Travel Tips

What to Pack for Eurocamp? This list was our packing list for our latest Eurocamp holiday. We are a family of 5: Mum, Dad and three kids (age 6, 4 and 2) and we went to France for a week. We wanted an easy, relaxed holiday so are going well …

With our first child we spent endless nights trying to get him to sleep. Rolling blankets up, tilting mattresses with books, doing anything we can to get that first full night’s sleep. Having become more aware of sleep safety, we really started to consider what we would do with our …

During the May half term our family headed off from our home in Bolton to Eurocamp La Vallee in Normandy, via Brittany Ferries sailing from Portsmouth to Caen. If anyone has ever done the journey from the North West it is a long haul with limited things to keep the …

If you leave a bag on a plane and you are more concerned that you have left your Cozigo on there than the rest of the contents, I think it may mean you love it! (Btw you can win one below!) The prospect of flying to South Africa with an …

Packing for Africa with three little girls was tricky.  I’ve written a whole post about what we packed and how tricky it was, but one of the things I stressed about the most was shoes and sandals. I’ve written about shoes and sandals before! I wrote about it when we …

We have just recently returned from a fantastic two week trip to Rwanda in East Africa. Insect repellent wasn’t a thing we packed out of choice or comfort it was an essential requirement to protect us and the kids from mosquitos that could have had malaria or yellow fever. It …

I’ve just packed two 90L Osprey Transporter Bags full of 270 rugby balls! Not a usual statement I agree, but the first week of our trip to Rwanda this May Half Term is a Rugby Coaching Tour in local schools in Ruhango, just South West of Kigali, with Friends of Rwandan …

What to wear for Gorilla Trekking??? Firstly can I just say it was amazing! It was a huge bucket list item and I can’t believe we actually did it. I also feel very lucky that we booked it when we did as they have literally just on the 6th May …

Every toddler needs a good set of waterproofs. We all know how attractive puddles and streams are to our little ones! Over the past few months I’ve been going to a forest school group with my son (now 19 months old). Forest Schools is an ethos that encourages child led …

It’s not the most exciting post I’ve ever written but I imagine most of you use a water bottle at some point in the week. Whether you take one to the gym, or keep one on your desk at work to try and make sure you’re drinking the recommended six to …

The last couple of months have all been about where we are going to stay in Rwanda.  Having decided to go (and here are my 5 reasons why) I have spent a lot of time sorting out the detail of the hotels and the lodges and the travel.  It has …

CarGo Seat is a children’s car booster seat that converts into a rolling suitcase and they have just launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the last stages of safety testing in Europe and an initial manufacturing run. The idea came about when Gary Burns, chief executive of CarGo Seat, was on holiday …

Being a UK Family Travel Blogger is a very lovely thing to be. Aside from the trips and the experiences that I get to do with the kids, I have also met some of the most like minded, fun and supportive people ever. I am often asked by readers, PR’s, and …

We have just returned from a fantastic weekend at Ready Camp and took our Lava Bright Sounds 2 Portable USB/Bluetooth speaker to keep the kids entertained. This speaker is a great addition to our family camping set up. We love being outdoors and anything that makes things easy and doesn’t …

I’ve been looking for a beautiful leather camera bag for a while. My hubby bought me one for Christmas but it didn’t quite do it for me so it went back to the shop.  I kept seeing the beautiful images from Fig Bags on Instagram (do follow them over there …

We get asked to try out quite a lot of picnic mats here at Mini Travellers and you might think that really there isn’t much that can be different about a picnic mat, and well until last year I’d have probably agreed with you. I mean there are clearly some picnic …

Over the past few years, balance bikes have become increasingly popular in the UK. Rather than the traditional approach of a bike with stabilisers, balance bikes have actually been proven to support the development of gross motor skills such as balance, they are also a pretty quick thing to master …

The TomTom Go 5200 is a new portable Sat Nav from TomTom, it’s the company I think of when I think of Sat Nav as it was the first brand of Sat Nav I ever owned. The Go 5200 has a five inch touch screen, voice activation, real time traffic …

We are off to Rwanda in just 6 weeks time. If you want to know why we are going do take a look at my post on  5 Reasons we are Visiting Rwanda with the Kids but I am now in full sorting mode.  Easter Holidays are now over and it …

Looking for a new, family holiday in the USA off-the-beaten-track? Take a look at our suggestions for holidays in the USA; there’s plenty more than Disney World, Orlando, to discover in the land of the free, home of the brave! Here are 5 of the best US holiday destinations for families to explore and …

So you might be thinking of flying long haul with a 1 year old?  Or you might be thinking that ins’t possible? You might also be thinking I’d need a large Gin & Tonic to get through that, or you might be thinking the very thought of it gives you indigestion! …

There has been a lot of recent discussion in the news about Booster seats. What to use, what not to use, what the new law is and when it comes into effect. So why am I considering using the mifold which isn’t a high backed booster! This isn’t a post …

I take a lot of photographs. I take more photographs than most people I know.  However no matter how many photos you take everyone I speak to seems to have a phone or a digital camera full of photos;  everyone ‘means’ to get round to printing them off and putting them …

The LapBaby is one of those non-essential baby items that just makes life a little easier for you (which is always welcome when you have a new baby!). Every dinner time, or every time my 4 year old asks me to play with him I have to start by deciding …