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Top ten family holiday companies
  • For parents who don't believe that having children is reason enough to hang up their backpacks, The Adventure Company arrange activity and adventure holidays in exotic locations from the Pyrenees to Peru, with holidays starting from £799 for an 8 day adventure. All family trips include flights, accommodation, activities, entrance fees, transport, some meals and the services of a Group Leader.

    Bring your children's school project to life with a journey to the Lost City of Petra. The eight day adventure takes in the desert at Wadi Rum, the Crusader Castle at Kerak and the Red and Dead Seas. Prices for this trip start at £1,189 for adults and £1,099 for children. For children seven and older. adventure company.co.uk
  • Completely focused on family holidays, Tots to Travel vet each of their UK and European holiday letting properties with a mother's eye for detail and safety - all pools have safety features, the width between banisters is checked etc. Prices range from £400 to £4,000.  Frazzled mothers will love the 'Pampered Mum' package, which includes a fridge full of food, pizza delivery one night, an evening's babysitting and a massage.

    The Water Mill is a stunning group of three properties on the banks of the Vidourle river, 25 mins from Montpellier. Spend lazy days cycling (trikes and baby seats are available) to the local boulangerie, kayaking, or swimming in the infinity pool. A week in three bedroom Aubriette costs from £815 (low season), accommodation only.
  • No online booking for this bespoke luxury holiday company - they pride themselves on personally recommending the right hotel for your family, from a selection of handpicked family friendly hotels around the world. Prices range from £1,500 to £15,000, without flights, for a 7 night stay for a family of four.

    A week at the Porto Elounda Deluxe in Crete starts from £2389 in low season for a family of four, bed and breakfast. With a stunning setting on a sheltered beach, the family and kids pools are right next to each other, allowing kids to flit in and out, there's a wonderful animal-themed kids club and creche and children can help out in the vegetable garden.
  • Pioneers of the all-inclusive concept, Club Med understands that constantly shelling out for drinks and snacks does not a relaxing holiday make. Baby Club Med, Petit Club Med and Mini Club Med are available at selected resorts for children under the age of eight, while specialised childcare for under 3s costs £220 for the week. Prices start from £2,500 for a family of four for travel in June.

    The recently opened Club Med Sinai Bay in Egypt is a beachfront resort with Club Med's first ever dedicated children's restaurant and four kids clubs. A a seven day break in June costs from £837 per adult and £501 per child, all-inclusive and including flights. clubmed.co.uk.
  • As an independent, family-run company specialising solely in family holidays, Quo Vadis know their creches from their kids clubs, with first hand experience of the best luxury resorts abroad. Price range: £1000+ for 2 adults and a baby for 7 nights in June/September to £4000+for a family of 4 in the summer holidays .

    The Sani Resort in Halkidiki, Greece has a wide choice of accommodation, with 4 hotels on a vast and beautiful estate, 5 miles of white sandy unspoilt and uncrowded beach, a well established creche and children's club and activities. A week for a family of three in September sharing a triple room costs from £2000 Inc flights and transfers. quovadistravel.co.uk
  • When you're child-free and single, spending your summer at a holiday parc probably wouldn't be your first choice, but as soon as children appear, they start to make a whole lot of sense. Keycamp specialise in outdoor based family holidays at hand picked parcs in Europe and the US, with activities galore, accommodation ranging from chalets to tree houses, and with hundreds of holidays for under £1,000 per family.

    Ideal for a family beach holiday, Keycamp's Sol-à-Gogo parc enjoys direct access to a sandy beach and is just a stroll away from the resort of Les Mouettes. Seven nights starting on 13 August 2012, staying in a two bedroom Villanova mobile home, sleeping up to four adults and two children, will cost from £875 per party, accommodation only – a saving of £280.

  • With more than 35 years experience and a reputation for great kids' clubs and a huge range of activities, Mark Warner hand picks its European summer resorts for their great locations and facilities, including family suites, 24 hr kitchens and crèches with fully qualified, British nannies. Childcare is included in the holiday price from 2 years upwards and there is free evening childcare from 4 months - leaving you free to enjoy the holy grail of family holidays: a peaceful evening meal. Prices range from £470 to £975 per person.

    Perdepera Beach Resort is a Mark Warner family favourite resort in Sardinia. Spend your days sailing, windsurfing and scuba diving in the bay, then feast on grilled fish, antipasti and local wine in the evenings. A week for a family of four departing 28 June costs £2180 all-inclusive, including flights. mark warner.co.uk
  • If you're looking for a reliable, great value family holiday, you can't go wrong with the big daddy of tour operators, Thomson. Their Family Resorts all include Kids' Clubs and playgrounds, children's buffets, family friendly entertainment, interconnecting rooms and free child places. Thomson also specialise in Florida and Disneyworld, Disneyland Paris and Lapland, or choose a luxury Sensatori or villa holiday.

    Thomson offers seven night holidays to Rhodes staying at the 5T Thomson Families Atlantica Aegean Blue, on an all inclusive basis, from £989 per person, with the first child from £710, and second child from £860. Price is based on a family of four sharing, and includes flights departing from Manchester airport on 08 August 2012 and transfers. thomson.co.uk

  • As sister company to Thomson, First Choice has a wide variety of family holidays for all budgets, but unlike Thomson, all their holidays are all-inclusive. Choose from holiday villages, with a huge choice of outdoor activities guaranteed to exhaust the little darlings, kids' clubs and evening entertainment, Splashworld holidays, which include free, unlimited entrance to nearby or on-site water parks, or a swanky Premier Families holiday.

    A week at the Marina Parc Hotel in Menorca costs from £336 per person, all inclusive. The resort has a brand new on-site water park, as well as three swimming pools, a gym, activities and First Choice kids club. firstchoice.co.uk

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