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Single Parent Specials
From http://www.singleparenttravel.net
Specials that don't discriminate against the
single parent family.
 Beaches Resorts
Beaches has waived the single supplement for three and a half months! (May, August 24- 31, September and October) In addition, starting Feb. 1, every Beaches property will host a Tuesday Night "Single Parents Welcome Reception," allowing single parent families to meet one another. Every Thursday night, every Beaches resort will offer a "Single Parent Social Cocktail" and "Kid's Movie Night" simultaneously. Each property will also have a variety of interactive games, contests and tournaments, giving single parents a chance to spend quality time with their kids. AND from August 24 to August 31, Global Brenda, from singleparenttravel.net will be escorting a group of single parents to the newest Beaches property, Beaches, Boscobel in Ocho Rios, Jamaica for a special week of single parent festivities. You can book this special program through their new tour operator, Single Parent Tours. Within the next four weeks, they will announce prices and more details. To book a vacation to one of the Beaches resorts year round, call them at 800-BEACHES book on their Web site at http://www.Beaches.com.
Cruise with Parents without Partners
Parents Without Partners is sponsoring another cruise. This time from September 7 to September 14. The rates begin at $560. Unfortunately there is a single supplement, but since Parents Without Partners is sponsoring it, there are bound to be lots of single parents. http://www.parentswithoutpartners.org/Cruise2003.jpg
 Snowbird Ski Resort, Salt Lake City
Snowbird Ski Resort in Salt Lake City offers 2 free lift tickets for children with each paying adult. http://www.SnowBird.com
Amtrak Specials
Amtrak is running a special - buy a ticket between 1/7/03 and 2/15/03 for travel between 1/10/03 and 8/28/03 and a companion (adult or child) rides free! http://www.Amtrak.com
Western River Expeditions
We were thrilled to discover that Western River Expeditions does not
charge a single supplement. They also have reduced prices for
children on some trips. Western River Expeditions is a rafting
outfitter with trips in Utah, Idaho and Colorado. You can reserve
their trips at 800-453-7450 or off their Web site,
http://www.westernriver.com.
Always Inn Bed & Breakfasts, Tahoe, CA
The Always Inn B&B in Tahoe, CA has set up a couple of rooms so that
single moms or dads can stay with their child or children. Freda, the
owner, is a single mom herself, with twin boys age 12 and a daughter
who is 11 and, as Freda says, "going on 40". Her kids love to
snowboard and use the tube runs in the winter, and fish, kayak and
watch the rock climbers in the spring, summer and fall. The Always
Inn's room rates are based on two persons per room, with an
additional $25 charge for anyone over three years of age. Three of
their rooms have whirlpool spas.
The B&Bs also have an extensive video and book library with more than
100 kid friendly video titles, a Sony Playstation and games, and a
very satisfying full California breakfast. She also offers optional
pack lunches and group dinners for guests. For more information,
check out their Web site http://www.alwaysinn.com .
Bienville House Hotel, New Orleans, LI
The Bienville House in New Orleans, LA offers a great single parent
special: ALL kids under 18 stay free with one parent ALL the time.
Their rates range from $69/night low season (Dec, Jan & summer) to
$190 high season weekend rate. Weekdays are a bargain even in high
season – starting at $99. The hotel is in the French Quarter,
overlooking the river. That means you don't even need to rent a car.
Everything is within walking distance great restaurants, shopping,
art galleries and sightseeing. The hotel offers complimentary
enhanced continental breakfast and has a pool (you will need it in
the summer in N.O.!) Call them at 800-535-7836. Their Web site is http://www.bienvillehouse.com
Euro Camp
EuroCamp offers a reduction of £65.00 for single parent families staying at one of their camps. Their camps are located all over Europe and according to Tilly at EuroCamp you can either fly and then drive to the camp or drive and then ferry there. The organization offers a fun station club providing activities geared toward a specific set of ages. They also offer Activity Plus, a new service for parents and families to join in together with activities such as go karting, visits to theme parks, quiz nights and quad biking. (Activity Plus is available at select camps in France.) The base price for a 14-day trip starts at £275.00 for tent accommodations and £449.00 for a holiday home. Children up to the age of 18 go free.
They are currently running a special: new customers who book before the end of October for the early season (May, June and early July) will receive a 10% discount. For more information contact + (0) 870 3667 558 or http://www.eurocamp.co.uk
Mark Warner
Mark Warner Offers a fall/spring special for single parents. For the low season May, June, September and October one full paying adult will get the child share price for their trips. For example, for September 25, their club, Lakitira Village, in Kos, Greece costs £587 per adult and £352 per child (instead of £499.) That price includes round trip flights from London Gatwick, transfers to hotel, seven nights accommodation, all meals and childcare. Childcare is available for those aged 4 months to 17 years for its summer programs.
Mark Warner also has skiing programs during the winter season, although it does not offer any deals for single parents. Child care for its ski programs are for those kids aged 4 months to 12 years and includes breakfasts and ski lessons. During this time adults can choose to ski by themselves or enter into 'ski hosting' groups to meet other adults.
Liz, from Mark Warner, was quick to point out that all its programs are designed flexibly for families to spend some time together, apart or any way they chose. One compelling feature of their tours is that single parent families can request that the maitre d' seat them with other single parent families during meals. Contact Mark Warner at [44] (0) 870-770-4222, www.markwarner.co.uk .
Jewish Y of NJ Summer Camps
Unfortunately, we didn't find out about the Jewish Y until after summer, but at least we can mention it now so you can think about it for next year. The Jewish Y of NJ offers a single parent retreat in the Poconos twice during the summer. This past summer their prices were $140 per adult and $120 per child. The camp offers adults activities such as softball, yoga, tennis lessons, aquatics and discussion groups while your children participate in morning camp programs. In the afternoon, family oriented activities that promote bonding, such as challenge course events, scavenger hunts and talent shows, are organized. Babysitting services are provided at no additional cost in the evening so parents can schmooze in a non-threatening environment. If your child is under 5 years old you may bring a babysitter for FREE! Call Carrie Belinfante at (973) 575-3333 x127 or visit their Web site http://njycamps.org/families/html/single_parent.html for more information.
Servitours in Venezuela
Seven night special provided by Servitours in Margarita, Venezuela. For those who love the Caribbean, but not the price, consider this Caribbean Island off the coast of Venezuela. Servitours offers the all-inclusive special for $799 (including airfare) at the 293-room Portofino hotel. The Portofino is modern, on the beach, has all sorts of amenities, but it doesn't have a single supplement! If you would like to increase your stay, each additional night is $55. This deal is good through September 2002. To book Servitours 877-774-6651, http://www.Servitours.com.
Club Getaway
Although all their weekends are sold out this year, I still wanted to tell you about Club getaway for next year. In the summer of 2003, they plan on devoting three family weekends. These weekends are advertised as single parent weekends, but Elaine at Club Getaway told me that they attract double parents, grandparents and other sorts of families. Club Getaway is an all-inclusive resort in the Berkshires. Elaine explained to me that they charger per-adult and per-child, so you don't get slapped with the single supplement. Their brochures come out in August and she recommends booking at least a month in advance. Their Web site is http://www.ClubGetaway.com or call 800-6 GETAWAY.
Beaches Family Resort in partnership with Vacation Kids
For the month of September 2002 Beaches is offering 35% off at any Beaches Family resort single supplement has been waived.
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Allegria Spa
The Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Allegria Spa is offering a single parent special. Starting at $330 in the summer and $618 in the winter, you get one night's lodging for one adult and one child, one 50-minute adult's massage per night, three hours of Camp Hyatt, one adult's and one child's room service breakfast and milk and cookies. Additional child in same room with package amenities is $55.00 per night. Be sure to tell your reservation agent the ages of your children.
Tamarijn Aruba Beach Resort Mega Announces New Single Parent Program
From July 1 to December 20, 2002, the Tamarijn waives their single supplement on all-inclusive nightly room rates for parents traveling with children up to age 18. Up to three kids can stay in the same room with one parent. If the parent is seeking a bit of privacy they can take advantage of the Mega Family Extra, which is available as an add-on option to the Single Parent Program. With the Mega Family Extra, the paying adult can purchase a separate room for children up to 18 years old (maximum four children per second room), for just $130 per room, per night until December 20, 2002.
The Tamarijn Aruba Mega is all-inclusive: all meals, snacks, beverages (at a selection of bars and restaurants) and entertainment is included. In addition, guests can use the facilities at both the Tamarijn and Divi resorts. The single parent program includes a children's camps for kids aged 5 - 12 years old with orientation, nature walk, shuffle board, shirt decorating, sand sculpture, movies, cooking, special projects, story-telling and dancing. Activities for kids of all ages include the use of the resort's freshwater pool, non-motorized water sports including snorkeling and snorkeling lesson, sunfish sailing, floats, canoes, beginner's windsurfing equipment and "Learn to Windsurf" beach clinic, tennis, volleyball, bicycles and fitness area.
For more information call 1-800-554-2008, 207-594-7888 or visit the resort's Web site at www.tamarijnaruba.com.
The Franklyn D. Resort and FDR Pebbles, Jamaica
Both these resorts are beachfront all-inclusive Family Properties in Jamaica. Each family is assigned a Vacation Nanny who will care for the kids (feed, bathe, play with them, etc.) from 9:00a.m. - 4:40p.m.daily. Baby sitting is available after hours at US$4.00 an hour. Each property has a children's mini club with supervised activities. All meals, drinks, non-motorized water sports and scuba diving with equipment and instructions are available. Also included are off property tours, live nightly entertainment, airport transfers, hotel taxes, etc. Best of all, up to two kids under 16 are free of charge.
From June 15th to December 19th 2002, both resorts have waived their Single Supplements, so all their promotions apply to Single Parents. For example, FDR Pebbles has a Special Summer Rate that can be booked by a Single Parent for US$145 per night, which includes two children under 16 free. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-654-1FDR. More detail on the properties can be found at http://www.fdrfamily.com.
Divi Aruba and Tamarijn Aruba Beach Resorts
From now until December 20, 2002, the Divi Aruba and Tamarijn Aruba Beach resorts allow children up to age 18 to stay, eat and play for FREE when sharing a room with one or two paying adult(s). (Maximum two children per room.) The special is called the value-added Divi Aruba and Tamarijn Aruba mega Family Packages" and it includes a children's camp for ages 5 to 12. If you have more than two kids, then you can also take advantage of their Mega Family Extra. An add-on option to the resort's Family Packages, the Mega Family Extra, lets parents purchase a separate room for children up to 18 years (maximum 4 children per second room) for just $130 per night (April 1 to December 20, 2002.) The nightly room rates start at $150 per room (double occupancy) and include meals and activities. A standard room for one adult and two children at the lowest price would be $200. $150 for one adult, $50 for the supplement, but both kids not only stay free, but eat and play for free. For reservations call 800-554-2008. Their Web sites are http://www.diviaruba.com and http://www.tamarijnaruba.com
Coastal Carolina Boat Tours Rumrunner Charters
Rumrunner charters offers sightseeing and or fishing trips along the outer banks of North Carolina. Guests leave from Harkers Island NC, near the Morehead City/ Beaufort area of NC. They go looking for dolphin, explore the Cape Lookout lighthouse, see the wild banker ponies, cruise the Beaufort and Morehead City waterfronts and fish the local waters for mackerel, flounder, bluefish or whatever's biting. Kids get to drive the boat! 25' Carolina built boat with full cabin, twin 140 Outboards. 1-5 persons.
If you mention SingleParentTravel.net, Bill will give you $50.00 off a full or half day trip!!
Prices (per trip, not person):
2 1/2 hour Sunset Cruise $75.00
1/2 Day Tour and/or Fish $250.00
Full Day Tour and/or Fish $400.00
Add 2 1/2 hr sunset cruise to 1/2 or full Day trip $40.00
Contact Bill Carver and tell him Single Parent Travel sent you!
Phone: 919-489-8308
E-Mail: bctarheel@yahoo.com
Pinelands Resort, Ontario, Canada
Their Web site, http://www.pinelands.ca, offers a Single Parent Special that is available all season. For this special, single parents pay the standard adult rate for the adult and half the standard adult rate for the first child for a standard room. Subsequent children in the family pay according to the children's rates listed on their Web site. (Children must occupy same unit as adults.) Jean-anne of Pinelands gave me an example. For one of their summer packages a standard room for two adults would be $292. For a single parent family, the charge for the adult would be $146 and the charge for the child would be $73. Additional children would be charged the child's rate. Rates vary throughout the season so call 1-800-461-4260 or go to their Web site at http://www.pinelands.ca.
Melia Hotel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Thanks to K.K for some feedback on the Melia hotel property in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. "My nine month old daughter and I returned yesterday from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We stayed at the Melia, Puerto Vallarta. It was wonderful!!! Everyone at the hotel were so helpful and accommodating. I had to pay a "single parent price" which was about $400.00 more than double occupancy price. For my daughter I had to pay a $30.00 tax. The hotel had cribs for the rooms, high chairs in the restaurant, and a Club 4 program which is for children 0 -4, they have 2 wonderful staff who love young children. The program was just play time and they have playpens set up for nap time with TV monitors on at all times!!! They also have a mini club for kids 4 and up. These services were available for parents who were NOT leaving the hotel grounds, but that wanted some time to themselves. I utilized it during the hottest hours of the day, at which time my daughter usually slept, and I could bask in the sun! The food was excellent and so was the service. I have recently been widowed and needed some time with my baby to play and heal. I will go back for sure!"
We called Melia, while their rates are typically $320/night based on double person occupancy, we were glad to find a special that they are running through August 31. Under the terms of the special, a single adult with one child under 12 pays $108 TOTAL for a single room. A single adult with two children pays $144 TOTAL for a double room. I had trouble understanding the agent, so check your prices carefully before booking. Melia can be reached at -888-95-MELIA in the US or 901 24 44 44 in Spain. The free phone in the UK is 0800 962720 and Sydney (61 2 94191777) and Australia (no city mentioned) 1 800 221 176. They also have a Web site http://www.meliahotels.com/cgi-bin/solmelia/home/home?1.
Windjammer Cruises
Ahoy there matey! Windjammer Barefoot cruises is offering a Single Parent Special. Kids ages 6 through 12 get 50% off on their Junior Jammers special when accompanied by a single adult. That discount is applicable for June through August on their Polynesia and Legacy ships. The Polynesia departs from and returns to Aruba and the Legacy departs from and returns to the Bahamas. To make reservations, you can call 800-327-2601 Monday through Friday 8am-9pm EST and Saturday and Sunday 9am-5: 30pm. www.windjammer.com
Sid's Miami B&B
One of our readers, Sidonie ("Sid") Sawyer, a traveling single mom with three kids, has a Key West style home in Miami and rents rooms year round for $30 a night, including breakfast. Kids pay $15.00. Sid tells me her home has a big back yard, is located in a safe neighborhood and offers free parking. For further information you can contact Sid via email: ssawyer@herald.com. You may also call her at work 305-376-3471.
Splash Resorts - Single Parent Special
Effective for travel now through December 15, 2001, Splash Resorts is offering a single parent special called "Singular Sensation Parent Promotion." I have checked this out and it really is a great deal, not a marketing ploy. The single parent pays a rate that is equivalent to one half the double room rate. There is NO single supplement. The first child stays free. Additional children between the ages of 2 and 12 are just $31 or $50 per child, per night, in the same room, depending upon the property. Meals, beverages, and activities are included in the room rate. There is no minimum stay requirement and the offer cannot be combined with any other promotion.
There are two Splash properties, Club St. Lucia, located on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, and Caracol, located near the resort town of Playa del Carmen, in the heart of the Riviera Maya, just 40 minutes south of the Cancun airport, Mexico. Both properties are all-inclusive beachfront resorts featuring a huge variety of activities, numerous restaurants, sports facilities, family programs, and evening entertainment. Caracol even has Mayan ruins on the premises.
For more information, or to make reservations, call Splash Resorts at 877-92-SPLASH. Please be sure to mention CODE SPT when making reservations. You can also visit their Web site at www.splashresorts.com, however the Web site does not list the single parent special rates. (Please note that SingleParentTravel.net is NOT paid to promote any travel supplier. We urge you to mention CODE SPT when making reservations so that we may track referrals, thus assisting SingleParentTravel.net in its quest to make other travel suppliers aware of the growing importance of the Single Parent Travel market). We welcome your feedback on these properties.
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