Now that you have decided to take a family holiday camping in France, there are a few things to consider. There are many campsites suitable for family holidays in France to choose from; each one as beautiful as the next. However, there are a few things to check you have with you before you get underway. These vary slightly depending on if you are using a mobile holiday home, or a camping resort.

You will want to be sure you have your passport, driving licence and car insurance details for any road trip on the Continent. It is likely you won’t need them of course, but better safe than sorry.

It is highly advisable to have travel insurance and the E111 to provide basic medical cover. French law also requires that you have a warning triangle in your car (in case of breakdown), and you should also have a basic first-aid kit and fire extinguisher.

The majority of campsites are fully equipped with everything, including barbeques. If you wish to tent, you must verify that you can use your own. Some will only allow touring guests to bring a personal tent, and offer pitch areas at reasonable cost.

If you are camping in a mobile home you can carry your favourite perishables with you, as they are equipped with fridge/freezer combos, but in gastronomic France, this may not be necessary of course! There is a variety of bedroom choices available, depending on how many you take on your camping holidays.

Most importantly, you will want to bring bedding, towels, basic toiletries like toothbrushes and paste, and you should check to see if cooking supplies are provided. Often they are; however you may need to provide bottle and can openers. Waste bags, a torch and matches are must haves, regardless of how you camp. There are stores near all major campsites for you to purchase perishables or other needs.

Brochure holidays are packed with benefits. First of all, you’ll find everything you need for your holiday in one place – no arranging hotels and flights in separate places and hoping everything ties together. Plus, there’s an enormous range to choose from. Brochure holidays are far more flexible than just “package trips to Benidorm”, you can book exotic holidays, cruises, adventure weekends, skiing breaks and much more, both at home and abroad.

Of course, you can put a holiday together yourself online, but this might not be such an enjoyable experience. Usually, it’s a matter of “pot luck” and going back and forth between companies. Sometimes you don’t even know what the accommodation looks like or how good the facilities are, and you have all the worries and aggravation associated with arranging everything yourself. Brochure holidays often work out cheaper anyway and you have the added reassurance that they’re often ABTA-bonded.

Besides, what could be nicer, on a cold winter’s day, than the “ther-dunk” of glossy holiday brochures hitting the doormat? (Or the “beep” as they pop into your mailbox as PDF files.) You can sit flicking through them at your leisure, admiring the photos and imagining yourself in the same locations. It actually makes you feel the holiday has already started.

The cost of brochure holidays really comes down if you add Airmiles to the equation. Companies like Kuoni, Thomas Cook, Orient Express and Butlins can all be booked with Airmiles. If you have enough miles, you can even get a free holiday out of it. There are no better brochure holidays than the ones you don’t have to pay for!

If you are looking to jet off on your travels from Manchester Airport whether on business or for leisure you will need to consider where to leave your car. Airport parking is a great option as you avoid having to depend on taxis or relatives to get you to the airport on time and can rest assured that you will get there on time. No matter what the length of flight is Manchester Airport parking is available to you.

City breaks or business flying

If you are jet setting to a city in the UK or abroad either for a holiday or on business then there is nothing more convenient that leaving your car at the secure airport parking area. You can enjoy a trip to Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Barcelona or whether ever else you choose to go feeling reassured that your vehicle is well looked after and will be there ready and waiting when you land. Many business people often have to city hop in one day and waiting for taxis can be a chore. This way of airport parking can reduce the hassle and stress so that you can get home all the sooner in the comfort of your own car.

Long haul holidays

When choosing to go away on your planned holidays the traditional means of getting there is to persuade a family member to get up with you all bleary eyed to take you to the airport or to order a taxi, that may turn up late or not at all. Manchester airport parking has great facilities so that you can leave you car for your holiday duration in secure circumstances. That trip to Jamaica can be even dreamier when you can just jump into your ready and waiting car when you return. It’s easy to arrange and can be paid for in advance.

Manchester is the home of many attractions and amenities and some may also say the home of a successful football club.

Manchester also has a large airport where flights depart for almost anywhere in the world. If you are flying out from Manchester airport then why not spend the day admiring some of the local attractions and taking in some of the spectacular sights.

Look for Manchester airport parking and leave your car there while you look around the city. This is one of the great aspects of airport parking; you can leave it there, knowing it is secure while you enjoy yourself in the town or whilst on holiday.

A great place to start would be to have breakfast or brunch, depending on what time of day it is. One of the most recommended places to eat is Bar 38. This is a glass building that has several restaurants and bars within its angular walls. It is extremely modern, but also minimalist.

If you love to shop, then you will not be disappointed with the various shopping complexes, such as the Trafford Centre, the Arndale Centre, the regional markets and the city centre.

Is shopping is not your favourite past time and you would rather watch a show, then Manchester can offer you some great places of entertainment, such as the Palace Theatre, the Lowry Theatre and the Apollo.

No matter what you plan to do in Manchester, whether it is dining, drinking, shopping or watching a show, you can sit back and relax and enjoy the experience, knowing that your car is completely safe in Manchester airport parking.

So you have arrived for a short stay in the city of London and naturally you want to make the most of your time. London is a city bustling with arts, culture, activities, landmarks and much, much more. Plan your time carefully, and you could have a fantastic experience.

If you are arriving into Heathrow, the first thing to remember is that the tube will take you straight into central London in less than an hour, so instead of facing the London traffic, leave your car at a Heathrow Parking facility and jump on the Piccadilly Line. Make sure to buy a travelcard, which will give you unlimited access to London transport all day.

Get off the tube at Piccadilly Circus as it is only a short walk down to Trafalgar Square, where you can see the famous fountains and National Portrait Gallery. Then take a short walk to Embankment where you can jump on a tube across the river to Waterloo. Here you can enjoy a stroll along the Southbank, where you will find the National Theatre, the Tate modern, and plenty of restaurants, cafes and bars to enjoy.

You can’t visit London without seeing Buckingham Palace, so take a short tube journey to St James Park to see the Queen. Then finish off your trip by heading north to Oxford Circus, famously renowned for its fantastic shopping.

Take a quick stroll through Soho, and head to Leicester square, where you might catch a film premiere, before heading back to your airport parking at Heathrow.

Unless you wait for the last minute, or rely on special offers from certain airlines, the cost of flights from UK airports can be quite expensive. Even with special offers, the restrictions on when you travel and how many bags you take with you can make the flights impractical.

It would be much better to choose when you want to fly, and to where you want to go, and instead of getting ‘big discounts’, get completely free flights. This sounds unlikely, but when you’re collecting Airmiles, you can use them for free flights to anywhere in the world, from Paris to New York to Sydney.

You don’t even need to be a frequent flyer to collect Airmiles and get free flights, with travel rewards credit cards such as the Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo Credit Card Account, you can collect Airmiles every time you use your Credit Cards. This means you can get yourself one step closer to free flights every time you buy everyday things, like your car tax, weekly shop or a new pair of shoes. Whether you’re spending money on luxury items, life’s necessities or paying those laborious bills, every purchase made on your Credit Cards will give you Airmiles – Airmiles that can be exchanged for free flights to wherever you want to go.

You no longer need to watch those holiday ads on TV and worry how you’re unable to afford to fly to exotic destinations. Simply use one of the many travel rewards credit cards to earn the free flights you want.

Everyone deserves to have a holiday at least once a year. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a short city break in the autumn in one of the UK’s cheap hotels, or a two week sun-filled break in Europe – holidays are to be enjoyed and looked forward to.

However, as with most things that we enjoy in life, holidays can be expensive. Even a short break in London can cost a small fortune when you factor in all of the additional expenses, such as meals, travel, activities and, of course, your hotel room. When you collect Airmiles, however, you can save up miles to put towards your stay, allowing you to take advantage of cheap hotel rooms, and sometimes even free stays.

Airmiles can be collected in a variety of different ways, such as whenever you spend money on your Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo Credit Card Account. Every time you use your Cards, whether it’s for your weekly grocery shop or to pay your bills, you’ll be collecting Airmiles that can be exchanged for cheap hotels, or even free flights within the UK and to other countries.

There are other ways to collect Airmiles as well, including exchanging your Tesco Clubcard vouchers.
The more Airmiles you collect, the further you could travel with your free flights. If you collect 10,000 Airmiles, you could even fly to Australia for the dream holiday of a lifetime, and your flight wouldn’t cost you a penny!

Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain scores highly as a holiday destination on many points. Its surreal, exotic landscape, endless sunshine and low prices make it a draw all 12 months of the year, and thanks to the large number of ex-pats and sports resorts, cheap flights to Spain are available throughout the year.

Lanzarote flights are available from most major UK airports, and typically take less than five hours. You could feasibly book cheap, last-minute Lanzarote flights and be soaking up the sun the same day. You won’t be alone, even if you set off in the depths of winter. The island is a popular destination for thousands of British travellers every year, who book cheap flights to Lanzarote out-of-season to take advantage of the milder temperatures.

Just off the coast of Africa, this simmering volcanic island attracts year-round sunshine. Even in January and February, the average temperatures are as warm as August in the UK. During the summer months, temperatures reach the high 90s, but this is cooled by the island’s temperate breezes. The balmy climate makes Lanzarote a popular island with ex-pat Brits. They have mainly settled around the resort of Puerto del Carmen, where the bars and restaurants have a particularly British appeal. Despite this, the island is refreshingly unspoilt - resorts like Teguise and San Bartoleme give you a resolutely Canarian welcome.

Sports lovers and athletes take cheap flights to Lanzarote throughout the year; they are lured by the biking tracks, cave dives and surfing opportunities. Tourists come for the Timanfaya volcanic park, or attractions like the stunning Cueva de los Verdes cavern, or the Arabesque town of Haria.

The recession is affecting everyone’s holiday plans in the UK, causing more people to stay at home rather than take their usual holidays abroad, or city breaks in Europe. This doesn’t have to be the case though, as you can earn free flights and free stays in hotels across the UK, Europe and worldwide by collecting Airmiles.

When you spend money using a Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo Credit Card account, you’ll be collecting Airmiles and, when you collect Airmiles, you can save up for free flights to many city break destinations. So, Airmiles are a great way to save money on a city break.

For a short trip to Europe, for example to Paris, Rome or Madrid, it wouldn’t take long for you to collect enough Airmiles to exchange for the free flights.

If you’re not an Airmiles Duo account holder, you can still collect Airmiles when you shop at Tesco, by swapping your Tesco Clubcard points for Airmiles, which can be used for free flights. Spending your Clubcard points on free flights is much more enjoyable than getting money off your weekly shopping. Other ways to collect Airmiles include shopping at hundreds of online stores, such as eBay.co.uk and johnlewis.com, via the Airmiles eStore. You can even collect Airmiles while filling up with fuel. If you sign up for a Shell Drivers’ Club card, you can convert your Shell Drivers’ Club points into Airmiles.

As any parent knows, when you’re travelling with children you’re rarely travelling light. Children, especially babies, require more luggage than most adults and this can be a problem when you’re booking flights for holidays with a baby.

The problem of travelling with baby can become worse when you consider that many flight operators don’t allow the extra luggage allowance required to take all of your baby’s things with you. When you book a holiday to Turkey with Tapestry Holidays you can avoid the problems by renting the baby things you’ll need.

For example, it’s impossible to get around anywhere with a baby without a pushchair, but taking one on the plane might not be possible. Why not rent the pushchair at the other end then you don’t have the hassle and expense of travelling with one?

Babies also require items such as a cot, high chair and changing mat. None of which would be practical for you to take with you on a plane, but the best family friendly holidays offer these items as an option.

Children can also become bored while on holiday, even in a place as great as Turkey. To help combat your child’s boredom you can order toys suitable for your child to be made available at your hotel. This is a much easier, and cheaper, option than trying to pack a suitcase full of their favourite toys.