Family
Should you take your kids out of school for a holiday?
Most families contemplate it, but as a responsible parent, is it wise to pull your children out of school to go on holidays? My answer is yes! As a mother of two primary-school-aged children, here are the reasons why I do it, and my tips for how to do it responsibly. Why you should do …
Best Aussie babymoon hotels for 2018
You’re about to become parents, one of the most intense, yet rewarding, life experiences a couple can face. Once bub comes, it won’t be as easy to get away for special couple time. So why not treat yourselves to some relaxation and romance now, before the baby arrives? The choice of destination and hotel is …
Why I travel for family… and MURDER
Hi! My name is Cassie and I’m Wotif’s copy and content writer. You may remember me (or my puns) from scandalous blog posts like ‘10 reasons NSW is better than QLD‘ or that awesome Wotif email you got the other day. Unless it had a typo. That was someone else. What you don’t know about …
18 reasons holidaying with your parents was the best
Everyone has cherished memories of their family holidays. Sure, the occasional fights and arguments and awkward family photos may have made some of those memories ones you’d rather forget. But once you get older, and you start handing over your own hard-earned cash for flights and hotels, you realise the value – literally! – of those …
8 tips for travelling to meet relatives (and surviving)
Meeting or catching up with long-lost (or long-avoided) family can be a blast. Not to mention a great excuse to travel somewhere new, or go back to a place you haven’t been since you were a kid. You reminisce over old times and shared relatives, see different sides of people you’ve known or heard about …
Why I take the kids back to where I holidayed as a child
By Sophia Auld Remember the days when summer holidays seemed to stretch out before you like endless miles of sandy beach? And when games of backyard cricket were accompanied by the aroma of sausages sizzling on the barbie? I remember my childhood summers fondly from our family holidays. I want to make sure my kids …
The seven challenges of the travelling toddler
Just getting your children into the car to begin a holiday can be like herding cats. It’s not easy — having young kids and taking them on the road is an absolute mission. So, these are the seven trials every parent must endure if they are to battle all the odds and take a toddler …
Where are Aussies travelling these school holidays?
While Queensland’s pristine beaches remain the most popular mid-year holiday choice, this year’s Wotif.com July school holidays data reveals Aussie families are beginning to buck the trend, with Australian ski fields in for a bumper season, and an increased interest in warmer climates overseas. The hot list: movers and shakers Wotif’s predicted ‘mover and shaker’ …
How much do I love you kids’ clubs? Let me count the ways
By Josh Alston For years our paths have intertwined, born of fate and continued by passion. It was a union first of convenience, then of friendship, but now, it is love. I remember the day we first met: We arrived in beautiful Airlie Beach, hot, tired and with two screaming kids in tow. You greeted …
5 reasons why you should holiday with your parents again
I never thought I would hear myself say the words “My holiday would be much better if Mum and Dad came,” but here I am not just saying it but sharing the revelation on the interweb. After my last stint living in the family home, following a year abroad in Bangkok, I had sworn not …
