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A family road trip in California was high on our bucket list and in February 2020 we finally managed to get out to L.A. and explore this amazing part of the world. In a nutshell, we started in L.A, drove up the Pacific Coast Highway including Santa Barbara, Big Sur, Carmel by the sea, Monterey Bay to San Francisco, then…

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Vancouver Island & Whistler Road Trip

During the Easter holidays we enjoyed a family road trip to Vancouver Island for 4 days and a ski holiday in Whistler for 6 days. We stayed at Long Beach Lodge Resort 7km south of downtown Tofino and enjoyed the natural beauty of the rugged coastline location. The rainforest cottage was perfect for us as a family of four, highly…

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A family holiday can take many forms. You might want to enjoy some time by the sea, playing on the beach and having fun. You might wish to take your little ones to a theme park, such as Disneyland, to make a lifetime of memories. Alternatively, you might want to head somewhere like the Isles of Scilly, and spend your…

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After a 4 hour flight from London, we step off the plane at Paphos airport and the heat hits us. It aways amazes me the difference in climate that 2,000 miles south can make. Shame we can’t move the UK next to Cyprus. You can see why so many expats move here! We hired a car from the airport as…

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If you’re feeling down about missing out on the mountains this winter then why not lift your spirits by starting to plan a trip for the summer? Spending summer in the mountains is really quite a special experience, especially if you’re travelling as a family! There are plenty of fun things to do and our money saver ‘Multi Pass’ helps…

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Beach House Hotel Hermosa Beach

The last few nights of our memorable 3 weeks family road trip around California we spent at Hermosa Beach, L.A. The accommodation we stayed in a family ocean front room at Beach House Hotel Hermosa Beach, a beautiful boutique hotel boasting an enviable position on the beachfront of Hermosa Beach. With miles of white sandy beaches, sunsets, surf, volleyball, dining,…

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Recently we embarked on an amazing family road trip around California. It had been a trip we’d always thought of doing and now our boys being eight and ten, we thought what a great time to live the dream and do it. It was February and we were escaping the winter storms and cold weather back in Cornwall, England in…

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We arrived in Los Angeles airport on a lovely warm evening mid February to begin our three weeks family road trip around California. After our eleven hour flight from London Heathrow, we wanted to stay relatively close to L.A. airport on our first night so we chose Venice Beach. Our two boys, Dylan (10) and Harry (8) had their first…

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February 2020 we took an epic family road trip around California. One big draw for us as a family is that we could have sea/beach and mountains in one trip. So ten days into our trip we arrived at Heavenly Mountain Resort, south of Lake Tahoe and around a 3 hour drive from San Francisco. Heavenly lives up to its…

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