The rise of ageless travel: Why millennials are holidaying with their parents - and guess who foots the bill

Family stands next to their vintage van
What's behind the rise  of the teenage and 20-something tag-alongs, who love to travel en famille? Credit: Getty Images

Not sure where you’ve booked to go on holiday this year, but at a rough guess, if there are children somewhere between 18 and 30 in your family, there is a high chance they are packing the factor 25 too (except they won’t – because they’ll leave it to you). In which case, congratulations. Whether it’s a multigenerational posse on a summer break (some 20 per cent of us and growing) or, more likely, just your millennials tagging along wherever you happen to be going, you’re at the sharp end of a growing trend. It’s not just the Kardashians who are doing 18-60 holidays – we’re all at it.

Full disclosure: I have form in this department. I’ve already had one longish holiday in India with my 25-year-old...

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