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My daughter is very lucky. Even by UK standards, she’s lucky, not least for all the travels she’s taken by the age of four. For now, she happily accepts this as just how her life is, of course. But as well…
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All I could see was a mass of orange and red fur. Somewhere underneath was my four-year-old daughter, enthusiastically hugging Elmo and Zoe from Sesame Street, happily lost in the fluffy cuddle. Sailing around the island of Providenciales on our…
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I defy anyone not to perk up at the phrase ‘luxury all-inclusive in the Caribbean’. Even better ‘family-friendly luxury all-inclusive in the Caribbean’. You’re picturing it right now, aren’t you? Honestly, I only really ‘got’ the idea of all-inclusives after…
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I love that my daughter is well travelled. But even my jaw dropped a bit when I realised she’d had two Caribbean holidays before the age of two (and now three aged three). I, needless to say, was working (no really,…
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If only bricks could talk. At first glance, they look fairly ordinary. A nice honey colour and thinner than you might expect but for all that, just another brick in the wall. Except this wall and these bricks have seen…
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It’s not often that I have to thank Belgian water polo players when I travel. But back in 1950, one particular athlete named Gerard Blitz founded Club Med and the concept of all-inclusive resorts was born. Before my daughter came along,…
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Sometimes a hotel is just a place to lay your head at the end of a busy day exploring. But more and more, particularly with a young child, the choice of place to stay can make or break the holiday. That’s never…
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It’s not hard to tempt someone to Antigua. From our previous trips, I know how family-friendly the Caribbean is and with winter looming, I didn’t take much persuading to swap autumn for sun, sea and sand. But while those improbably…
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Coming so soon after our Florida trip, I didn’t think there’d be too many travel lessons to learn from my holiday in Antigua for the #eliteislandfamilies blogathon. Foolish, foolish. There’s *always* something to learn when travelling with my daughter – I’m not…
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I’m Cathy, an award-winning travel-obsessed writer who’s never knowingly underpacked.
I’m also mum to the mini traveller – aka five-year-old Minnie* – and trying to work out how to cling on to normal life by my fingernails. Don't tell me it's not possible...
