Direct flights, no language barrier, and the biggest family holiday there is. Also a continent where the hire car and the small print matter more than most people expect.
Seven is the ceiling for most families, and the rest belongs on a beach.
Orlando is 25,000 steps a day at 32°C with queues, and children who are having the time of their lives right up until they aren't. Five park days across seven nights, then ninety minutes west to the Gulf coast — white quartz sand, calm warm water, and nobody has to be anywhere. That split is the single most useful thing an agent can tell you about Florida, and it applies just as much to a New York and Orlando trip.
Cities, parks and beaches.
Parks, then a Gulf beach. The Atlantic side is closer and much worse sand.
Cenotes, Maya cities and the best-value all-inclusive anywhere.
City first, parks second, Gulf beach third.
Two versions of the Caribbean that could not be less alike.
Direct, English-speaking, and driving on the left.

Kissimmee pool homes beat two hotel rooms for a family of four.
Florida from about six. Match the flight length to the youngest child.
Miami and Port Canaveral. Fly in a day early — always.
Mexico's Riviera Maya is where this works best in the region.
Five across six or seven nights, with pool days between. More than that and most families stop enjoying it, whatever the ticket allows.
For four or more, a Kissimmee pool home is usually cheaper than two hotel rooms and gives you a kitchen. On-site hotels buy early park entry instead.
June to September — 33°C with a daily thunderstorm, and inside hurricane season which peaks in September. November to April is the window.
An ESTA, applied for online at least 72 hours before travel and valid two years. Cuba needs a tourist card, which we arrange.
Guide prices across the region, from a short-haul week to a full circuit.
Parks first, then ninety minutes to a Gulf beach.
Seven and a half hours, and five hours behind.
Three nights of city, a week of parks.
Don't make it two cities and stop.
Cenotes, ruins, and a reef that runs the whole coast.
Forty-two bridges, and almost no beaches. Come for the water.
Guide prices, per person, based on two sharing, including return flights, accommodation and transfers. They indicate what a holiday of this type has typically cost and are not an offer or a quotation. Your price depends on dates, party, board basis, departure airport and availability, and is confirmed in writing before any payment is taken.
Ready-built and fully reshapeable around your dates.
13 nights · Apr–May, Oct–Nov · from £2,299pp
12 nights · Apr–May, Sep–Oct · from £2,399pp
13 nights · Nov–Apr · from £2,149pp
15 nights · Dec–Apr · from £2,399pp
11 nights · Nov–Apr · from £2,199pp
14 nights · Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov · from £2,999pp
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