The family holiday!!!!!!!!
Discussion
I have been informed it is my turn to come up with an idea. Thing is I have had a realy busy 6 months at work & all i want to do is lie down by a pool & sleep, but that's not going to happen with my 2 sons bouncing about wanting to do everything in the first morning.
Looking for ideas, would like to keep it sub £5K for 2 adults & 2 kids.
Looking for ideas, would like to keep it sub £5K for 2 adults & 2 kids.
In a similar position. Our last chance for a blow out holiday before our eldest starts school. Me, the wife, 2 year old daughter, 4 year old son.
Thinking somewhere Mediterranean and all-inclusive so that I don't have to think about doing much of anything for two weeks. Both knackered due to me starting the year with a health scare and the wife's work being a bit mental (literally). Needs to have splash pool type thing for the kids, and preferably accommodation with two bedrooms and some sort of terrace where the wife and I can enjoy a few glasses of vino after the kids have gone to bed.
Thinking somewhere Mediterranean and all-inclusive so that I don't have to think about doing much of anything for two weeks. Both knackered due to me starting the year with a health scare and the wife's work being a bit mental (literally). Needs to have splash pool type thing for the kids, and preferably accommodation with two bedrooms and some sort of terrace where the wife and I can enjoy a few glasses of vino after the kids have gone to bed.
Went last year to this place
http://www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/europe/spain...
Totally amazing, really big apartment type rooms in an all inclusive hotel. Good food, massive range of kids stuff and a very child friendly beach with extension arms that keeps the sea really calm.
http://www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/europe/spain...
Totally amazing, really big apartment type rooms in an all inclusive hotel. Good food, massive range of kids stuff and a very child friendly beach with extension arms that keeps the sea really calm.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g662606-...
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g635887-...
Haven't been abroad since the arrival of our second, but went to both of these with our first. Both had good kid's clubs. In the Tenerife hotel we had a ground floor room with a patio overlooking the pool, was very nice indeed.
I'd go back to either of them.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g635887-...
Haven't been abroad since the arrival of our second, but went to both of these with our first. Both had good kid's clubs. In the Tenerife hotel we had a ground floor room with a patio overlooking the pool, was very nice indeed.
I'd go back to either of them.
- EasyJet for flights
- Villa Plus for accommodation
- Holiday Autos for a car
- Pollensa, North Mallorca for a location
Thanks for the suggestions but what frightens me from them all is the lack of originality in them. Playa Blanca, Pollensa & Florida. We have done them all several times & I can see why people suggest them, they are good. there must be others. in saying that the wife & I used to find it funny how we seen the same faces every year, It was spooky.
Fair enough. How about Borneo in that case. Spend 2 or 3 days Orangutan watching and then head out to one of the islands off the North West coast for some sun and relaxation
Or Micronesia? There is some of the most fantastic diving there. A bit of a trek, but once you are there it will be well worth it
Or Micronesia? There is some of the most fantastic diving there. A bit of a trek, but once you are there it will be well worth it
jonny996 said:
Thanks for the suggestions but what frightens me from them all is the lack of originality in them. Playa Blanca, Pollensa & Florida.
Might help if you say where you have been and when you want to go, rather than asking for help, giving no information to assist and then telling everyone their suggestions are crap.schmalex said:
Yes. They were a bit s
t to be honest. Too expensive for what you got and full of slightly orange people preening themselves whilst shoving the kids off to kids clubs for the 2 weeks of the year that the kids really wanted to spend time with their parents.
I have been on quite a few MW holidays and found them very good. I have only been to the adult only ones so don't know about kids clubs also know they are much cheaper as last minute bookings.t to be honest. Too expensive for what you got and full of slightly orange people preening themselves whilst shoving the kids off to kids clubs for the 2 weeks of the year that the kids really wanted to spend time with their parents.Bluebarge said:
jonny996 said:
Thanks for the suggestions but what frightens me from them all is the lack of originality in them. Playa Blanca, Pollensa & Florida.
Might help if you say where you have been and when you want to go, rather than asking for help, giving no information to assist and then telling everyone their suggestions are crap.If you can do the flight Rivera Maya mexico. Huge resorts that arnt over crowded. Plenty of pools so you can choose a different one each day day and evening activities for all ages day and night, private beaches good food. 2 huge parks to go to which is great for adults and kids. Can be as chill out or adventurous as you like.
Fill car with camping equipment. get travel insurance and European breakdown cover and overnight ferry to cherborg. Book 2 nights on a camp site in Brittany. On day 3 hand map book to youngest child, and say "where shall we go?"
This is how my parents used to do the family holiday. No real plan, just a campsite guide book and a vague direction.
If it wasn't for my wife's need to have a plan down to the nearest minute, that's the way I'd be doing it.
This is how my parents used to do the family holiday. No real plan, just a campsite guide book and a vague direction.
If it wasn't for my wife's need to have a plan down to the nearest minute, that's the way I'd be doing it.
Royan, France. Most Brits have never heard of it, but it's where the French go on holiday.
Allegedly the most sunshine anywhere in France, with wide sandy beaches. A stone's throw away from Cognac, Bordeaux, the Isle d'Oleron, the big Atlantic breakers at Arcachon, plus the space thingy at Poitiers ought to be do-able in a day.
Allegedly the most sunshine anywhere in France, with wide sandy beaches. A stone's throw away from Cognac, Bordeaux, the Isle d'Oleron, the big Atlantic breakers at Arcachon, plus the space thingy at Poitiers ought to be do-able in a day.
simoncrouch said:
Went last year to this place
http://www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/europe/spain...
Totally amazing, really big apartment type rooms in an all inclusive hotel. Good food, massive range of kids stuff and a very child friendly beach with extension arms that keeps the sea really calm.
We had a really bad experience there a few years back and were pretty pissed off how they handled it. http://www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/europe/spain...
Totally amazing, really big apartment type rooms in an all inclusive hotel. Good food, massive range of kids stuff and a very child friendly beach with extension arms that keeps the sea really calm.
Last year we went to the Calla Medina Hotel in Mallorca - very impressed with it/from a family holiday perspective.
http://www.insotelhotelgroup.com/en/resorts/mallor...
Close to a nice quiet beach
Loads of pools
Kids sections family sections adult only sections and "VIP" sections
Food was good
There is a 50's style dinner - which you have to pay for - amazing food and they have like a dancing show around the eatery. You sit in cars just like pulp fiction (Burgers are world class truly) and the .milkshakes.. Oh my god so good.
We had an upgraded room area "C" I believe not a swim up one as they had all been booked (we'd pay the slight extra for that next time). Our room was large and could be split in two so the little one slept in the other part. Large balcony and tranquil.
Its not in a village so very quiet which is perfect.
Pool/subbed etiquette firstly there is so so much fixed (and retractable) shade so noone moves shade around and there are plenty of beds -- generally I'd throw our towels down at 10am as we had lunch. If we went to the beach then came back we could find more beds but clearly its harder.
You can pay €30-40 a day for an amazing VIP bed which is Egyptian like and double bed sized ideal if you don't want that hassle of finding a bed and its easily big enough for mum dad and two kids.
We'd happily go again (but want to try sensatouri or will do other insotel )
Note we went in early June and it turned out to be unusually hot 35-38 degrees so all that shade superb.
Life guards - loads of them and they really do police properly
(One of my usual gripes)
Bins left overflowing with nappies/ice team and all the toilets (pool toilets) cleaned constantly - and waiters are going round all the time picking up glasses (plastic round the pool clearly) etc so its very clean.
http://www.insotelhotelgroup.com/en/resorts/mallor...
Close to a nice quiet beach
Loads of pools
Kids sections family sections adult only sections and "VIP" sections
Food was good
There is a 50's style dinner - which you have to pay for - amazing food and they have like a dancing show around the eatery. You sit in cars just like pulp fiction (Burgers are world class truly) and the .milkshakes.. Oh my god so good.
We had an upgraded room area "C" I believe not a swim up one as they had all been booked (we'd pay the slight extra for that next time). Our room was large and could be split in two so the little one slept in the other part. Large balcony and tranquil.
Its not in a village so very quiet which is perfect.
Pool/subbed etiquette firstly there is so so much fixed (and retractable) shade so noone moves shade around and there are plenty of beds -- generally I'd throw our towels down at 10am as we had lunch. If we went to the beach then came back we could find more beds but clearly its harder.
You can pay €30-40 a day for an amazing VIP bed which is Egyptian like and double bed sized ideal if you don't want that hassle of finding a bed and its easily big enough for mum dad and two kids.
We'd happily go again (but want to try sensatouri or will do other insotel )
Note we went in early June and it turned out to be unusually hot 35-38 degrees so all that shade superb.
Life guards - loads of them and they really do police properly
(One of my usual gripes)
Bins left overflowing with nappies/ice team and all the toilets (pool toilets) cleaned constantly - and waiters are going round all the time picking up glasses (plastic round the pool clearly) etc so its very clean.
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