The types of holidays for families have developed greatly over the last few years opening more options for those that want more variety but need good facilities for their children. Some of the various options for families now are:

• Camping – this is one of the most stereotypical family holidays for many in the UK and is still very popular as the services and facilities have improved dramatically since the standard camping holidays that were once available.. Many of these holiday camp sites offer a children’s group that you can pay for your child to join whilst you can go and enjoy the other facilities on offer for the adults with out having to worry about looking after the children.
  They will mostly have qualified child minders to keep your children entertained through out the day with various activities including painting, dressing up and they may even have day trips such as swimming and bowling for the older range of children. The accommodation varies from place to place but most are self catering with cafes and restaurants on site in case you don’t want to cook evening meals, however, there are certain resorts that have breakfast bars for your morning meals. Some camp sites depending on how large it is may have entertainment facilities for the evenings such as karaoke bars, shows and discos. There are some of the larger sites that even have their own cinema and bowling alley.
• Adventure – there was a point when the adventure holidays such as safari, trekking and diving were many aimed at younger people with no children but that has changed dramatically with a wide range of holidays for those that like the more active holidays but also have children. Some examples of these holidays include safari in Kenya where it is possible for you and your children to see some of the now rare African wildlife and also have the option of going to the coast after a week of safari to wind down with a beach holiday, another popular family based activity holiday are the water sport holidays with such a variety of sports for you and your children to get involved in it makes it very difficult for either of you to get bored, there are many different areas offering holidays such as this so you may be best getting the advice of a travel agent on where you would be best going for the sports you want to do.