Inside Sue Radford's extravagant £52,000 family birthday holiday to Florida – with Disney trips & luxe pool

Scottish Sun

24-04-2025

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BRITAIN'S biggest family - the Radfords - are currently enjoying the trip of a lifetime for mum-of-22 Sue's 50th birthday.
The Lancashire-based family are having a sun-soaked extravaganza in Florida, which is estimated to cost them £52,000.
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Sue Radford has taken her family on a bumper Disney trip to Florida for her 50th - and raved about her £1.50 huge drink
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Sue has shared behind-the-scenes snaps from their trip
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The Radford family appeared to be enjoying their villa's pool
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Despite telling The Daily Mirror they have been "feeling the pinch" financially, they said they planned to spare no expense on this holiday of a lifetime.
Sue and Noel, from Morecambe, Lancashire, star in Channel 5's 22 Kids and Counting and also earn money from their business Radford's Pie Company.
Sue has shared snaps from the birthday bonanza, including pictures of her bumper brood at Disney parks and enjoying their villa's pool.
Yesterday, Sue posted: 'Some pictures from the last few days.'
While one family shot showed the Radfords posing with Donald Duck, another showed two of her girls wearing matching outfits and backpacks with identical dolls inside - presumably a new purchase during the trip.
Another snap showed Sue wearing Minnie ears as she posed at a Disney theme park.
However, one part of the trip hasn't been plain-sailing.
Sue took to Instagram to share how they have faced huge queues at this time of year in the Easter holidays.
She wrote: '95 minute wait for Guardians of the Galaxy.
'Not liking the fact they removed the virtual queuing system. Anyone else wish they'd kept that system?'
While Disney guests used to be able to request to enter a virtual queue for the ride to save them time in the park.
Now they have to join a 'standby queue', which is a regular line where they physically wait to join the attraction, along with any other guests in the park.
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However, Sue was dismayed at how long the queue for Guardians of the Galaxy was
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However, she seemed to be enjoying the bumper trip on the whole
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Two of the girls were pictured in matching outfits with new dolls
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£26,000 flights
Sue and her husband Noel Radford have not only taken their own children to Florida, but all of their grandchildren with them too - making the most of the Easter break from school.
Sue, 50, and Noel, 54, are parents to Chris, 35, Sophie, 31, Chloe, 29, Jack, 28, Daniel, 26, Luke, 24, Millie, 23, Katie, 22, James, 21, Ellie, 19, Aimee, 18, Josh, 17, Max, 16, Tillie, 14, Oscar, 13, Casper, 12, Haillie, nine, Phoebe, eight, Archie, seven, Bonnie, six, and Heidi, five.
Sadly the couple's 17th child Alfie was still born on July 6, 2014.
Also joining them will be Chris' wife Nicole Spencer, Sophie's husband Joe Bradley, Chloe's boyfriend Jake Wallace, Millie's husband Harley Passmore and Katie's boyfriend Connor Carter.
On top of that all 11 grandchildren are said to be in tow.
All in, the family are looking at a jaw-dropping £26,228 on flights - and that's before the excess charges or any extra baggage.
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It's not the first time the Radfords have visited Florida
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The bumper family often jet to Disney for a big trip
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£20k park tickets
Based on the cost of a seven-day Disney visit, which would require each guest to hold a 7-Day Magic Ticket for entrance, Sue and Noel could have forked out £20,065.
Luckily for Sue and Noel, children under the age of three go free. So some of the children on the trip won't cost a penny to get into the park.
The tickets include access to the park and water parks with the eligibility to enter multiple parks per day.
Holders will also have the 'memory maker' package which includes unlimited Disney photopass downloads - pictures taken by photographers around the park, on rides and in restaurants.
£6k accommodation
Sue and Noel have spoken about their approach to holiday accommodation previously, while appearing on the This Morning show - they revealed they usually opt for a villa to save costs and ensure the bunch can bunk close together.
Last September, they shared an Orlando Villa Tour on their Facebook page to their 944,000 followers.
One eagle-eyed viewer recognised the accommodation as similar to a property listed on rental site, Vrbo.
The glam Vrbo house sleeps 15 - so Sue and Noel will need to book 3 to comfortably house all 39 travellers.
The accommodation costs £300 per night, working out at £2,100 per villa for a week and £6,300 in total for all three.
And that's without any food in the villa or out in the parks.
Millie's drama
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Sue and Millie Radford have revealed the 'absolute worst start' to their Easter holiday to the US
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Mum-of-three Millie's travel mishap saw her, Ophelia and Chester stranded at Gatwick after they were 'rejected' from their flight
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It appears that the Radfords' posh trip to the US didn't get off to a great start - and in fact, saw Millie Radford and her children separated.
Posting on social media, Millie Radford, who first became a mum at 19 and is Sue and Noel's third eldest daughter, detailed the family's chaotic situation that left her stranded after a holiday mishap.
In a post shared to her Instagram stories, the 23-year-old mum-of-three revealed that she and two of her kids were "rejected" from joining a flight to America with their wider family.
The incident resulted from their ESTAs being out of date, with the travel authorisation used by visitors travelling to the US without a Visa.
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Sue has shared snaps from their £50,000 trip
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The huge holiday is going to kick off a big year of travel for the Radfords, who enjoyed 14 getaways last year alone.
Not only did they enjoy a £3,800 a night Disney cruise, but they also visited a swanky Dubai jaunt and took trips to Lapland, New York, Legoland and the Maldives, too.
This won't be the only holiday to celebrate Sue turning 50 - in the same interview with The Daily Mirror, she said her and Noel will jet off for a romantic holiday for two.
"But we are going to do a holiday just the two of us as well. That will be nice," she revealed.