Phuket is one of the most family-friendly destinations in Thailand. The island is easy to get to, it has more than enough facilities and there is a high standard of hotels and resorts. If you’re thinking of visiting Phuket for a holiday with your family, then no doubt you’re going to want to check out the listings of some of the family-oriented hotels and resorts on the island.
Here’s an article that we think covers a few important bases when it comes to booking the right Phuket hotel for your family holiday. Phuket undoubtedly has some of the best hotels and resorts in the country, if not the region. Once you’ve decided on which hotel or resort you’re going to stay, your next port of call is obviously to book the rooms. In our experience, we’ve found that booking online through one of the Internet-based booking agents is usually the best way to go, but shop around between agents as you will find different hotels and different prices on each website. Anyway, without further ado, here’s the article we promised you about finding a hotel in Phuket for your family.
While Thailand can be a lot of fun for the whole family, just like any holiday destination throughout the world, if you are traveling with children or teenagers, it would be prudent to look into accommodation options that have families in mind, and provide facilities and services to ensure that both parents and kids enjoy their stay.
Below are some things to consider in a family friendly hotel in Phuket.
Kid’s Clubs
Just about every hotel and resort on Thailand claims to have a Kid`s Club, sometimes this can just mean a colorfully painted room with a couple of children’s DVDs. It`s a good idea to do a bit of investigating to see not only what kind of facilities and activities are available, but which of the activities are included for free and which ones charge extra. Some hotels offer a more extensive and varied schedule, such as the Laguna Beach Resort’s rotating two week schedule (ideal for longer stays), while others restrict themselves to repeating similar activities each day.
Things like Playstation or XBox consoles, DVDs, and arts and crafts are pretty much standard in most Kid’s Clubs, but families looking for a little more variety might enjoy any of the resorts in the Laguna complex of resorts that offers exciting activities at the Quest Laguna Phuket Adventure facilities.
Finding a hotel or resort that offers something for both young children and older kids is a smart move, especially if you have teenagers. With filtered internet connected computers and more age appropriate activities and games, the JW Marriott Resort & Spa and the Holiday Inn Phuket Resort is great for teenagers visiting with families.
Kids and the whole family will surely be enthralled by baby elephants, which can be found at some hotels including the above mentioned Laguna Beach Resort. Baby elephant rides are available several times a day for children staying at this resort, as well as the chance to enjoy supervised water fun with these amazing creatures.
Family friendly rooms
While hotel rooms in Thailand are generally quite large compared to similarly priced accommodation in other countries, interconnecting rooms for families can still make a hotel stay more enjoyable for the whole family.
Such rooms are not that difficult to find, however some hotels go further with specially designed rooms that really make your stay more comfortable. The Holiday Inn Phuket Resort offers kid`s suites, their “room within a room”, providing children with their own private space with fun facilities like bunk beds, their own TV and video games. Or, you can opt for a family suite with rooms that connect to special rooms designed with kids in mind.
These rooms come equipped with a beanbag, toy box, video games, video and TV. Rooms such as these have a way of significantly reducing the stress on both parents and their children. Parents can relax in their own section, while taking comfort in knowing that their children are safe in the next room out of harms way, and can play how they like in their room.
Child minding services
It would be a shame to go all the way to the tropical paradise that is Thailand and not be able to take some time for yourself to relax by the pool, or have a romantic dinner without having to take care of your children for at least one night. It would be great if you were able to do so knowing that your children are being safely watched by someone that is trustworthy. For the most part, Kid’s Clubs at hotels and resorts usually accept children from 4 years old and above. For children younger than that, you may consider having a babysitter take care of your child for a short time while you have dinner of take a dip. While a lot of hotels and resorts offer babysitting, both in the Kid’s Clubs during the day and in your room in the evenings, Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa goes one further and actually offers overnight “sleepover” services, a closely supervised overnight child minding service for children of all ages.
The author writes about Thai hotels at ReserveThaiHotels.com. To find out more about these and other Phuket resorts that cater to families, check out our list of family friendly hotels in Phuket.
As you can see, there’s certainly a lot to consider when it comes to booking a hotel for your family holiday to Phuket. The important thing to do is to plan ahead and not leave anything to the last minute, especially if you’re visiting Phuket during high season or one of the popular holidays such as Songkran or the Phuket Vegetarian Festival.
Families keep coming back to Phuket year in year out, so you can be assured that you will be in good company whenever you decide to travel. There is so much for families in Phuket to do, including everything from go-karting and paintballing to jungle trekking and bowling. The upside of modern development is that the number of amenities and modern conveniences increases from one year to the next.
As we’ve said many times, Phuket is a great place for a holiday and you’ll be sure to have a memorable time no matter when you choose to visit.
