When you book a family holiday, do you consult your children?

[amaryl]

Do they have any input? Do you sit down with the brochure and go through it with them?
Currently in Tenerife and I think ds (12) would rather be at home. I booked it because I couldn’t bear a week at home doing nothing

I a.so travel alone with ds (15). So yes he gets a say. But it's from a limited choice!

My ds struggles too socially because on the autism spectrum and he's also very quiet. So one of the things that's a must is wi fi in a hotel.
Also a shower and bath.
Also a buffet restaurant because he's fairly limited on diet. Also airily flat because he has walking difficulties.

So I find places and then look up local places to visit. We plan it all like that and choose one of the hotels afterwards that I can afford based on what he wants to do!
I'm fairly happy with sun and things to do so it matters less to me where and what places there are to visit!

Btw the jeep safer is are brilliant. So is teide by night. If you want a less booze cruise type trip look at nostramo from los gigs.

If you are OK driving you can just do the star gazing it's the pick ups driving round all the hotels that takes the time. I think its about an hour and cost around 30 euros.
Have you been to the mini golf it's at the side of the safari centre next to the ps3 supermarket

It's a tricky age. We did quite a lot of city breaks, my mum and me, when I was a teenager. It was just the two of us. We did a cycling holiday in Italy that was amazing, but places like Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Florence, New York, were good destinations as there were a lot of things to see to keep even a sullen teenager engaged!

And yes, I would say for a family holiday it's generally a good idea to at least toss some ideas around together and listen to what they have to say when they're old enough to offer a reasonably sensible opinion. My mum had solo holidays with her friends where she got to do exactly what she wanted to do, so holidays with the two of us were more of a compromise from her perspective I think. That's not to say she didn't enjoy them, but they probably weren't the holidays she would have picked on her own.

No. It's the parents' decision for a multitude of reasons.

You don't have to book trips via the hotel rep. There are local companies with whom you can book direct.

Tenerife Sunshine clicky were good. Was a few years ago, but I remember they were reasonably priced and had a good guide.

Look online at the bus routes if you fancy a trip out somewhere. It's all quite simple and lots of tourists use the buses.