How to Efficiently Manage Your Family Holiday in 3 Steps

When it comes to going on a holiday, assuming you'll take care of the basics first - like travel insurance - for family groups, you'll need plenty of time to focus on the more time-consuming aspects of your upcoming trip. Whether you’re going to another country or just to another city, these three life-hack travel tips should help you get full enjoyment from your well-earned break.

Pack as Light as Possible

There’s no question about it: traveling with the entire family is a lot of fun. But more people along for the ride means there is a greater demand for efficiently managing your travelling logistics. It’s easy to succumb to the temptation of bringing everything everyone could possibly need – but you may just end up bringing half the content of your house! It goes without saying each member of the family should be encouraged to focus on the bare essentials. Packing as lightly as possible makes sense, especially if you’re travelling to a few different cities—if you bring a lot of luggage, you’ll end up spending half your day’s energy dragging everything with you. While travel insurance for family holidays will certainly cover you should luggage get lost or stolen, there's really no point bringing expensive items unless you really need them.

The Ice Cream Stall is Every Parent’s Friend

When the going gets tough, the smart parent traveller resorts to the time-tested distraction: the bribe! AKA the ice cream man! Of course, that's just an example, but as travelling with the family often means bringing young children along, you need to consider that children get easily tired or bored. Consider a trip to Rome: how long do you think younger children could stay focused on enjoying visits to art galleries and museums one after another? But, do something they DO have interest in – in this instance buying them a gelato - and suddenly you'll see a change in attitude. The point is, while this advice is, to some point, tongue in cheek, it is your children's holiday as well – so make sure they actually enjoy it. Another word of warning, if you're travelling with older children, when you purchase your travel insurance for family holidays, do ensure it covers any high-octane activities they may want to undertake – like skiing or paragliding.

Stay in Centrally Located Apartments

Travelling with the whole family makes staying in hotels less feasible than when you're traveling alone or in a couple. You may have to rent multiple rooms, which can be fairly pricey. That’s why staying in apartments is a more budget-friendly option, and it can also add a different dimension to the trip - especially if it is centrally located and within easy reach of most of the attractions. Apartments are often privately owned and situated within ‘real’ communities—neighbourhoods where there is a good chance you can interact with the locals and allow you to immerse in the culture easily in a natural setting. Before booking your policy for travel insurance for family groups, make sure you still have every eventuality covered if you choose to stay in an apartment.

Patrick Chong is the Managing Director of Insuremore. We provide low cost travel insurance for family groups as well as annual, multi-trip and single-trip insurance. For all your travel cover needs, Insuremore can help you in the quickest and most cost-efficient way.