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Lucy
Travels with Children
Kid Travel
All
Inclusive Family Vacations
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Facilities
in All Inclusive Holidays with Kids
What does an All
Inclusive Vacation Package
include?
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What
does "All Inclusive" Mean ?
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Outdoor
Activities
at all Inclusive Resorts can Include:
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All inclusive vacations refers to the cost of your trip and what
services are included in the price of your family vacation
~ Most All Inclusive Family Resort Deals include the price of your airfare,
family hotel or resort accommodation,full board meals (breakfast, lunch
and dinner and often an afternoon teatime snack)
~ All Inclusive Deals often include drinks as well but are sometimes limited
to soft drinks only ( alchoholic beverages might have to be purchased seperately)
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When
traveling with Kids
Travel Games can make a journey
a lot more pleasurable
Impromptu Travel Games can be created on the road too
I have always some blank paper and colored pens handy to draw up a quick
noughts and crosses
game
or a quick hangman game
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~ Outdoor Facilities and Sports Facilities can vary widely from
family resort to resort
~ it pays to research
each resort carefully and find out what exactly is included, sometimes
time restrictions apply ( aka tennis courts are only free during the
day where it is often too hot to play at beach vacations)
~ often simple sports like pool tables,table tennis games, fitness
centre access to gym, tennis courts and golf ranges are included and
some of the more expensive ourtdoor activities like diving and
sailing may incur a charge
~ check also on age restrictions as certain activities like swimming
with dolphins, water skiing and scuba diving may be offered
only when a certain age regardless of ability has been reached ( this
is often for vacation insurance reasons of the family resort policy)
~ Depending on the family resort entertainment and sports activities
are also included in the cost of your family trip.
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Entertainment
~ during nightly adult entertainment a lot of family resorts offer entertainment
for kids
~ entertainment for kids os often layed on during evening dinner time as
well, the kids eat in the kids club and the adults can have a romantic meal
whilst maybe a film is being shown i the resort cinema or games are played
on the beach if you are on a beach vacation
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Facilities
in All Inclusive Family Resorts
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Dont
book an All Inclusive Family Vacations
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~ these vary from resort to resort but here is a list of the most common
kid facilities that one would hope to expect: |
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if you like eating out at local restaurants
~ if you like dont really use the offered activities and facilities
~ if your kids dont like kids clubs and being away from parents
~ if you prefer to schedule your own itinerary |
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Kids
Facilities
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~ Some all inclusive
resorts for the family provide dedicated vacation nannies and age specific
supervised day-care by qualified nursery nurses and child coordinators
~ Babysitting Services are offered ( but often booking is necessary and
a fee maybe charged)
~ Many All Inclusive Family Holidays have special Kids Clubs that have
organised activities for children ( watch out as sometimes activities
are limited when there are no school holidays or school breaks)
~ in some all inclusive family hotels children stay free or offer a very
good discount ( often children can be accomodated sharing the adult room
on pull out couches or baby cots for toddlers and infants
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All Inclusive Family Deals
Benefits of All Inclusive Family Holidays:
~ they are a brilliant way to budget your family holiday trip as all the
necessary expenses are calcuable right from the start of your family vacation,
leavigng only pocket money and spending money for vacation momentos to budget
in.
~ and it is also very handy not having to carry money or creditcards all
the time, especially when on a family beach vacation, when you send most
of the time in a swimsuit with no pockets :-)
~ Take a good look at what the family all inlcusive resorts have to offer,
whether it suits your family lifestyle, whehter the type of facilities on
offer appeal to all members of your family to ensure a perfect family vacation
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| Tips
for Planning the Perfect Family Vacation |
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the most important part regardless of whether you are goin on a short family
weekend vacation or a no exspenses spared all inclusive family vacation
is Planning - with a capital "P"
~ see our hints and tips on How
to Plan for a family perfect vacation |
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Maya's Favourite Top
10 Family Vacation Destinations |
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off All Inclusive Family Vacations |
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~ BE AWARE:
There is no all encompassing rule what an "All Inclusive Family Resort"
has to offer so it pays to check with each individual family hotel what
their unique offerings for families are.
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