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Top 3 Family Friendly Activity Holidays

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Are you thinking about escaping the humdrum for a week or two this year? There are plenty of resorts that are perfect for you and your family, with many catering specifically for children. It depends where you want to go and what you want to achieve, but there’s oodles of choice:

On the Beach

Kids love to have fun, and where better to do that than at the beach where they can play to their hearts content? With plenty of offers on family activity holidays, a beachside retreat is perfectly achievable, giving you and your brood access to golden sands, azure waters, watersports and plenty of fun-filled days in the sun. Kids clubs are also available, ensuring that your children are being entertained whilst you sit back with your latest read and an ice cold glass of your favourite tipple. Bliss.

Recommended destinations include Halkidiki, Phokaia and Lemnos.

In the Mountains

If an action packed vacation is what you’re after, there are plenty of resorts in the mountains that are child-friendly. From kids ski schools to nursery slopes, your brood will feel right at home on the piste. If there’s a large group of you, opt for one of the catered ski chalets to limit how much you need to try and fit in one day, and concentrate instead on the fun-filled aspects of this incredible vacation.

Recommended destinations include Andorra and Geilo.

By the Lake

If you have reared a water baby, what better place to take them for a few days than a lakeside retreat offering plenty of water-based activity. From learning to sail to kayaking, you and your children can have an awesome time on the water, whilst also having the beautiful surrounding scenery to explore too.

Recommended destinations include the Italian Lakes.

Whatever vacation you choose, make sure you take advantage of the available offers on family activity holidays, to keep your costs low and your fun level sky high.

Summer getaway or Staycation

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Are you planning to have a grand vacation this summer or you prefer to have a “staycation”? If you haven’t decided yet on where to go or place to stay, better start going through stream of brochures for a family or group accommodation. There are a lot of options to choose from depending on your budget. You can opt to stay in hotels or inns. There are low-budget hotels where they offer a spacious family room, it’s like you hit a bedroom sale because of their affordability. While you are having a grand time in some known vacation spots, you can enjoy swimming, camping or hiking, and a lot more outdoor activities that spells f-u-n.

If you choose to have a “staycation” or vacation at home, you can come up with a lot of worthwhile activities to do for the whole family. You can watch a lot of new and rerun movies together, read books, play board games, or simply enjoy listening to the soothing music of your favorite artist. You can prepare a variety of delicious food at home without spending a lot. But having a staycation doesn’t mean you are bound at home the whole time. You can still explore around your place, visit the park or museum or watch movie together. There are a lot of things to do this summer. The possibilities are endless you just have to apportion your time wisely.

Roomorama: The Go-To Portal for Your Home Away From Home

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Anyone going on a much-needed vacation usually goes through a barrage of brochures, looking for any short term accommodation available at a given destination. The thing is, with options limiting you to rundown hotels, inns and the like, you sometimes feel like all vacations are pretty much the same. Wouldn’t it be simply awesome to experience being a local in whatever destination you’re off to? Your travel experience would go up a notch if you’re able to bask and revel in the local flavor without feeling like an impressionable tourist. Good thing there’s such a thing as Roomorama.

Roomorama is an online portal which provides the weary traveler with more than 400 destinations for short term rental of a host’s private space. Roomorama connects the traveler to a host who is willing to have his living space rented out for a short period of time. Instead of the usual hotels, we’re talking about condos, homey apartments and cozy flats.

New Yorkers Jia En Teo and Federico Folcia gave birth to the idea of Roomorama. They used to rent out their apartment to be able to fund their frequent travels. Finally, they decided to come up with Roomorama to fulfill their dream of giving other travelers the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a local in their chosen destination.

What’s unique about Roomorama is its secure payment scheme. Instead of gambling with the risk of meeting with the owner to pay him upfront, payments are securely held by Roomorama. You pay through credit card or PayPal. But before payment is directed to the owner, Roomorama gives you, the buyer, a payment code, which you then give to the host upon check-in. This means, you can first examine the place, and give the owner the payment code only after you find yourself fully satisfied with the accommodations.

Another good thing about Roomorama is that it regularly teams up with local establishments to give you the best possible deals in dining, shopping and other attractions.

I am going on a trip to Nabulao, Negros Occidental in a couple of months, and when I tried searching the Roomorama portal for rental listing in that area, I was more than pleased to find homey and reasonably-priced rooms available:

Now I’m no longer stressed out with the idea of booking a place to stay on my next vacation. With Roomorama, I have the chance to feel at home, even when I’m miles away from my nosy next-door neighbor.