A mum with a big family has said if you fail to prepare for a holiday, you should prepare to fail.
Jen Hogan, a travel writer, recently took her seven kids on a holiday to the Canary Islands - so she knows a thing or two about how to keep things as relaxed as possible.
Rather than just crossing her fingers and hoping everything is going to be alright, she is a big proponent of planning ahead and making sure everything has the best chance of going as smoothly as possible.