Thailand Family Holiday

We spent two-and-a-half weeks travelling around Thailand with our two teenage children, which also included a 3-day stopover in Doha, Qatar on the way there. We moved between Bangkok, Krabi, Elephant Hills in Khao Sok, and Phuket. Here's a full day-to-day breakdown of our Thailand family holiday itinerary... We were travelling in April, in easter school holidays, which was an…

On almost all the holidays we go on, we like booking our own accommodation, travel and excursions ourselves independently. However on our family trip to Thailand we decided to use a travel agent called Travel Center, who would arrange the whole trip for us - all the flights, accommodation, transfers, excursions - virtually everything was organised for us by Travel…

Bangkok is a massive city full of attractions and sights to see - and getting around is definitely not straightforward. The public transport is difficult to navigate, the traffic is horrendous - and it’s boiling hot, hectic and generally a difficult place to find your way around if you’re not familiar with the city - so what's the best way…

Our review of Ban Sainai hotel in Krabi, Thailand, close to the town and beach area of Ao Nang. We stayed at Ban Sainai in Krabi for four nights on our travels around Thailand and thoroughly enjoyed absolutely everything about the resort - it’s a superb, beautiful hotel and one we would very highly recommend for a family stay in…

Many of the most beautiful parts of coastal Thailand around the Phang Nga bay lie on islands which require boat trips to visit. There are many such boat trips available - a huge selection to choose from whether that’s on the travel websites like Tripadvisor and Viator, or directly with local operators and agents that have stalls around the main…

During our stay in Krabi we had loved seeing the islands of Phang Nga Bay from boat trips, so having arrived in Phuket we were keen to see more from the other side of the bay, so started searching for full day boat tours from Phuket. We ended up picking one from the holiday tours website Viatour with a Phuket…

After a superb day visiting the Phi Phi Islands with Sea Eagle Tours, we decided we wanted to see more of the islands around Krabi and Ao Nang, but this time at a different time of day, with the sun setting in the late afternoon and early evening. At one of the kiosks in Ao Nang promoting boat tours, we…

From all around the west coast of Phuket you may get the feeling of being watched over by a figure sat high on a hillside above you - that of the Phuket ‘Big Buddha’ statue. After a day exploring viewpoints around Phuket town, we decided to take a trip up the hillside to view the Big Buddha up close. The…