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Holidays not much of a break for parents
Parents are more frantic about their children’s safety on holiday than at home and often spend their breaks at places where even the most basic safety features are not fitted, a survey has concluded.
The research, by child-friendly travel company totstotravel.co.uk, polled 350 parents, asking them to rank safety features by importance and whether their holiday accommodation offered them.
A quarter said they had been on family holidays where no features such as enclosed swimming pools, stairgates, plug socket covers and baby monitors were provided.
Founder of Tots To Travel Wendy Shand said: “Most holiday properties are not designed with young children in mind. Parents go to great lengths to make their homes child-proof but the same precautions aren’t usually in place on a holiday. This makes it incredibly hard for parents – who are usually in dire need of a real break – to actually relax.â€
By Dinah Hatch
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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