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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lisa Oxenham

How I planned a seamless single parent holiday with a baby and a nine-year-old

Lisa and her family at Princesa Yaiza hotel in Lanzarote - (Lisa Oxenham)

A holiday as a solo parent is rarely one in the traditional sense. But my recent trip to Lanzarote staying at two hotels that genuinely understood children came close.

The reality hit me before we had even reached the airport, when my daughter was sick all over me on the train. This is the sort of detail you forget to factor in when imagining your trip as a breezy, capable mother of two.

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