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holidays
Family holiday planning
made easy!
If you’ve ever found yourself stumped for an idea for what
to do or where to go with the kids over the summer
holidays, then we may have just the solution for you…
Let’s face it, who hasn’t found downloadable ‘kids go free’ credit crunch. Some 71% of us have
themselves looking for inspiration during vouchers, free ticket competitions and been forced to cut down our
the long summer holidays when it local event listings – making it even expenditure and 35% admit recession
comes to finding places to go or things easier to plan affordable activities. fears have stopped ‘main holiday’ plans
to do with the kids? Well, if that sounds The trend for holidaying abroad is in the next six months.
familiar to you, then we may have just slowing this summer, thanks to the Interestingly, mums and dads still see
what you are looking for: the new ‘Let’s
Go with the Children’ website has just
launched with brand new ideas for
families holidaying in Scotland this year.
Launched earlier this year, the site
offers the largest searchable database
of days out, attractions and leisure
ideas across the country – that includes
Dumfries & Galloway, but extends all
the way across Scotland and even
down into England, Wales and Northern
Ireland.
An advanced search function allows
parents to look for days out in their
local area or holiday destination that are
free of charge, or low in price.
There are also a variety of
a great importance in enjoying family
leisure time, with 91% saying they
won’t cut back on giving their children
pocket money and 93% planning to
take a trip in the UK this summer.
With so many people forced to find
inexpensive holiday options on home
turf, ‘Let’s Go with the Children’ hope
that its 2009 guide books and UK-wide
website will discourage the doom and
gloom, encouraging families to spend
quality time together this summer,
whatever the weather and whatever the
budget!
If you fancy seeing what’s available,
then visit the website by logging on to
www.letsgowiththechildren.co.uk
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