News Friday, June 2, 2006

Parents' Ex-Rated Holiday Nightmare

Taking ex-wives and ex-husbands on holiday is the ultimate family nightmare, according to a survey.

In the week two ex-wives won massive divorce settlements in the courts, a whopping 41% of parents said having to take a former partner on a family holiday was the worst possible scenario.

Next worse holiday partners are grandparents, according to the survey by leading family travel experts takethefamily.com.

Over 26% said taking the grandparents away with them puts pressure on what is meant to be a relaxing break.

Lucy Ace, Managing Director of takethefamily.com said: ‘With more and more parents sadly getting divorced, this survey shows the pressures modern families are under when they go on holiday.

‘And while kids may like nana and grandad tagging along, parents seem to be less keen.’

In the survey of over 750 parents, 17% said they hated having to take their kids' friends with them.

While parents would rather go away with their partner than have to take their kids.

10% of parents who took part in the survey said having to take kids away with them was a hassle they’d rather avoid.

While just 6% gave their current partner the thumbs down.

Lucy Ace added: ‘Not surprisingly parents fancy a romantic break with their partner with the kids safely tucked up with friends or relations.

‘But if parents are genuinely struggling to go on holiday with kids, then our website and others like it are there to help.'

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