👋 Hey lovely travellers,

Every year around this time my inbox fills up with the same question: where should we actually go for the Christmas holidays. So instead of answering it one at a time, here’s my shortlist.

Warm, kid-friendly, and not fully booked out yet (probably).

🌞 Christmas Getaway Shortlist

🇲🇹 Malta With Kids: Everything You Need to Know​
Small enough to not feel overwhelming, warm enough for proper beach days, and quiet enough in December that you won’t be fighting the whole of Europe for a sun lounger. This was one of our biggest surprises this year.

🇮🇹 Puglia with Kids: Explore Italy’s Best Region​
Monopoli’s whitewashed laneways and calm beaches make this one of the gentlest Mediterranean options going, cobblestones for the pram nap included.

🇸🇬 One Week in Singapore with Kids: A Relaxed Family Itinerary​
If snow isn’t your thing and you want Christmas lights without the cold, Singapore goes all out for the season and most of the best bits are blessedly air conditioned.

🇫🇯 The Best Things To Do On A Fiji Holiday​
A handful of hours from most of the east coast of Australia and about as low-effort as a family Christmas gets, resort pools, kids clubs, and an actual chance of the adults finishing a drink while it’s still cold. The resort and island day trip picks in here are worth a look if you’re deciding where to base yourselves.

🧠 Family Travel Tip of the Week: Book It Like You Mean It

Christmas holidays in the southern hemisphere means everyone else is trying to book the same window you are.

⭐ If a destination’s on your shortlist, lock in flights now, not “after we decide for sure”
⭐ Accommodation in small destinations (looking at you, Malta) gets tight fast over December
⭐ Undecided is fine, unbooked for six more weeks is less fine

I’ve learned this one the hard way more than once.

⭐ Featured Post of the Week

🧭 Take the quiz: What’s your family travel type?​
Still torn between a few of these? I built a two minute quiz that’ll narrow it down, more on that next week too.

❤️ Thanks for being here

Not every Christmas needs tinsel and a roast to feel festive. Sometimes it just needs sand, a cold drink, and nobody asking you to host.

See you next Thursday,
Emma

xoxo