Clearly, you can never start collecting airline miles too young. Lufthansa's Miles&More loyalty scheme has a junior version, JetFriends, which provides children with their own club card and allows them to earn air miles every time they fly.

Times journalist Matt Rudd published a piece recently on travelling with his small baby, which provoked an enormous response. Have a read of the replies, which are entertainment enough in themselves:

Get your holiday off to a stress-free start by overnighting at the airport. Travel extras specialist Airport Parking and Hotels has compiled a table listing all the UK airport hotels, highlighting which hotels offer family rooms.

Paddington Bear has packed his bags and he's heading out of Heathrow. British Airways has introduced cute new Skyflyer packs for three to five year olds, resembling Paddington's famous and well-travelled suitcase.

If you're hoping to visit Turkey this summer and escape the punishing Euro exchange rate, check out the new daily service from London Stansted to Istanbul with low-cost Turkish airline Pegasus Airways.