Family Resorts

Specialist Reports Holiday by Accommodation Family Resorts Beaches 

	Beaches
Unique Vacations Inc 4950 SW 72nd Ave, 2nd floor, Miami Florida 33155
tel: (020) 7581 9895; US 1 800 BEACHES

Bookable through Kuoni (01306) 747 018; brochure (087007) 458 664
http://www.kuoni.co.uk
The family brand of all inclusive from Sandals where all costs are included except for spa treatments.

Where

Caribbean (Turks & Caicos, and Jamaica).
Style The Turks & Caicos Resort and Spa, with 462 rooms and four pools, is on a 12-mile beach which is a part of the Princess Alexandria Land and Sea National Park and protected by a 17-mile long barrier reef, accessible by snorkellers and including buoy-marked sites and coral garden pathways; Beaches Negril on Jamaica at the widest point on a seven-mile beach, with 200 rooms and suites, and Beaches Turquoise Resort & Spa.
All the resorts offer a range of sports and tuition, motorised and non motorised water sports, nightly entertainments and a choice of restaurants, included in the price.

Facilities for Children

Staffed by ‘ultra nannies', reported trained by university child developmental specialists. The nursery for under 2s operates from 8.30am to 10.30pm and has cribs, strollers, highchairs and rocking chairs.
A partnership with Sesame Street means charactersfrom the show appear at all four Beaches resorts and live stage shows are ferformed twice weekly. Family packs in Sesame Street themed rooms feature character bedspreads, light fixtures, towels, shower gels and a rubber duck as well as add-on activities like character breakfasts, spa treatments and welcome gift packs.
Toddlers of 2 and 3 have separate play areas, a toddler pool, TV and videos, playground, blocks, games and toys, shell collecting, picture story time, face painting and group activities.
One-on-one baby-sitting is also available, including after hours, at an additional cost.
For 4-12s there are arts and crafts, ice cream parties, sing alongs , face painting , pyjama parties, sand castles, movies , talent shows, theme parties , beach activities, treasure hunts , and a Sega Dreamcast Video Arcade at Turks & Caicos, while Beaches Negril and Beaches Turquoise includes the latest video games from Sega Dreamcast.
Teenagers also enjoy the Sega video arcade and there are also activities including basketball water-skiing and riding waterfalls plus hanging out with friends. There are dedicated teen pizza bars, soda bars, and even a "nightclub" with Karaoke, along with Reggae dances, group watersports, group landsports, boat cruises , pool Olympics, tennis clinics , talent shows, Karaoke & Disco, dance parties and movies.
There's a nurse on the property 24 hours a day.

Sample Prices

Beaches Negril for seven nights in the summer school holidays, £1,736 per adult with Kuoni, £882 per child sharing with parents, flights with Air Jamaica. Infants under 2 pay £95.