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Small child friendly 40th holiday ideas

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LePetitPont · 16/01/2019 21:36

Both DH and I will turn 40 next year. I’m thinking this is a good excuse for a kick ass family holiday but not quite sure what this would look like with a 3 and 5.5 year old in tow!

Our most successful holiday is, hands down, Center Parcs because —I give up on everything I hold dear about holidays— it works so well to entertain the boys and everything is in one place with no stress. We have also had some lovely eurocamp style holidays and splurge on skiing with amazing childcare. My favourite ever holiday was honeymoon, 3 weeks travelling round North America, SAN Fran, Vancouver etc.

Places on my bucket list include Thailand and South Africa which I can see could work for families. But is 3-3.5 and 5.5-6 just too young? My husband is fond of the phrase “just beacause we COULD, doesn’t mean we SHOULD” and I worry it may apply here!

Any ideas for a suitable holiday that is a bit more than a French campsite or a forest in Nottinghamshire appreciated. We’ve done AI in Kos for a destination wedding without children and I found it a bit meh. Definitely need something interesting stuff to visit, lovely scenery / coastlines for walking / cycling etc.

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LePetitPont · 01/12/2019 19:46

Just coming back to this as I was googling a 40th mini break!! We’ve ended up going for... a eurocamp near Paris so we can test out Disneyland and the Eiffel Tower. And... Paris with the girls for me - Ibiza for the DH and the boys.

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