Preparing your Garden for a Big Trip

  So you have used all our tips to plan and book a big trip that will see you traveling for 3 months through SE Asia. It’s so exciting and you are making sure that you have thought of everything. You have informed the local police and neighbours of your absence, chatted to the school

Tips to Save Money on Your Family Vacation

  As you guys know we love to save as much money as we can when travelling, without of course compromising our experience.  So I was more than happy when the guys at Holiday Autos asked to collaborate on a post with me about tips to save money on your family vacation.   So here you

My Malaysia Bucket List

  As you can probably tell from our blog we love travelling around South-East Asia – we love the combination of chaotic cities and gorgeous beach destinations.  A country we are keen to explore a little more is Malaysia.   I have been to Malaysia around 10 years ago and spent time in the typical

Thrifty RV Travel Tips for Your Next Family Road Trip

I totally love the idea of a road trip in an RV for a few weeks, gosh even a few months to a year sounds exciting to me.  Stopping wherever you like, surrounded by spectacular landscapes.   However, whenever I look at a trip in an RV, it always seems a bit too expensive for

Best Websites for Planning Budget Travel

Everyone always asks me – what are the best websites for planning budget travel?  So if you want to save hundreds off your next budget family travel – get on to the below websites! This post may contain affiliate links In this day in age with everything available to you at your finger tips via

5 ways to get the kids involved with your travel plans

All of us at Thrifty Family Travels LOVE travel!!!  Whilst Myla is only 5 – she knows quite a lot about different countries and loves to be involved in our planning our trips. So how do we get her involved?  Below are some things that we do to ensure Myla is involved in our travel