When you picture Barbados holidays one usually thinks romantic walks over the beach, sipping long island iced teasand having a cool off in the beautiful water with your bronzed partner.  What you do not think is, wouldn’t Barbados be a great place to take the children; why not?  Well, for one the flight time puts most people off; departing from the UK, more than eight hours.  The second problem is budget, which is always thought about when holidaying with kids.  Then you should think about the hotels, are there any kid friendly hotels with children’s groups and organised activities. Because we all know, if the children are not having a ball we are not having a relaxing time.  Well these are all things that I was worrying about when my holiday rep suggested a package holiday to Barbados. But I’m happythe she put  my mind at rest because now we’re hookedto Barbados holidays…

 My husband always leaves the holiday booking to me and every year we go to a run of the mill hotel in Spain, Cyprus or one of the Canary Islands.  Maybe bog standard is a little heavy.  They are lovely places; lots of sun, plenty of pools and beaches, reasonable grub, and you always know there will be childrens groups and if you are lucky a kids disco in the evening.  The problem is the vacation just does not have the wow factor so this year I figured we should go somewhere else .  We have been travelling to these mediterranean places for so many years now I didn’t really understand where to start. 

So I went over to the travel agents and said we wanted somewhere a bit wow , which is kid friendly.  I realised we would probably have to pay a bit more than our usual however our budget wasn’t massive.  Well our holiday rep suggested a package holiday to Barbados, I figured she was having a joke .  “We can’t afford that!” I said, “and what about the kids, what will they do?”.  But sheeased my mind and we’re so glad she suggested it.  She booked us on a flight from Standsted Airport direct to Barbados, she got us on the late evening flight so the children just slept the whole journey, woofed up their breakfast in the morning and bright as a button . 

Barbados all inclusives are perfect if you want a stress free, enjoyable family holiday.   All the food and drink is included and the kids can have all the ice-cream they want.  It also means there are no hidden costs and you do not have to think about how much fun money to bring making the whole trip more affordable.  The total cost wasn’t as bad as I figured, I mean it was a bit more expensive than our usual but it was really worth the money!  There was loads more on family holidays in Barbados so our children had loads of friends to hang out with and my husband and I got a unforgettable luxury holiday to Barbados!