{"id":1506,"date":"2011-01-10T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/booking-your-summer-holiday-read-this-first\/"},"modified":"2019-01-04T13:32:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:32:38","slug":"booking-your-summer-holiday-read-this-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/booking-your-summer-holiday-read-this-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking your summer holiday? Read this first!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I absolutely love the excitement of choosing our family holidays for the year, and at the moment there are heaps of great deals around so my advice is to book as soon as you can.\r\n<td style=\"width: 5%\">     &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/1\/hol.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>                <br \/>  My absolute no 1 tip would be to book online, because you get even better deals that way, and browse the <a href =\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/category\/Travel-Holidays.aspx\">Travel &amp; Holidays <\/a>section of KidStart, because that way not only will you get a great deal, you&rsquo;ll also earn money back to save for your kids, too, from companies including <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/VirginHolidays.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Thomsonholidays.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Thomson<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/ThomasCook.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Cook<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/DisneylandParis.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland Paris<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/WaltDisneyWorld.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Walt Disney World<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/lastminute.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">lastminute.com<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/expedia.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">expedia<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Beaches.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Beaches<\/a> and many more.   <\/p>\r\n<p>  And right now they&rsquo;re offering you the chance to WIN a Weekend Getaway or Pamper Day with&nbsp; <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Marriott.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Marriott Hotels<\/a>. 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