I went to Italy in half term for 5 days in Feb and last year in May without my kids. We live far from family and kids enjoy getting to be with grandparents.
We however are taking them on holiday somewhere equally nice in a few weeks
. We would never go further than Europe though. I could never leave them to go to the Carribean I'd be worried sick. At least Italy is just a few hours away if something happened. I'm sure she's booked to go to Goa child free? How is she affording this. We bring in decent money together and we can barely afford the one holiday a year.