Where to go on family vacations with teenagers

“Check the weather, it's cold overnight and early starts mean you need warm clothing as well as lighter cottons for the day time. My granddaughter had a problem with spicy food and though breakfast was okay other meals were difficult.” – Kathryn Park on our family vacation to India

“Preferably have a car, though owners are helpful in proving lifts. Take day trips early morning or late afternoon as it can get quite hot. Be prepared… plenty of flies and mosquitoes in summer months!!” – Caroline O on our Catalan horse riding vacation.

“We spread out the standard activity week (5 activity days with one rest day) over 2 weeks - and did 6 activities over 13 days, which worked well for us... We all enjoyed having more rest days in which to explore the area - and there's loads to see nearby....They say the activities are 4-6 hours activity per day - but I'd say these were full day activities, starting at 9ish and we were never back before 6pm – which was great: full on, full days of fun.” – Lisa Williams on our family activity vacation in Turkey.

“Take a GoPro or something like that to record what's happening on the activities – brilliant fun and great memories… And for those that are nervous of joining a group vacation where you know no one, we can only say that the Keith, Kate, Finn, Jacob and Danny, the other family in our group, were brilliant fun, very easy going, adventurous, great to talk to and contributed massively to making this such a brilliant week.” – Doug Grimwade, on a family activity vacation in Turkey

“Our 11 year old son and 13 year old daughter benefited from the experience, not only because of enjoying and feeling challenged by the activities but also because of the place itself being so easy to navigate. They could enjoy a bit of vacation freedom without worry or feeling overly supervised by us, the parents. The sea swimming, basically anywhere you wanted, was exquisite. Simply stunning.” – Jeneva Patterson on a Croatia family adventure vacations

“The white water rafting was favoured by all four of us in terms of pure fun closely followed by the cycling day. That said every day was terrific but the most memorable aspect is probably the great group of people we shared our experience with. All I can say is our boys feel it was the best vacation they've been on and we concur. In the literature we were given at the start it said that on average you laugh 13 times a day but on this vacation you laugh 53 times – actally we laughed a lot lot more!” – Sandra Oxton on a activity vacation for families with teenagers in Croatia