Why families are turning away from traditional family holidays

According to popular website Mumsnet.com British families are turning away from traditional holidays in favour of cheaper and more flexible options such as camping and house exchanges.

Whichever type of holiday you choose for your family this year, remember that travel insurance isn't something to cut back on. Family travel insurance doesn't have to be expensive, children under 18 are insured free of charge on single trip policies with insurewithease.com, regardless of whether you are a one parent or two parent family.

It seems that the expense of a traditional holiday and the lack of flexible accommodation for both larger families and single parent families is driving modern parents to look for alternatives.

Camping and home swaps have grown in popularity over recent years because they are affordable and flexible, allowing a family to holiday on their own terms and not be forced to fit into somebody else's idea of what the average family is and wants.

Affordability and suitability of accommodation can be just as much of a problem for larger families as it is for single parent families, albeit for different reasons. With single parents often having to pay a single supplement, or not qualifying for free child places. And larger families struggling to find hotels that can accommodate them all in a suitable way.

Once you have booked your family holiday it pays to buy family travel insurance as soon as possible to get the full benefit of the cancellation cover which travel insurance provides.

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