Half-term, full measures
Half term is rapidly approaching - but there's no need to panic if you still haven't thought of anything to amuse your brood of vipers, sorry nippers, for the full week.
Build them up... A night's B&B at the four-star Marriot Hotel in Windsor and family entrance to Legoland cost £142 for a family of four in a family room with Telme.com (Tel: 0870 727 1643). Available throughout half-term.
Keep their French fresh with a week in a converted mill built in 1367 in Ligueil, 20 minutes from Tours in the Loire, for £75pp (sleeps four), including return-ferry crossing for a car and four passengers. Depart Dover this Saturday. Call Allez France (Tel: 0870 160 5719, www.allezfrance.com).
Take the family to Lanzarote: 11 nights at the Princesa Ico Apartments with outdoor pool in Puerta del Carmen. Costs £399 per adult and £249 per child (based on four sharing), including return flights from Gatwick. Depart 23 October. Call Whitehall Leisure (Tel: 020 7340 1030, www.whitehallleisure.co.uk).
A two-bedroom villa in Andalucia is one of the options bookable with Simpson Travel (Tel: 020 8392 5853, www.simpson-travel.com). It has seven nights in Cortijo Acosta, 15 minutes from Nerja - with private pool and sea views - for £395 per person (based on four sharing), including car hire and return flights from Gatwick. Depart 24 October.
Get some fresh air with a break in the West Country: seven nights in Ivy Cottage - with slate flagstones and inglenook fireplaces - at St Tudy, north Cornwall, cost £447. Sleeps six. Available from this Sunday. Classic Cottages (Tel: 01326 565555).
