When you finally get some time to relax with your family the last thing that you want to be worrying about is your children being injured or involved in an accident while on holiday. There are several things that you can do before a family holiday such as taking out travel insurance, having a European Health Insurance Card for each member of the family and talk to your children about some of the new things that they may see while on holiday and some of the potential dangers that they may face. All of these things will help you to go some way towards being prepared for a family holiday but the main things that you can do involve preparation once you arrive at your actual destination.

In your hotel room or accommodation if you walk around your hotel room you will notice some of the dangers that children may face but if you bring yourself down to the level of a child you may be more aware of
some of the harmful things that children may see at their eye level and be attracted towards. There are a number of things that little hands can be attracted to and the first thing that you should think about is sharp or damaged corners on items. A child could easily hurt themselves on a sharp corner on a coffee table or on the top of a cupboard door handle so protect these areas using tape. If you are caught short without supplies then you could even use a sock or something of a similar size to run around a sharp corner. Pillows or
bed linen in general can be another way to help ensure that should your children fall that their fall will be cushioned, particularly important on very hard surfaces.

Plug sockets, power cables, cords of blinds and light socket cords are all potential hazards and there are a number of ways to protect these. You can use plug socket protectors for plugs and these can be packed
in your suitcase. They are light, small and will not send your baggage weight soaring which is always a bonus. Cords, light socket cords and numerous other wires can always be looped around themselves or hung
over the back of door frames to stop them from becoming a hazard.

Ensuring that balcony and room doors are locked is another way to avoid your children getting in to mishap on holiday and you can simply agree with other adults and older children in the house of a designated place for such keys to be placed just in case of emergency so that everyone knows where to find them.

By simply walking around your accommodation you will be able to look out for sharp corners, plugs that are left on, damaged or loose items that could become a choking hazard and various other hazards. Temporary accommodation can be full of hazards that you have not thought about or realised before but a simple walk, or even a crawl around at a small childs eye level, could help you see so many things that you never noticed before and ensure that your children are kept safe while on holiday.