12 Things That Are Bound to Happen on a Family Holiday

Ah family holidays. You spend hours on end browsing sites for the perfect deal with convenient flight times, a hotel close to the beach with lots of kids’ activities, and a good price. You spend even longer planning the holiday, researching things to do as a family and making packing lists so you definitely don’t forget anything.

Then you set off and you remember that when it comes to family holidays, you can do all the preparation in the world and things still won’t go to plan. Here are 12 things that always happen on a family holiday…

Momentary panic when it looks like a favourite toy is missing.

That rabbit is the only thing standing between normality and a face-melting tantrum in the departures lounge.

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Mum doesn’t let anyone outside without sun cream.

She'll make sure you're all covered from head to toe, but somehow everyone ends up sunburnt anyway.

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Every morning you get up a bit earlier to bag a sunbed in the sun. And every morning someone beats you to it.

You’re pretty sure it’s the same person every day, mocking you.

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One of the kids makes a new best friend at the pool.

Any family time now begins with an argument where you have to physically drag them away from this child.

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Just when you’ve hung all the beach towels over the balcony, a strong wind comes along and blows them away.

Cue a mad rush down to the street to collect them all up.

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Dad gets everyone lost and refuses to ask for directions.

The hotel might not have been right around the last corner, but it’s DEFINITELY right around this corner…

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The rep corners your children and gets them all excited about the local water park.

I can hardly not buy tickets from you now, can I. It’s how much?!

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You spend an hour looking for a Post Office to send the grandparents a postcard.

Even though you know you’ll beat it home.

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You drop a hint that the kids could offer to buy one round of ice creams.

It goes right over their heads.

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Someone gets sick in the worst place imaginable.

The hire car. The middle of an inescapable queue. The hotel swimming pool. All fine options.

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The kids have more fun on the airport luggage carousel than on any of the days out you planned.

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You get home and immediately start planning next year’s holiday.

Because you wouldn’t be without it, would you?

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