Travel with Kids by William Gray

WILLIAM GRAY is an award-winning travel writer and photographer, specialising in family travel, wildlife and adventure. His first book Travel with Kids won the British Guild of Travel Writers Awards Best Guidebook in 2008. He lives in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds with his wife, Sally, and ten-year-old twins, Joe and Ellie.

Travel with Kids is beautifully written and photographed, but what do the readers think? Here’s some reviews from Amazon…

This definitive guide to worldwide travel with kids, from babies to teens, is available on the Little Gulliver Bookshelf. (Since becoming a mum, this has become one of my favourite books)!

The answer to my prayers?

Like a lot of people we used to travel a lot before having kids. Now with children aged one and three we’ve been trying to work out the best way to holiday as a family i.e. how the kids can be happy, we can get a well deserved relaxing break, and we can have fun as a family. Not an easy thing to do. I’ve picked up a few of these books and they’ve never really got the balance right, they’re either not practical enough, or they’re so practical they take the fun out of the idea travelling with young a family.
This book gets it just right. It’s beautifully produced, which makes it a pleasure to read. The advice and guidance is full of practical stuff, but delivered in a way that’s meant to give you the inspiration and confidence to get on and book that trip.
I’ve just booked a two week holiday for our family on the back of this book – so they’d better be right!

beautiful and informative

This weighty reference is an inspirational guide, and I can see it empowering parents to travel further and more intrepidly with the little’uns. It is brim-full of ideas for the whole family and I love the suggested reads for the kids, as well as projects for the brood. The photos are gorgeous and it is a pleasure to simply leaf through and imagine….sunshine, kids contentedly gathering shells or frollicking. ‘Your Child Abroad: a travel health guide’ would be its perfect partner.

Read this book before you plan your holiday

If you want some new ideas about where to go and what to do on a family holiday this is the book for you. It is a fantastic reference book to the world and you are guaranteed to find some new ideas no matter how much you’ve travelled and whether you’re planning to stay in the UK or Europe or to venture further.

The book looks great, is wonderfully designed and easy to dip in to. It is packed with practical information making it easy to organise a holiday yourself and gives loads of top tips about places to visit and things to do. There’s also some great ideas about books to read, games to play and things that you can do with your kids to get them in the mood for your chosen destination.

I have always enjoyed travelling but since having children have sometimes felt stuck for ideas. Having bought this book I feel the world has opened up again!

buy with confidence

Highly recommend this purchase.. we always take a travel guide where ever we go however this one is really useful for deciding where to go on holiday… it provides a brief summary of the things you need to know for destinations around the world. I’ve found this useful to decide where to take our next holiday. I also think this book is useful not just for families but for any avid traveller.

Brilliant

I bought this book as I have a 1yr old and a 2 yr old and wanted to find a holiday that was good for a baby and toddler and this book was fantastic as it gave me so many options – I have booked one of the places suggested and cant wait!

A lovely, useful book

Having bought most of the books about travelling with children, I like this one the most. It is colourful, useful and interesting, providing a good mix of locations from the more local to the far flung, whilst accepting that it can’t cover everything.I love the pages of kids stuff, and there’s a good balance of the useful and fun. It’s so colourful and exciting I get enthusiastic about the travel possibilities for my family every time I open it. It’s definitely destined to be one of the books on my shelf that is slightly grubby and falling apart through so much use!!

Exhaustive and entertaining

This is a fantastic book packed with information for parents and children. If you have been daunted by taking your kids overseas then this title will tell you everything you need to know. It includes preparation before you go, health, choosing a destination surviving on the road and what to do when you are there. There are also sections for your little ones, to get them excited about the destination.

I have followed Will’s writings on family travel in Wanderlust magazine, and I couldn’t think of anyone better qualified to write this book.

Would recommend for any travelling with children

I found this a great help for planning our holiday abroad. It recommends things and places to go right up until their teens and covers the world. I will definitely be using this book for insipiration for all future family holidays.

GUIDEBOOK OF THE YEAR 2008

Travel with Kids won the 2008 Guidebook of the Year Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers.

Here are some other reviews:

A well-packaged reference book that sets the benchmark.
BRITISH GUILD OF TRAVEL WRITERS’ AWARDS

The perfect book to have to hand when planning your family’s annual holiday.
JUNIOR MAGAZINE, AUTUMN 2008

One of those rare finds: a practical family guide as well as an entertaining read.
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2007

A treasure chest of inspiration.
OPEN ROAD MAGAZINE (HERTZ), SPRING 2008

Packed with inspiration and advice for taking your children abroad.
WANDERLUST MAGAZINE 2007

Top resource for vacationing: Travel with Kids features exotic excursions, from hanging out under a pagoda in Kathmandu to puffin-watching in Wales.
NICK JR MAGAZINE (NICKLEODEON)

From tots to teens, this book helps parents get it right for different age groups, budgets and style of travel.
MTV MAGAZINE

Travel with Kids covers trips from bucket-and-spade holidays to epic journeys. `Take your kids travelling! Take them now!’ is William Gray’s message. `Children grown up fast and you’ll never find a better, more rewarding opportunity to enrich their lives, minds and souls – or yours – than a family holiday.’
DAVID WICKERS, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE, APRIL 2008

A genuine must-have for parents with itchy feet everywhere.
ANGELS & URCHINS MAGAZINE 

This definitive guide to worldwide travel with kids - from babies to teens - is available on the Little Gulliver Bookshelf.

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