Short Break Operators

Specialist Reports Styles of Holiday Short Break Operators Kirker Travel 

	Kirker Travel
3 New Concordia Wharf, Mill Street, London SE1 2BB			MAP
tel: (020) 7231 3333

One of the leading short break operators, able to make some interesting suggestions for families. These include off-season breaks to say Venice, often with good family rooms and there is no traffic, or Valencia in Spain, often with good warm weather and the beach a 10-minute taxi-ride from the city so offering the option to combine culture with lunch overlooking the Med. It is incidentally the home of paella.

Destinations

France (6 inc Disneyland) Netherlands (1) Belgium (2), Italy (19) Spain (9) US (2), Germany (1) Turkey (1) Portugal (2), Monte Carlo, Austria (2), Eastern Bloc (2).

Recommendations

Paris with an outing to Disneyland although can also offer family rooms in Venice, Amsterdam, and Rome.

Facilities

Cots are usually free and have family rooms at around 12 hotels across the programme, plus in four and five-star options connecting rooms and suites.

Pricing for Children

Aim always to offer a discount, particularly if sharing a room but if not of at least £20 on transport.

Sample Price

At a two-star in Paris in quad room b&b with Eurostar £199 per adult, £169 per child for two nights, Disney outing £49 per adult, £39 for children. Valencia three-night winter break from £334 per person. £366 per person in Venice.