"Younger kids need to stick to those schedules, " says Lissa Poirot, editor of FamilyVacationCritic.com.

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Poirot recommends finding a hotel with a good swimming pool, where children of all ages will like to relax.

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Detectives like Poirot and Miss Marple solved murders in a much more elegant fashion - often over tea and crumpets.

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She tells me that at 65 years old she had hoped to start her retirement re-watching Midsomer Murders and Poirot, the British murder mysteries she loves, but the cause is too important.

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