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TRAVEL TREND
THE OTHER 11 TIP’S FOR
THREE GEN VACAY’S

1. Choose one of you to do the booking and liaise with the
holiday home owner / agent.
2. Book your flights early so that you can fly up together
3. Organise hire car/s or an airport shuttle bus to your holiday
home
4. Choose a house with SPACE – everyone needs their daily chill
out time and relaxing lounge areas
5. You need a big kitchen – imagine meal times if there are 10
or more of you!
6. Choose a house where most bedrooms have ensuites
7. Choose a house with bedroom ‘wings’ or separate pavilions, so
the baby doesn’t wake everyone at 5am.
8. Choose tours that can accommodate you all (young and old)
9. Let everyone know from the start that you are going to do
tours just by yourself / immediate family also - if you wish
10. Location – where you can walk to the beach or a café or shops
is ideal
11. Find a nearby playground that you can walk to if you have
little ones.
7 BONUS TIPS WHEN
CHOOSING A HOLIDAY HOME:

1. House with a private pool, this is were the kids will live and adults can
relax supervising from their sunlounge (that they didn’t have to get up
NEW TRAVEL TREND at 6am to reserve!)
The USA has a trend developing called Gramping. 2. Does your holiday home provide baby gear, pool toys, toy basket etc?
Apparently, the grandparents take the grandkids
on holiday hence skipping a generation! 3. TV’s in bedrooms – not everyone wants to watch ‘The Batchelor’ or ‘The
Furchester Hotel’
At first, I wasn’t sure about this as I would be the
generation missing out on the holiday, while my 4. Insect screening in bedrooms - welcome to the tropics!
kids went off with the grandparents, but then…
I thought of myself and the hubby having a 5. Garage for the hire car/s
‘staycation’, could this new trend be a win win? 6. Stay close to a ‘town shuttle’ bus stop (great for the teens and nights out!)
But that is another story…
7. What about a Travel Diary that the young kids can complete each day
with grandparents? This could be a beautiful keepsake.

ENJOY!
Sharon & Grant Burnell own and manage
Sanctuary Villas Port Douglas.
Six stunning holiday homes and villas.
sanctuaryvillasportdouglas.com.au

POOL SIDE
Left: Keeping the kids entertained won’t be a
problem with a private pool, grab some pool toys and
they will be guaranteed hours of fun.
CRITTERS
Above: Keep in mind this is the tropics, so
accommodation with insect screens or mosquito
netting is a must. Don’t forget the insect repellant.

PORT DOUGLAS MAGAZINE 81