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Looking for a break for myself and the wife early next yr before LO descend on us - going thriough stage 2 now, and Playa Des Ingles in Gran Canaria is meant to be a very good choice for families and has a very LGBT environment from what ive read. If people do point just challenge - i will, afterall youre a family and who cares whether they have 2 dads / 2 mums or 1 of each?? I find it fab to see 2 guys / women with their children and makes me realise how far we've come as a society. Enjoy yourselves and have fun :-) xx

I thought you would have had more responses on this... As a male couple with three boys, we have been going abroad more than once a year with the older two for 8 years. I suppose it depends on what you look for from a holiday, and of course, sorry to say, how openly affectionate you are with on another - as a couple. Me and OH are not openly affectionate as a rule out doors, not because we don't want to be, just because that's not who we are. I suppose if you are openly affectionate you would want to rule out countries where you may have problems as a gay couple. We have, however, been to Dubai and Jamaica as a family with no issues. We visit America a number of times each year, however, we do have our own villa when we are there, as it is more a home from home for the children, which suits them better as the routine is similar to home. Most European destinations, and as reallove2014 has said, Gran Canaria has some nice resorts that are LGBT family friendly. I have found Turkey, Spain and Italy to be very welcoming. Like I say, I think it will be dependant on the above as to where you feel most comfortable. It will also depend on what you want from a holiday! For us with three boys, two of which are older, a holiday is an opportunity to kick the flip flops off and get the book out, so we normally go for private villas or a place with a VERY good kids club. I also suppose it depends on your feeling for countries who are not very welcoming of the LGBT community too! :-) Good luck!

Hi We love our holidays! We have been to Turkey so many times now and absolutely loved it.The people are so so friendly and very open to people's relationships and family make up.we have been to SA which was lovely but staying with family,we had a little scare at immigration in Durban though as the officer kept asking our children"where is your mummy " this was difficult for our children and not the sort of thing you want after a long flight! But then we heard their was children trafficking going on so could understand.dependant on we're u go take your adoption cert with you as even though we all had the same surname on passports it took a while to convince.Weve been to Spain which we loved and this is going to sound horribly biast but try to go to a better star hotel as you will find more openly minded people their if you get my meaning (some my think snobbery...but I like to think reality)We are off to Thailand for our summer holidays and cannot wait! First holidays are always so exciting and frightening at the same time for the children so what I would suggest is take your children's bedding so they have that familiarity and also ask a prominent adult in their lives( granny?) to give them something of theirs(old bus pass maybe?) and for them to tell the child"please look after this for granny and bring it home with you) this worked a treat with our two who were 2 and 3 on their first trip away. Hope you have a wonderful time away Regards Westi

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We are in Thailand at the mo with our two and absolutely love it! The Thai people are so open and welcoming of same sex family's.Its a long way from the UK but the most stunning holiday destination so would highly reccomend if your budget stretches this far x Westi