🇬🇧 United Kingdom
A beautifully paced family fortnight with a smarter geography. Four days of London from a Soho base, a countryside reset through Kent and the Cotswolds, then Harry Potter on the drive back in and a final London leg from the Tower — the City, the South Bank and Notting Hill — before flying home from Gatwick. Built so the four of us can just follow along.
Opens on today automatically, with the day's forecast built in. Every stop links straight to directions.
Photo by Jack Cohen on UnsplashSmooth finish, no drama
One calm, well-buffered airport transfer. Travel light, leave early, finish the trip without drama.
Central London to Gatwick can take longer than you expect. Build in more buffer than feels necessary.
Check out (timed to the flight)
Pre-book the airport transfer if you want maximum simplicity.
A Sunday departure to Gatwick can be easy, but a healthy buffer still matters.
Every confirmation you've uploaded, as a pass. Tap one to open it. Codes and documents stay hidden until you unlock the wallet.
Pick a place to zoom in, then send it to your phone's maps for turn-by-turn directions.
Live daily weather for the trip dates, updated automatically as we get closer.
Family-friendly picks with the one thing to order at each. The ones we love earn a ✓ once we've actually been.
Every bed for the trip in one place, with dates and nights, so each booking is easy to confirm at a glance.
14 Bateman Street, London, W1D 3AG Directions
Bright 1-bed flat (Homes & Villas by Marriott), sleeps 4. London Leg 1 base, walkable to Chinatown, Covent Garden and the West End. Check-in on arrival day; leave the morning we drive to the Cotswolds via Kent.
Simmers Farm - Kent
Windrush Lake 89, Lodge View, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5TL Directions
Orion Holidays self-catering cottage on the lake. Check-in from 4pm (they call when it's ready); checkout 10am. Call Orion on 13 Jul for the key-safe code, saved in the wallet.
13-17 Byward Street, London EC3R 5BA Directions
Blue Orchid aparthotel at Byward House, Tower Hill — steps from the Tower of London. London Leg 3 base for the final City / South Bank / Notting Hill days. Check in on the Warner Bros. return drive; check out for Gatwick on the 26th.
Confirmation numbers and key-safe codes live in the private wallet, not here.
Organised by the day we'll use them, showing what's booked and what's still to book.
Cheaper booked online in advance; summer evening slots go fast.
Booked: field-walk slot for 16 Jul, tickets in the wallet. Farm shop alongside.
Free entry, designer outlet. On a Friday it's open until 9pm — a full weekday window before the weekend.
Book a timed 10:00 slot. Fixed ticket — allow time for the shuttle from the visitor centre to the stones.
Book ahead. All-day estate; the palace stays open on Sundays. Day tickets can convert to an annual pass on-site.
Buy e-tickets ahead. The little train usually runs in season.
Book admission. Outdoor woodland walk, good shoes and a rain layer.
Family tickets available. Arrive at opening for the Crown Jewels.
Do it right after the Tower, last entry is usually 17:00.
Free but book a timed slot up to 3 weeks ahead. An evening slot works well on the Tower leg.
Optional interior visit on the Borough Market / South Bank walk. The exterior is free; only ticket it if you want one church inside.
Free, hands-on galleries next to the NHM. The alternative Day 4 pick, and a clean rainy-day family pivot. Some special exhibitions are paid.
Prices are 2026 estimates for planning only. Always check the official site before booking, they change, and family tickets often save money.
For when you're staring at a menu doing the conversion in your head.
£1 ≈ 4.66 AED. The dirham is pegged to the US dollar (fixed since 1997), so only the GBP→USD leg moves, and that part is a live rate.
Passports, bookings, insurance, tickets, everything we need to carry. The actual documents live in the private wallet.
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Passports, UK visas and eVisas, flights, the stays (Soho, the Cotswolds cottage and the Tower Bridge hotel) and the Sixt car rental are uploaded to the private wallet.
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Orion Holidays 01285 861839 (24/7, also the emergency line), contact@orionholidays.com, office at The Gateway Centre, Lake 6. Check-in from 4pm on 16 Jul (they call when ready), checkout 10am on 22 Jul. Call them on 13 Jul for the key safe code; keep the code + directions email in the wallet.
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Free but books up to 3 weeks ahead.
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Booked: field-walk slot for 16 Jul, in the wallet.
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Buy it, then add the policy and 24h line to the wallet.
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Laurels Pharmacy 01285 861123 · South Cerney Surgery (GP) 01285 862112 · Elsey & Elsey Dental 01285 860712 · NHS drop-in, Cirencester Hospital 0300 421 6200 · Emergencies 999/112. Rebooking direct with Orion: code RG5OFF for 5% off.
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999 for emergencies. Note the nearest hospital to each stay and the kids' details.
This is the checklist and the reference. Storing the actual documents (PDFs, boarding passes, scans) securely is the next build, see the note at the bottom of the page.
Albums for the trip. These fill up as we go, the plan first, the memories after.
Once we connect our shared iCloud album, the real photos land here, grouped by the day and place they were taken. Nothing staged in the meantime.