Family Friendly Holidays

Now is a great time to plan for your next family holiday.

There are literally hundreds of wonderful deals on offer at the moment. If you have young children and want a holiday outside of school holidays, or you are planning the next school break, Travelbeen has loads of site that will help you plan.

Here are just a few of our favourites!

South Australia The official South Australian website has a great section of things to do in SA that have a child friendly focus. "Forget the overpriced theme parks and the school holiday crowds you get eelsewhere. South Australia has all the ingredients for a family holiday with a difference - all at affordable prices. Try paddle boating along Adelaide's River Torrens. Have a picnic on one of our secluded beaches. Take the family fossicking for opals at Coober Pedy. Go for a ride on an steam train. Or relax on a houseboat on the Murray River, and watch the kids learn to water ski. There's countless opportunities for the whole family to play, to relax, and to learn. No matter what you choose, you'll get an unforgettable, authentic holiday - without the same old cartoon character rollercoasters and the same old holiday crowds."

KidsHolidayOnline is a fantastic resource if you have children and are in need of a holiday. The site offers child friendly accommodation suggestions, travel guides, packages and information, which all have a family focus. They also have an up to date 'Specials' section with particular interest if any of the airlines have a deals on children's flights.

Holiday with Kids - Family Travel specialists
This is a great site. It has a really user friendly menu allowing you to easily look up accommodation, school holiday activities, family holiday specials and even a great section for single parents holidaying with children. It is a good site to bookmark as they have weekly specials on flights and holidays package.

Harvey World Travel
In a section called "Great Deals" they often have family holiday specials. At the moment the focus is on New Zealand. Savings range from 50% off a cruise from Melbourne to New Zealand or a Queenstown Short Break Package that has a camper van option, a great deal when travelling with children.

Stella Hospitality Group
The Stella Group has a range of accommodation options, from the very luxurious, to the quick get away. It has a section that it updates regularly that focus on children. The focus this weeks is the FUN4KIDS FESTIVAL held at Warrnambool. "Held annually during the first week of the Victorian winter school holidays, the Fun4Kids Festival presents children with the unique opportunity to participate in an imaginative world of arts, hands-on workshops and exceptional live entertainment for children 2 to 12 years."

Australia Zoo
If it is an adventure that you are after there is no other zoo like Australia Zoo. As they say...
"We pack in stacks of wildlife action every day and move at a great rate of knots - there is always an exciting wildlife show to see, friendly and knowledgeable zoo keepers to chat with and heaps of drop-dead gorgeous animals that can't wait to get up close and personal with YOU!"
Tickets can be purchased on line to avoid any waiting on the day.

GoDo Australia. This is a really useful site if you are planning to visit a theme park. It features the vast majority of theme parks across Australia and the tickets for these can be purchased on line often at greatly reduced costs.

TakeABreak
This site has the ability to search under various categories e.g. pets or family. It lists all the school holidy dates for different states which is extremely handy if you are a parent of non-school age children as it is cheaper to book outside of school holidays!


There are many more great websites that concentrate on family frienly holiday that we have selected for you at out unique travel only search website.

All you need to do is visit our site at Travelbeen and seach for 'family holiday Austalia', or if you want a more refined seach you can just click onto accommodation or flights etc. and type in family holiday.

Bookmark the site. It's a great tool when you are planning for your next holiday.