Free Child Places Holidays 2024/2025

All Inclusive Holidays

There are loads of all inclusive free child places available across Europe, from Benalmadena to Bodrum and Gran Canaria to the Greek Islands in 2024/2025. And it's so good to know then when you head on holiday abroad, food and drink is already paid for, meaning you know exactly what you've spent. This can really help families who are looking to save, or simply keep track of their spending.

While all inclusive is idea for saving money, don't worry. If you like to eat out and try some of the local cuisine, or keep it really cheap by cooking at home, half board and self catering holidays with kids deals are also available.

When To Go

Because the school holidays are the most popular time for families to travel, and therefore, holiday companies don't need as much help filling flight seats and rooms, many of the free child places are available during term time in months like June and March.

Months which have a half term holiday like February, May and October are also popular, and many holiday companies do still have free places, however, due to demand these do sell out very quickly, so you should be quick to book when they are released. October half term is a very popular time, as many families want something to look forward to after the summer.

The summer holidays months of July and August do have free kids places, however, as you can imagine, these get booked incredibly quickly. Destinations like Ibiza, Menorca, and Majorca are incredibly popular in summer for their sunshine and they are easy to get to.

The winter Christmas holidays are another popular time for families to get away, whether that's for an adventurous ski holiday or a winter sun destination like Cape Verde, Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) or Fuertventura, or somewhere long haul like Cancun in Mexico, or the Dominican Republic. It's rare as they get booked up quickly, but you may even be able to find some last minute free child place holidays in Mexico too.

To see when the easter, summer, Christmas and half term holidays are, look at the gov.co.uk website for the latest dates for 2024/2025.

Late Deals

If, like many people, you've been holding out for lower prices, and it's getting closer and closer and you still haven't booked anything, don't worry. There are often last minute free child places available. You might need to be a bit flexible as a lot of the good deals will have gone, especially at popular family friendly hotels. But check TUI and Jet2, and destinations like Turkey, Tunisia, and the Canary Islands which have big hotels and lots of rooms to fill.

Holidays With Infants

Infants sometimes travel free on holidays, or they are at a significantly reduced cost. This is because children under 2 years old can sit on an adults' lap, meaning they don't need their own seat and therefore don't need to pay for the seat. They can also sleep in baby cots within rooms, so extra beds aren't necessarily required. This can all mean reduced holiday rates for infants.

It's worth noting that infants under the age of two often go free, and do so with Jet2holidays.

Top Holiday Companies With Free Child Places

TUI Free Child Places

As one of the UK's biggest holiday tour operators, TUI offers free child places regularly across its various brands including Sensatori and TUI Blue, and across lots of European destinations from Ayia Napa to Zante.

Jet2 Holidays Free Child Places

Also available are free kids places with Jet2holidays. Flying from regional airports like Belfast, Edinburgh, London Stansted and Birmingham, family package holidays are ABTA and ATOL protected with Jet2. They've even got a useful finder tool to search for your next getaway.

First Choice Holidays Free Child Places

First Choice, part of the TUI group of holiday companies is also worth looking at for the latest family holiday deals. Once the all inclusive holiday brand, First Choice now focuses on getting "more bang for your buck", with beach holidays, last minute holidays and the Holiday Village range of hotels.

easyJet Holidays Free Child Places

There are hundreds of free child places with easyJet Holidays in top beach holiday destinations like Halkidiki, Kefalonia and Lanzarote. Their easy to use holiday finder allows you to filter your search by destination, board basis and departure airport like London Gatwick, Manchester and Bristol.

Ice Lolly Free Child Places

Like us, Ice Lolly works with a number of top brands to showcase holiday offers, including free child holidays. You'll need to call up Ice Lolly holidays to find the deals, but they can point you in the right direction.

Other Top Companies

There are lots of other popoular travel companies which have been known to offer free child places, or kid friendly deals, including the likes of Hays Travel, Love Holidays, On The Beach, Travel Republic, P&O Cruises and Virgin Holidays. Each brand has their own availability and terms and conditions where they offer free places or similar deals. Keep an eye out for ski brands like Neilson, Crystal Ski and Inghams offering special deals for families looking to get away on a ski holiday, while if it's something magical like Lapland in winter, TUI, Transun and Santas Lapland holidays should also be worth keeping on your radar.

Many will offer low deposits to secure your booking too but it's always worth booking with an ATOL protected tour operator and check for the latest travel advice to stay safe and healthy abroad. You'll receive an ATOL certificate when you pay a deposit or your balance in full. Package holidays booked through the Jet2holidays website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme.