Dr0pB3ar
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Hi Everyone!
In a very happy turn of events, I am moving to Cranfield (a small town outside of London) from Perth with my family (wife and 3 children, 2, 4, & 6)where I will be studying on a fully funded scholarship. It's been quite a few years since I have travelled extensively and have never taken such a large trip with my whole family. I have a few unknowns at the moment, which I know could be solved with a bit of googling, but if there is someone on here that has done something similar it would be great to hear of you thoughts/experiences.
Hasn't been finalized, but we are likely going to fly PER-DXB-LGW with Emirates (QFF Classic Award) getting in 2100 on a Thursday night. We are looking to stay somewhere cheap near Gatwick that night, then shuttling in somewhere near central London somewhere nicer for a few days, then taking a train to Milton Keynes.
Here are a few of the questions rolling around in my head:
# Does Emirates offer complimentary checking in of child seats/prams etc. I remember we did a trip a few years ago and think QF included it. For this trip we are travelling on 5 full fares; 2 adults and 3 children.
# Any recommendations for a cheap and convenient place near Gatwick.
# Anyone know of a good quality driver/shuttle service. We don't mind paying a bit more for it as we are going to have 5 checked bags, 5 carry on's, 3 child seats all weighing over 200Kg. Will need something like this to get to where we stay on the first night, and then another to get into London the next day.
# Any recommendations for somewhere family friendly yet "fun" near London, we are looking at spending 3 nights, would like to have 2 bedrooms and are budgeting up to about 400gbp a night. Have had a bit of a look at airbnb and some hotels, but there is just SOOOO much out there.
# Any idea how the train system works there to go from London to Milton Keynes? I know they have a virgin train but there are A LOT of different ticketing options and don't want to get it wrong. If there is any other ideas other than train would be happy to hear that too.
Thanks in advance for your help. The AFF community has been helpful to me many times in the past!
Cheers!!!
In a very happy turn of events, I am moving to Cranfield (a small town outside of London) from Perth with my family (wife and 3 children, 2, 4, & 6)where I will be studying on a fully funded scholarship. It's been quite a few years since I have travelled extensively and have never taken such a large trip with my whole family. I have a few unknowns at the moment, which I know could be solved with a bit of googling, but if there is someone on here that has done something similar it would be great to hear of you thoughts/experiences.
Hasn't been finalized, but we are likely going to fly PER-DXB-LGW with Emirates (QFF Classic Award) getting in 2100 on a Thursday night. We are looking to stay somewhere cheap near Gatwick that night, then shuttling in somewhere near central London somewhere nicer for a few days, then taking a train to Milton Keynes.
Here are a few of the questions rolling around in my head:
# Does Emirates offer complimentary checking in of child seats/prams etc. I remember we did a trip a few years ago and think QF included it. For this trip we are travelling on 5 full fares; 2 adults and 3 children.
# Any recommendations for a cheap and convenient place near Gatwick.
# Anyone know of a good quality driver/shuttle service. We don't mind paying a bit more for it as we are going to have 5 checked bags, 5 carry on's, 3 child seats all weighing over 200Kg. Will need something like this to get to where we stay on the first night, and then another to get into London the next day.
# Any recommendations for somewhere family friendly yet "fun" near London, we are looking at spending 3 nights, would like to have 2 bedrooms and are budgeting up to about 400gbp a night. Have had a bit of a look at airbnb and some hotels, but there is just SOOOO much out there.
# Any idea how the train system works there to go from London to Milton Keynes? I know they have a virgin train but there are A LOT of different ticketing options and don't want to get it wrong. If there is any other ideas other than train would be happy to hear that too.
Thanks in advance for your help. The AFF community has been helpful to me many times in the past!
Cheers!!!