in Spain took us from Barcelona’s Gaudí landmarks (Sagrada Família, Park Güell, Casa Batlló) to Valencia, then Seville for flamenco and the Royal Alcázar, a day in Gibraltar, and three days in Madrid — Gran Vía, the Prado, Reina Sofía and El Retiro Park. Traveling between cities was surprisingly easy. This itinerary breaks
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