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FAMILY HOLIDAYS UK ATTRACTIONS DESTINATIONS


Family clients may be booking summer sun but don’t forget to suggest a UK short break too, writes Joanna Booth


A


drizzly February day may not seem like the best


moment to suggest a domestic break. Clients are no doubt thinking of jetting off to warmer climes. But while you have their attention booking Corfu or the Costa del Sol, why not suggest a UK short break to spread out the fun? Families can slot them into weekends, or even use them to jazz up a stay-at-home half-term. Ticketing specialists including


Attraction World and Do Something Different can help you earn commission on activities, and Super Break’s hotel and


Holidays at


attraction packages make short work of overnight stays. But even if you can’t earn


commission on some attractions, they’re still worth investigating as motivation for clients to book accommodation nearby. Pair Bewilderwood, the homespun Norfolk woodland adventure park based on Tom Blofeld’s children’s books, with a stay at one of Haven’s nearby parks. Or send teens to try out the world’s fastest zipline at Zip World Penrhyn Quarry, just a five-minute walk from Hoseasons’ Ogwen Bank Country Park.


w UNDER-FIVES Parents with toddlers may well have mixed feelings about flights, so tempt them with the rich pickings at home for younger kids. With no pesky school holidays to worry about, they can take advantage of quieter periods and avoid times when attractions will be overrun by older, more boisterous children. At this age, favourite books and TV shows create perfect hooks to hang a trip off, from CBeebies Land at Alton Towers – great for fans of Octonauts, Go Jetters and Postman Pat


home


– to Drayton Manor, where budding train drivers who love a certain blue tank engine will be enchanted by the rides at Thomas Land. Reassure parents that theme parks aren’t all about vertical drops and supercharged rollercoasters. Parks work hard to cater for their youngest visitors too, and are particularly useful when siblings are spread across a large age range. Chessington World of Adventures has a downloadable Toddler Guide with helpful detail on suitable rides, height restrictions


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PICTURE: ANDREW KAHUMBU


FAMILY HOLIDAYS


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