“I like the children to realise how far they’ve travelled and see how the landscape changes. It’s just a thing we’ve always worked around. Your journey becomes

“I like the children to realise how far they’ve travelled and see how the landscape changes. It’s just a thing we’ve always worked around. Your journey becomes part of your holiday.” +1 to this! I haven't traveled much like this since I was young and I miss it! However, I don't remember if the CO2 emissions balance out. Would a plane load of people traveling from, say, London to Berlin create more emissions flying or taking the various forms of ground transit? Traveling less far, less often is probably the more effective message.