The best family holiday will be one that not only relaxes and invigorates every single member of the family, but also one that helps to bond the family as a whole. With the pace of our lives seeming to get faster all the time and with technology meaning that entire families can be sat in the same room and at the same time be engaged with people somewhere completely different, it can be extremely hard for families to actually set aside real quality time.
As such, the best holidays will be the ones that allow families to spend as much quality time together as possible.
One of the best ways to set up such a holiday, is to start the bonding on the journey. Whilst airports breed stress, silence and sleep, by driving to your destination, there are plenty of chances to stop en route to see interesting sights and to play many games that would be far harder to play surrounded by hundreds of other people on a plane. Even the voyage on cross channel ferries can offer plenty for families to do together, and a more free and relaxing way to head abroad.
Driving in new places gives far more scope to see genuinely unique things and to experience things together as a whole. By reaching your hotel too quickly, families risk the kids simply heading for the pool and the adults heading for the bar.
With so many campsites across Europe, getting your ferry tickets and heading across the seas can also mean that you get to see far more. Instead of being stuck in one resort, heading away with ferry tickets in hand instead of plane tickets means that you will be able to wake up in a different place every morning if you would like to. And anywhere you go using cross channel ferries would allow you to stop off at Disneyland Paris en route to treat the kids should you so wish.
Whilst package holidays have their place, if you want to experience a real holiday as a family, heading away by car will allow you to do so much more together.