If you’re looking for a child-friendly escape, whether it’s a luxury hotel or a budget holiday then you’ve just found your essential one-stop place to search. Created by parents looking for perfect ‘breaks-with-baby’ they’ve managed to put together an excellent guide for anyone travelling with children. They don’t only tell you about the best places to stay and childcare options, but they offer tips, advice and checklists starting a couple of months before you travel and ending up on the day before. If you have young children this site is a real and indispensable blessing.

Although I amazingly had three kids who didn’t enjoy rides until they reached their teens (with two parents who couldn’t stand queuing) Disney obviously has to be included here. You won’t be at all surprised that this is a fun and colourful website where you can buy your tickets, arrange your hotel and find out how to get there. You can book all of this elsewhere too, but if that ‘meet’n greet’ by Donald Duck is important to you and yours then this is the place to start. For Disneyland California visit www.disneyland.com and for Florida go to www.disneyworld.com.

The Adventure Company has searched the world to offer you unique trips and experiences with a balance of well-known highlights and places off the beaten track. They bring you the opportunity to go trekking, view wildlife, experience life in a tribal village, see the stars from a desert wilderness or try a new activity like rafting, dog-sledding or kayaking and have over 130 holidays to suggest worldwide, including Latin America, Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, North America, Australasia, Antarctica. There are trips for families with kids from two upwards plus excellent options if you’re travelling alone.