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Issue No. 27 December 04, 2007

Deals so good you'll think it's Christmas


Handpicked family holidays from Take the Family With mistletoe and wine, boughs of holly, and more stockings to fill year on year, we can help to take a load off by bringing you the best family holiday deals and ideas for your next family holiday. Never mind the star on the tree, how about a starfish in the Caribbean?


Take your mind off the December rains with our updated winter sun destinations including: Tenerife, Egypt, Dubai, Maldives, Lanzarote and Jamaica.


There's also still plenty of time to grab some fantastic early booking holiday offers for summer 2008, including a fantastic brand new exclusive whopping 5% off Siblu holidays, great lates for skiing holidays or winter sun, and even half term.

Plus book a holiday through us, with selected partners, and not only can you save £s, but you will also receive a fabulous free Trunki ride-on suitcase or free Moet! You can also order your own Trunki here or simply find out more.

See our Christmas Tips

See our feature Christmas breaks in London and Paris


Latest Holiday Offers


Early Booking Offers for Summer 2008 from Take the FamilyHot hot hot Early Booking Offers for next Summer

It's a great time to make huge savings for 2008, but hurry they won't be around for long! The sooner you book, the bigger the saving, and the greater the choice of availability and facilities to suit the whole family.

Take a look at a few of our favourite Summer 2008 family offers...

 

 

    Club Med - £200 off per adult & £100 off per child plus Free Child Places

    Thomson - Save up to 10% to Jamaica, Cancun, Dominican Republic North & Cape Verde plus Free Child Places

    Sovereign - Save 15% plus hundreds of Free Child Places 1 May to 31 October

    Aspire - Early Booking savings for Middle East, Indian Ocean & Europe

    Kids in the Med - Free insurance for under 12s plus save up to 15% on accommodation

See all our Summer 2008 Offers


Free Santa's Magic & Tons of Winter Sports SavingsFree Child Places for Santa's Magic plus Huge Discounts

We are delighted to let you know that our partners Esprit, are still offering Free Child Places on one of our most popular winter adventures, Santa's Magic in Lapland. But keep your mince pies on them, you'll have to be quick, as they are guaranteed to run out even faster than the proverbial hot cakes.

Also be sure to check out trips from partners Activities Abroad, with trips for all ages, for a perfect family snowy adventure, with 2008 trips at 2007 prices.

Find out more


Fantastic christmas family ski offers  hand picked by Take the FamilyLate Ski Offers take a Tumble

We've teamed up with Ski Famille to bring you even more fantastic family offers for December. A family of four can save up to £1000 in Les Gets at Chalet Le Chardon plus lots more departure dates, and resorts.

With snow falling it's a great time to book your family skiing holiday, with offers abundant from a variety of our favourite suppliers with fantastic Christmas and New Year late deals.

With Club Med you can save up to £100 per adult and £50 per child on January, February and March on family skiing holidays. Save up to 20% with Leisure direction. Ski with Esprit from only £799 for a family of 4 at Chalet Leon , plus more great family offers at Sonnenalp, Chalet Alber, Hotel Annahof and Chalet Sapiniere.

See all our Winter Sports offers


Half Term Holiday DealsIt ain ’t Half (Term) Hot Mum

We've managed to negotiate some fantastic offers for you and your family...

Whether you're looking to takethefamily on a weeks break to the West Indies or a long weekend in London.

Take your seats for the perfect evening of family Christmas fun of Cinderella, re-written by Stephen Fry, in a sparkling tale of magic, midnight and mischief. Or take a trip to visit the boy king himself Tutankhamen & The first Emperor with his breathtaking army of terracotta warriors.

Take a trip across, (or more accurately under), the channel on Eurostar, Eurotunnel - a quick and easy ride, or even try an exiting family adventure on Rail Europe. Fly across to our favourite European cities, including Paris, Rome, Barcelona or try a rural retreat in Normandy or a wonderful masseria in Southern Italy. And of course who could forget our great deals to Disneyland Paris.

See Family Breaks and Days Out

See all our Family Breaks and Days Out offers


Special Offers

See all Winter Sun & Long Haul offers


Great family Winter offers from Esprit

Esprit holidays

Free Santa's Magic child places plus fabulous family ski offers... more

Winter Sports destinations
  • Les Gets - Winter, spring, summer and snow fall.
  • Courchevel - Ski at 1850, that's the height not the time
  • Tignes - Perfect from tots to tignes-agers
Winter Ski Early Booking Bonus. Plus Free Infant Ski Places from Club Med

Club Med

Save £100 per adult & £50 per child on Winter Ski for Jan, Feb & Mar. ...more

European destinations
  • Tenerife - Beautiful beaches are Tenepenny.
  • Cyprus - It'd be a pitta to miss it
  • Menorca - Lie back and Finca Menorca
Virgin holidays family offers for Sept, Oct & Nov

Virgin holidays

Free Child Places to Orlando, £s off 2008, plus save 5% online... more

Long Haul destinations
  • Orlando - Not just a mickey mouse holiday
  • Maldives - Phew! Family paradise found
  • Dubai - Sinbad and the Holiday of a Lifetime

News


Looking ahead to 2008 from Take the FamilyLooking Ahead to a Great 2008

So that was 2007.And here comes 2008 - and here are Take the Family's picks for what's going to be even hotter next year -

- Eco-friendly family holidays - Far away Adventures - Spa holidays with childcare - Farm holidays - Luxury hotels with childcare - Self-Catering with toddlers -



In the meantime, why not take a look at our gynormous range of family holiday ideas and look out for even more of our exclusive offers:

Activity Holidays, Adventure Holidays, Beach Holidays, Camping and Holiday parks, City Breaks, Cruise Holidays, Cycling Holidays, Luxury Holidays, Skiing Holidays and UK Holidays.

We’d also just like to say a big takethefamily thank you to all our friends and suppliers, so thanks a bunch to a great bunch.

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Happy Talkie Talkie

Thanks again for all contributions to our discussion forum Talk the Family .

The information, advice and tips you give us and other parents is invaluable and helps us improve our website and service.

Current discussion points include, February sun for under 2s ?, Ideas for Christmas ?, Featherdown Farm holidays ? and Flying to Barbados ?. Why not take a moment to have your say or ask for the advice of others?

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Care Poll

This year missing children have been at the forefront of the press, our minds and our hearts. We would like to ask you about the impact of this on your own family holidays.

New Poll: Are you more likely, or less likely, to use in-resort baby listening/sitting services than you were a year ago?

Find out more


PPPSSSS...

With Madeleine McCann now missing for over 6 months, help is still desperately needed to find her. You can still help by downloading the latest campaign posters from the official findmadeleine website, (in a wide range of languages), print them off and display or distribute them at your destination, to help in the search for missing Madeleine.

If you have any information you can call Portuguese Police on 00351 282 405 400, Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, or British Police on 0800 096 1233.


Top Exclusive Offers

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Save an Exclusive 15% with Siblu Holidays

Exclusive Siblu Holidays Offer

EXCLUSIVE 15% Off all Siblu holidays. Quote 'VINCI'... more

Exclusive 5% off Mark Warner holidays

Exclusive Mark Warner Offer

Additional 5% off all Mark Warner snow, sun, ski or sail holidays ... more


Happy holidays from everyone at Take the Family

Happy holidays from everyone at Take the Family!Wherever you're planning to Takethefamily this Winter or next year, we wish you a fun and peaceful journey.

Family holidays that last a lifetime

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