Booked for the trip, and only the trip
The carer works the dates you are away. There is no ongoing arrangement to set up and nothing that carries on once you are home.
Carer-supported holidays
Holiday carers who come away with you
A self-employed carer from near home travels with your relative and helps through the trip, the way they would at home. One booking for the dates you are away, with the hours, breaks, travel and room agreed before you go. You choose the carer and meet them first.
Take a carer with you
Tell us the dates, where you are going and what the carer would do, and we will set your account up as you go.
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One trip, one booking
Nothing carries on once you are home.
Why it is simple
A carer for the holiday, not an ongoing arrangement
Ongoing care takes setting up. A holiday does not need to. You are booking one carer for one trip, so there is less to decide and less to manage.
A carer from near home
The trip goes to carers who live near your relative, so the carer can travel with them from the front door and you can meet before you go.
Everything agreed before you leave
The hours on duty, the carer's breaks, and their travel, room and meals are settled with the carer in writing before anyone books a thing.
On the trip
What a holiday carer does while you are away
Whatever your relative needs help with at home, plus the things that are harder away from it.
The journey
Help with luggage, the car, the train or the coach, the toilet stops and the long wait at the station.
Mornings and evenings
Getting up, washed and dressed in an unfamiliar bathroom, and getting settled again at night.
Medicines and personal care
Reminders at the usual times and the personal care your relative has at home, done the way they like it.
Days out and getting about
Pushing the wheelchair along the front, finding the step-free way in, and knowing when it is time for a rest.
Company in the evenings
Someone to sit with your relative so the rest of the family can go out for dinner without worrying.
A holiday for the family carer
If you usually do the caring, the carer takes over the hands-on part so you can be a son, daughter or husband again for a week.
How it works
From the first question to the first morning by the sea
Tell us about the trip
The dates, where you are going, what the carer would do and where your relative lives. It takes about two minutes.
Hear from carers near home
Create your free account and the trip goes to carers near your relative. Read their profiles, rates and reviews, and message the ones you like.
Meet before you go
A video call or a short visit, so your relative is not setting off with a stranger. You choose the carer.
Agree the plan, then go
Hours on duty, breaks, who pays for the carer's travel, room and meals. Write it down, and enjoy the trip.
Who it suits
Holidays that would not happen otherwise
A parent who would not go alone
Perhaps since losing a husband or wife. A carer can come along as a paid travelling companion.
A family holiday with a grandparent
Everyone goes together, and the carer helps with the parts the family would find hard on holiday.
A couple where one cares for the other
The partner who does the caring all year gets to be on holiday too.
Someone living with dementia
One familiar face through the whole trip, met before you leave, can matter more than where you go.
Other ways to arrange it
If your relative is staying at home
Sometimes travel is too much, or it is the family carer who needs the holiday. Then a carer can stay with your relative at home for the week or two you are away, as a live-in carer or with visits through the day. Holiday cover while you are away explains how that works.
What it costs
You agree the rate with the carer
There is no set holiday price. The carer's rate is on their profile with our fee included, and you agree it with them before the trip, along with who pays for their travel, room and meals. Carers on PrimeCarers charge from £15 an hour for company, or from £1,050 a week to live in. Under the standard contract a bank holiday is 1.5 times the carer's normal rate and Christmas Day 2 times, so check your dates over Easter and Christmas. See our pricing.
How carers are checked
The same checks behind every carer, at home or away
PrimeCarers is an introductory service. It is not a care agency, does not employ carers and does not provide care. Every carer is self-employed and agrees the details of the trip directly with your family.
Before a carer's profile appears on the site, four checks have been completed: their identity, their right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check (PVG in Scotland, Access NI in Northern Ireland) issued within the last 2 years, and an online interview.
We do not check qualifications, training or references. The reviews and references on a profile have not been verified by us, so ask the carer about the experience that matters for your relative, and meet them before you go. What we check, and what we don’t.
- Identity
- Checked before the profile goes live
- Right to work
- Checked before the profile goes live
- Enhanced DBS, PVG or Access NI
- Issued within the last 2 years
- Online interview
- Before they can take a booking
Every holiday guide
Holiday guides for each situation
Where to go, how to travel and what to plan for depend on your relative's health more than on the destination. Each guide answers one question.
Bringing a carer with you
- Can you take a carer on holiday with you?Who can come, what changes about the cost, and how to plan the trip.
- Taking a live-in carer on holidayRest, a room of their own and the extra costs to agree for a longer trip.
- A travel companion for an older personPaying a companion carer to travel with a parent who would otherwise go alone.
Where to go
- Holidays in the UK for an older person with limited mobilityUK regions that suit an older relative, and coach holidays.
- Holidays for disabled adults in the UKHow to check a destination properly, and specialist holiday providers.
- Accessible holidays in the Lake DistrictWhere to stay and places to visit with step-free access.
- Accessible holidays in NorfolkWhere to stay and places to visit with step-free access.
- Accessible holidays on the Yorkshire coastWhere to stay and places to visit with step-free access.
Holidays when your relative has dementia
If the trip is for a family wedding rather than a holiday, a wedding far from home with an older relative covers the journey, the overnight stay and the long day.
Questions families ask
Holidays with a carer, answered
A break where a person who needs care still gets to go away, because a carer travels with them and helps through the trip. On PrimeCarers it is a one-off booking for the dates you are away: a self-employed carer from near home who comes with your relative and helps with what they would help with at home.
Yes. A carer who already visits your relative may be willing to travel, or you can find a new one by telling us about the trip at the top of this page. Their travel, room and meals are agreed between you and the carer before you book. Can you take a carer on holiday with you? has the full breakdown, and taking a live-in carer on holiday covers longer trips.
There is no set holiday price. You agree the rate with the carer, and it is shown on their profile with our fee included. Carers on PrimeCarers charge from £15 an hour for company, or from £1,050 a week to live in, as on our companionship care and pricing pages. Bank holidays are 1.5 times the normal rate and Christmas Day 2 times. The carer's travel, room and meals are agreed between you and the carer before you book.
No. A holiday carer is booked for the dates of the trip. Nothing carries on once you are home unless you and the carer choose to arrange more.
Near your relative's home, not near the destination, so the carer can travel with them from the start and you can meet them first. The trip form asks where your relative lives for that reason. It covers trips in the UK for now.
Then a carer can stay at home with your relative while you go away. Holiday cover while you are away explains how that works, and respite holidays compares breaks with care included against bringing a carer of your own.
Council funding is for assessed care needs, so do not count on it covering the travel, the accommodation or the days out. If your relative already has a direct payment, ask the council before you book whether it can keep paying for care while they are away, and get the answer in writing. Attendance Allowance, £77 or £115 a week in 2026/27, is not means-tested and can go towards a carer on holiday.
Start with should someone with dementia go on holiday? if you are still deciding. If you have decided to go, dementia-friendly holidays covers what to look for, and should someone with dementia go on a cruise? covers that option.
Every carer has an identity check, a right to work check, an enhanced DBS check (PVG in Scotland, Access NI in Northern Ireland) issued within the last 2 years, and an online interview before their profile goes live. We do not check qualifications, training or references, and the reviews and references on a profile are not verified by us. What we check, and what we don’t.
Where would they love to go?
Tell us the dates and where you are going, and hear from carers near home who could come too. Free to ask, and no obligation.