Holiday with toddler

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tricky69

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1,696 posts

248 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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Anyone been anywhere recently with a Toddler ?

We are after a short flight, top notch hotel and location... But need to be sure they have a creche and cater for children around the age of 17 months old . Would like it to be all inclusive as well... with a good beach and good restaurants.

I have about £400 MAX for the 3 of us



JOKE ! seriously i don't want to go over £2k for a week - anyone have any ideas ? Where thinking maybe portugal.....

trimbo

1,087 posts

229 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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contradiction in terms

tricky69

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1,696 posts

248 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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trimbo said:
contradiction in terms
Thats what i thought, so hgappy to pay up to get a place with a good creche and babysitting

Iain328

12,776 posts

212 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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tricky69 said:
Anyone been anywhere recently with a Toddler ?

We are after a short flight, top notch hotel and location... But need to be sure they have a creche and cater for children around the age of 17 months old . Would like it to be all inclusive as well... with a good beach and good restaurants.

I have about £400 MAX for the 3 of us



JOKE ! seriously i don't want to go over £2k for a week - anyone have any ideas ? Where thinking maybe portugal.....
Why would you go on a family holiday & then put your kid in a creche ?? rolleyes

If you mean babysitting services for a few hours in the evenings etc then most hotels/resorts can arrange them locally.

jesusbuiltmycar

4,644 posts

260 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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My nightmare begins on Friday - off to San Francisco with my 18 month old daughter sat on my lap for 11 hours.....

Having travlled flown with her on 5 pervious trips I know she will be bored and grumpy by the time the plane takes off....

BOR

4,824 posts

261 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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tricky69 said:
Where thinking maybe portugal.....
rofl And you almost got away with it.

Iain328

12,776 posts

212 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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jesusbuiltmycar said:
My nightmare begins on Friday - off to San Francisco with my 18 month old daughter sat on my lap for 11 hours.....

Having travlled flown with her on 5 pervious trips I know she will be bored and grumpy by the time the plane takes off....
Done many times.....

Large bottle of milk - 50% milk, 50% brandy drunksleep

Job done. thumbup










....just joking! hehe

Edited by Iain328 on Monday 9th March 11:26

tricky69

Original Poster:

1,696 posts

248 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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Iain328 said:
tricky69 said:
Anyone been anywhere recently with a Toddler ?

We are after a short flight, top notch hotel and location... But need to be sure they have a creche and cater for children around the age of 17 months old . Would like it to be all inclusive as well... with a good beach and good restaurants.

I have about £400 MAX for the 3 of us



JOKE ! seriously i don't want to go over £2k for a week - anyone have any ideas ? Where thinking maybe portugal.....
Why would you go on a family holiday & then put your kid in a creche ?? rolleyes
I hate to interupt you judging me but when i say creche i don't mean dump her in there all day - more mean a place for her to go during the hottest part of the day, and somewhere she can nap and be looked after for a few hours....

As for babysitting, i know most hotels do offer that but want somewhere where the staff are trained and know what they are doing....

Guess you are the type of person who will leave their children with whoever comes along rolleyes

tricky69

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1,696 posts

248 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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BOR said:
tricky69 said:
Where thinking maybe portugal.....
rofl And you almost got away with it.
HAHA whats wrong with Portugal ? I have never been there but there seem to be a few beautiful places

Iain328

12,776 posts

212 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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tricky69 said:
BOR said:
tricky69 said:
Where thinking maybe portugal.....
rofl And you almost got away with it.
HAHA whats wrong with Portugal ? I have never been there but there seem to be a few beautiful places
er.......the name McCann ring any bells? eek

thehawk

9,335 posts

213 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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tricky69 said:
BOR said:
tricky69 said:
Where thinking maybe portugal.....
rofl And you almost got away with it.
HAHA whats wrong with Portugal ? I have never been there but there seem to be a few beautiful places
Especially the Mark Warner resorts.....

Iain328

12,776 posts

212 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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tricky69 said:
Iain328 said:
tricky69 said:
Anyone been anywhere recently with a Toddler ?

We are after a short flight, top notch hotel and location... But need to be sure they have a creche and cater for children around the age of 17 months old . Would like it to be all inclusive as well... with a good beach and good restaurants.

I have about £400 MAX for the 3 of us



JOKE ! seriously i don't want to go over £2k for a week - anyone have any ideas ? Where thinking maybe portugal.....
Why would you go on a family holiday & then put your kid in a creche ?? rolleyes


Guess you are the type of person who will leave their children with whoever comes along rolleyes
I am NOT Gerry McCann !! (AICMFP rotate)


StevieBee

13,486 posts

261 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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Can strongly recommend The Travel Club of Upminster.

They do excellent family holidays - particularly to the Algarve. Their website is down at the moment but you can contact them here:

www.travelclubofupminster.co.uk

54 Station Rd
Upminster, RM14 2TT
01708 225000

dirty boy

14,739 posts

215 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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I took my kids (1 and 2 years old) to Spain, Hotel Caribe on the Port Aventura site.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, but couldn't tell you about the creche facilities as we didn't use them.

To be honest, look after the needs of your toddler first.....if they're happy, then you'll be happy.


Not going to judge, but I can't see the point of taking children on holiday and then offloading them somewhere, even if for a few hours.




nogginthenog

620 posts

207 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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You need a Mark Warner holiday :

http://www.markwarner.co.uk/

I used to run a mile from package holidays, preferring to do my own thing, but last year went to Corsica on a Mark Warner and it was excellent. The main attraction is the childcare which you can do for mornings, afternoons or both. The children are really well looked after and taken swimming, walking, playing in the creche, so it isn't a case of 'dumping' them - they really enjoy it. They have a night creche as well so you can have a meal & beer without worrying what the kids are up to. For your budget you could get a week in the Egypt Mark Warner, which apparently is their flagship destination - it's in a Hilton Hotel. There is a Portugal option, but this is the one that Maddeleine McCann went missing from ( cue the childcare jokes... ) so that might make you think twice about going just because of the vibes.

tricky69

Original Poster:

1,696 posts

248 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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Iain328 said:
tricky69 said:
BOR said:
tricky69 said:
Where thinking maybe portugal.....
rofl And you almost got away with it.
HAHA whats wrong with Portugal ? I have never been there but there seem to be a few beautiful places
er.......the name McCann ring any bells? eek
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah forgot about that...... F**k short memory !

Does that really write the whole country off though ?

hornetrider

63,161 posts

211 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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jesusbuiltmycar said:
My nightmare begins on Friday - off to San Francisco with my 18 month old daughter sat on my lap for 11 hours.....

Having travlled flown with her on 5 pervious trips I know she will be bored and grumpy by the time the plane takes off....
Why would you put a child (and your fellow passengers) through it? There's is NOTHING more annoying than a baby bawling on a plane.

tricky69

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1,696 posts

248 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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dirty boy said:
Not going to judge, but I can't see the point of taking children on holiday and then offloading them somewhere, even if for a few hours.
Really !!!! But they are a nightmare...... smile


Nicholas Blair

4,109 posts

290 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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Did Sardinia a few years back - lovely place and good weather,

Stayed down south, can't remember where though rolleyes

dirty boy

14,739 posts

215 months

Monday 9th March 2009
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tricky69 said:
dirty boy said:
Not going to judge, but I can't see the point of taking children on holiday and then offloading them somewhere, even if for a few hours.
Really !!!! But they are a nightmare...... smile
laugh

I can understand why parents drop their children off at a creche, but it's a cop out surely?

Like I said, keep them happy, and you'll be happy.

At the resort we stayed at, there was a pool with a sand beach. My kids played in the sand and water happily for hours, we didn't need to play with them often as they and other children amused themselves.

If we saw they were getting bored, we simply got dressed, got on the little noddy car train up to the theme park and watched a parrot show, took in a couple of rides, then wandered back, got showered, had an evening meal then headed to the hotel entertainment lounge, for a magic show or show etc.

Kids mini disco was great, even though I ended up on stage most nights, much to the delight of other parents. Kids usually fell asleep in their buggies, we'd wander down to the outside decking/bar area and have a few glasses of wine in peace.

Perfect.

Not one tantrum in the whole two weeks.