This book could save your life - or at least your sanity

Lonely Planet has assembled a global team of parent-authors to offer their best ideas and advice about every aspect of travelling with kids, from planning to packing to getting along on the road (and what to do when things go wrong), in the fifth edition of Travel with Children, published in July 2009.

Fully revised and redesigned, this new edition of Travel with Children features:

• Tips on choosing the right kind of trip for your family

“Travelling with children is hard work: in fact, you’ll probably come back from your trip more in need of

holiday than ever before. But, if you’ve researched your destination, packed the right equipment and

prepared the children, you’re well on your way to a successful and workable time away.”

• How to stay healthy and keep safe

“Ask any parent what they worry about most when travelling with children and they’ll list health and

safety as their main concern. The health and safety of your child will impact on almost every decision

you take – from where to go, to what you do and what precautions you take when you get there.”

• How to keep them happy

“It is important that travel with children works for everyone and that a healthy balance is maintained

between what you might like to do and what is attractive to your young charges.”

• Special advice for solo parents

“If anybody needs a break from the grinding daily routines of home, it’s the parent who does it alone.”

• Special advice for parents with teenagers

“Most teenagers do not look kindly on family vacations. It is their job as adolescents to grow more

independent from their parents.”

• Travel games to while away long car, train or plane trips

“Most of these games use few props so they’re very mobile and require little preparation. Think of these

as suggestions and change the rules to suit your family.”

The 288-full-colour pages also include hundreds of ideas for where to stay and what to do in the world’s best family-friendly destinations:

• Toy shopping in Tokyo – “try Loft or Kiddyland, which has five floors of the latest in kid-stravagance.”

• Swimming with dolphins at Kaikoura, New Zealand – “an ecotourism paradise.”

• Climbing the rock towers of Meteora, Greece – “colossal, with great climbing and hiking.”

• Counting mountains and spotting bears in the Canadian Rockies – “Lakeside campsites surrounded

by forested mountains and gem-coloured glacial lakes would be spell-binding even without the bears,

elk and whistling marmots.”

• Riding an ostrich at Oudtshoorn, South Africa – “Adventure-loving kids will adore playing explorer in

the Cango Caves, and a bumpy ride on the back of an ostrich.”

Note to editors

* Published July 2009

* Free extracts available on request

* Parent-Authors are available for interview

For further information or to arrange interviews please contact:

Adam Bennett

Media & Communications Manager (Asia-Pacific)

telephone +61 (0)3 8379 8000

mobile +61 (0)424 147 230

Fax +61 (0)3 8379 8111

email adam.bennett@lonelyplanet.com.au