What are your family's holiday non-negotiables? Win a £200 voucher

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Every family has certain things they look for when booking a holiday, whether that's a brilliant kids' club, a splash pool, an easy walk to the beach, short flight times or simply staying within budget.

We'd love to know what are your family's holiday non-negotiables? What features, facilities or little extras help you choose the right holiday, and what makes a trip feel like a great fit for your family?

• Share your must-haves and tips in the thread below by 01/07 to be entered into a prize draw.
• One lucky contributor will receive a £200 VEX voucher for a store of their choice.
• Don’t forget to vote in our poll below.

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

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I posted upthread about how I start choosing holidays based on location, not hotels. If the sponsor of this thread can do anything to improve listings by giving more information - and photos - of resorts, I would be very happy.

A child-friendly hotel but in a quiet area.

Clean bathroom and kitchen!

A decent variety of good edible and safe food - no flies please !
We've had some horrors in the past, if we can all eat food which we all enjoy in a clean cool hotel with a lovely pool we are all happy.

It always comes down to budget for us !

Accommodation that hasn't been used by smokers/ vapers or pets.

A short transfer. After hours queueing at the airport and then a long flight and them more queues to leave the airport and board the bus I don't want to spend hours on a coach.

I alsways bring a spare Kindle. The thought of one breaking on holiday leaving me with nothing to read terrifies me.

Congratulations @bob1985 you are the winner of the £200 voucher!

Four star luxury minimum. Oh, and adults only. (Been there, done all that with the kids, so glad it's no longer necessary. )