Put aside the cost of getting your family to Thailand and you will find Thailand is cheap, it's very family friendly, safe, the weather is great and the culture, food and scenery fantastic. Thailand is a Great Family Destination

Moreover, Thailand already has a very good and well-trodden tourist infrastructure. If you and your family are looking for the antidote to the mass tourism of Europe and the US then I really can't think of anywhere better than Thailand for a family holiday.

Thailand offers families every thing kids of all ages enjoy, beaches, cities, mountains and more culture than your kids can shake a stick at. Added to which Thailand has an excellent range of accommodation ranging from the affordable to some of the finest hotels you will find anywhere; and all surrounded by some of the most unique family holiday experiences on the planet.

Perhaps the very best recommendation I can give for a Family Holiday in Thailand is to say, Thailand really does live up to its name as 'The Land of Smiles'.

If you are thinking of travelling to Thailand with your family but feel you need more information then here's the book you have been looking for.

Thailand or Kids is the only Guidebook written specifically for families visiting Thailand. Chapters are dedicated to documents and visas, flying long-haul with your children, health and health care, getting around Thailand, what to look for when booking accommodation and something no other guide book gives you, practical advice on how to deal with problems, how to get help if you need it and how to plan for problems.

This guide to a Family Holiday in Thailand has been written for families; based on personal experience gained while living, working and raising a family in Thailand; Thailand for Kids addresses the things travellers without children do not have to consider. Thailand for Kids is written for you and your children, for once you are not an afterthought, squeezed-in at the back.

I have plans for Thailand4Kids that take it beyond a guide book, with time and hopefully the feedback from families who make the Thailand trip, I plan to make the website a single point resource where families travelling to Thailand can find all the hints and help that so easily fall out of date with a traditional guide book.

For the time being you can download mini guides to essential documents for single parents, Thai phrases for families and a pro forma hotel booking fax. Meanwhile iMap is going to be developed into an online lookup guide and I'm working on some educational stuff to help children (of all ages) get the best out of the trip.

However, I am aware that this site could easily turn into 'Do as Teacher says' or just as bad, one family's view. To stop this happening I'm hoping you'll all take part in keeping us informed of what YOU want from this site, the things you have found that you want to pass on and just as importantly warnings and cautions to others.

I've added the Talk2Us page to enable you to pass your comments, so please if you find something that you wish you had been told about, or if there is something missing, let me go to Talk2Us and let me know. I'll be glad to pass good news and I regard it a duty to pass on warnings.

Oh and if you are really stuck and need some personal help or advice, email me, I will answer and I will help with a problem you have if I can.