One of the best ways to enjoy a cruise is to stay on the ship while it's docked at least once. Ships are often pretty empty on port days, so spas offer deals, and lounge chairs are easy to snag.
Parents experience mixed feelings when school ends for the summer. On the one hand, there are no more early morning wake-up calls, last minute panics over forgotten homework, lost PE kit or the sudden realisation that the deadline for that history project is imminent.
There's nothing like a trip to the hairdressers to make you feel a million dollars. If I could pick one treat for myself it would always be a blow dry.
The keeper's cottage has been bought, converted and partitioned into two loft-style holiday apartments by the German company Floatel, which specializes in this kind of repurposing.