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A family trip planner app paced for kids, not just adults
This family trip planner app builds a day-by-day holiday plan with a relaxed pace, shorter legs between stops, and timing around half term or the school holidays, all editable on a map and shared with the whole family.
The answer for a family holiday
A family trip needs a different shape to a couple's city break: shorter days, breaks built in, and rooms that fit everyone, which is why this app lets you set the pace to relaxed (one to two stops a day) rather than leaving every trip at the same default. You describe the holiday in one sentence, naming the kids and the month, and the planner reads the group size and pace straight from your words.
The plan is then drawn as a route on a map, with each stop a pin and each leg timed, so a day that looks short on paper but means a long drive between two stops shows itself before it is booked.
What a family trip actually needs
Pace matters more with children in the group: a relaxed setting keeps a day to one or two stops, leaving room for a slow morning or an early finish, while a packed pace of three to five stops suits older kids or a short city stay. The plan checker re-orders the day automatically whenever a stop moves, so a nap time or an early dinner does not need to be worked around by hand every time something changes.
Dates are optional while the shape of the trip is still settling, and a plan built on a month alone fills in its weekday, live weather and live prices once real dates are added, useful for families juggling term dates before booking anything.
A worked family holiday: Costa Brava in February
A family half-term week in Costa Brava in February comes back against day 14 °C, night 7 °C, a sea at 13 °C, 6 hours of sunshine and 5 rain days, with the door-to-door leg for the whole family mapped out from the first screen. A relaxed pace suits the cooler days, with indoor stops ready for the wetter afternoons.
Costa BravaiPhoto: Gabriele Delhey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Las VegasiPhoto: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA different kind of family trip, Las Vegas in October, shows day 28 °C, night 14 °C, 10 hours of sunshine and 2 rain days, a longer journey that benefits from a relaxed first day or two to settle in before a fuller pace begins.
Costa BravaiPhoto: Gabriele Delhey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLas VegasiPhoto: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFrom a thought to a trip.
New trip
7 days in October, warm, by the sea, good food, with my girlfriend, from London, up to £1,500.
Checking flights from London, hotels by the sea and the October weather.
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New trip
7 days in October, warm, by the sea, good food, with my girlfriend, from London, up to £1,500.
Checking flights from London, hotels by the sea and the October weather.
Trips that really fit you.
Every idea comes with a total price and a clear answer to why it fits you: weather, flight time, beaches, food, short distances.
Your trip ideas
Sicily
Food · small towns · sea
7 days for 2
Crete
Sea · tavernas · nature
7 days for 2
Mallorca
Sea · comfort · short distances
7 days for 2
Your trip is set, with flights, a hotel and a day plan.
Arrival, transfer, check-in, sunset, dinner. Just say “make it cheaper” or “no car hire” and the trip adapts.
Day 1
Arrival
- Arrival in Heraklion
Transfer · 35 min- Check-in by the sea
Sunset
Taverna at the harbour
On the road, HolidayWow keeps planning.
Rain on the way? Then the beach day becomes a day at the market and a museum. Flight status, weather and your day plan in one place.
Rain is forecast for tomorrow. I swapped the beach day for the market and a museum.
Day 3 · boat trip
Timing a family trip around school breaks
Half term, the Easter holidays, the summer holidays and the Christmas holidays are the four windows most UK families plan around, and the Bank Holiday planner reads these breaks directly, turning them into trip ideas before a single stop is chosen. A short break closer to home, such as the Isle of Wight in December (day 10 °C, night 8 °C, 16 rain days), suits a shorter school holiday window without the longer travel day a flight abroad needs.
A family can also set a relaxed pace for the travel days either side of the main trip, keeping the plan gentle on the day everyone is tired from an early flight or a long drive.
Budget and booking for the whole family
Stays, tours and transport show a real price from a partner (Booking.com, GetYourGuide, Viator, Trip.com, flight partners), or a button to check the live price, so a family room or a connecting pair of rooms can be compared on real cost rather than a guess. Booking happens inside the plan through partner links in pounds, with a trip budget and price watch on the stays being considered.
Paris in March, with day 12 °C, night 2 °C and 11 rain days, is the kind of short family trip where live prices on a few nearby stays make choosing a base simple, with the cost splitting tool ready for the moment grandparents join in on the booking.
Sharing the plan with the rest of the family
One link opens the same plan for every parent or grandparent travelling, with roles for who can view and who can edit, so the plan lives in one shared place rather than on a single phone. Family members can vote on a stop or comment on a day, useful when more than one adult has an opinion on the itinerary.
A packing list builds itself from the plan, the month and the climate at the destination, helpful for packing for children across different climates on the same trip.
Real data behind every pick.
From your airport
Direct flights, flight times and transfers from 9 UK airports, worked out from your door to the hotel.
The total price, shown openly
Flights, hotel, transfers and experiences in one sum for everyone traveling, with the provider and when the price was checked. No teaser prices.
What changes when the trip is built for kids
A plan built for adults alone often assumes a fuller day than a family can actually manage, which is why setting the pace to relaxed from the first sentence changes more than the number of stops. It also shapes which stays and tours surface first, favouring options closer to the base rather than ones that add an extra hour of travel either way.
Grandparents travelling with the family can be given a viewing role on the shared plan, so they can follow the itinerary without needing to manage the edits themselves.
Starting your family trip plan
Describe the family holiday in one sentence, naming the school break or the month, and the first plan appears on the map in the same session, paced for the group from the very first draft.
A family trip planner app paced for kids, not just adults: frequently asked questions
Can a family trip planner app set a slower pace for kids?
Yes. The relaxed pace sets one to two stops a day, and the plan checker re-orders the day whenever a stop moves, so nap times and early dinners stay easy to plan around.
Does the app plan around UK school holidays?
Yes. Half term, the Easter holidays, the summer holidays and the Christmas holidays all feed into the planner, so a family trip can be timed to the school calendar from the first sentence.
Is the family trip planner app free?
The app is free to download and to plan with. Real prices for stays, tours and transport are shown by partners inside the plan when you are ready to book.
Can more than one parent edit the same family plan?
Yes. One link opens the same plan for everyone travelling, with roles for viewing or editing, voting on stops, and comments on a day, so the whole family plans together.
Does the planner help with family room bookings?
Stays show a real price from a partner, or a button to check the live price, so a family room or two connecting rooms can be compared on real cost before booking.
Does the app build a packing list for the kids too?
Yes. A packing list builds itself from the plan, the month and the climate at the destination, useful when children need different packing for different stops on the same trip.
Can grandparents follow the family trip without editing it?
Yes. A viewing role lets anyone travelling, including grandparents, follow the shared plan as it develops without being able to change the stops or the days themselves.
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