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all inclusive-where's actually good??

where have YOU been thats actually good? with kids facilities (pool table etc) good food, entertainment, pool, sunny and clean-everything ud expect in a holiday...

because every review i check of every all inclusive hotel/apartment looks bad...now i know that most ppl only post bad reviews etc etc not good n all that, but with the amount of £ it costs i want to know im not gonna end up on 'Holidays from Hell'

we are a large party (8a 3c) with children age ranging 3-12....departing any scotland.....looking for all inclusive as i believe its better with kids and those partial to a beer or 2 :beer: any spain/balerics...end july 2012

really just looking for names of hotels etc that fit what we're looking for

thanks for any help :-) :j
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  • We stayed at Suite Hotel Atlantis in Fuerteventura a couple of weeks ago.

    The hotel itself was good (the bed wasn't very comfy though), food was really good, reasonable location (although not on the beach as it says), staff we're great as was the kids entertainment.

    Little things that you would expect from a 4 star such as room safe, iron, pool towels, had to paid for separately, so in my opinion it was a very good 3 star. The deposit for the towels was refundable at the end of holiday.

    But for us our holiday was not as good as we had expected as the number of families there was unbelievable.

    So for those who have kids I think this hotel would be ideal.

    Good luck with your search.
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  • playa santa ponsa(majorca) - basic all inclusive not loads of extras but still was very nice and minutes from the shops and beach, also has two sister hotels which are higher rated across from it called pioneer and santa ponsa park i think
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  • Nordictat2
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    My advice...with all those people...Orlando! No, it's not Spain but you can rent a villa with pool and game room (air hockey, pool etc). You don't have to go to Disney to have a great time in Orlando. We are going in March next year and got a 5 bedroom villa with pool etc for under £600! We were gonna go to Spain but between the great price on flights we found and a villa coming out way cheaper than a hotel room would...we decided on Orlando :D
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  • wallbash
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    Who does Ai ( with premium beer .... Becks/Millers etc and genuine spirits) and clean enough to eat off the floor ??

    Look at Turkey .

    With Kids . flying from Scotland , could you go a few weeks earlier . saving money , before English schools break up.
  • greenface
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    kids AI and good/great food look at Hotel Club Akti in KOS i know not spain but there is value for money there esp now & next year
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  • wallbash wrote: »
    Who does Ai ( with premium beer .... Becks/Millers etc and genuine spirits) and clean enough to eat off the floor ??

    Look at Turkey .

    With Kids . flying from Scotland , could you go a few weeks earlier . saving money , before English schools break up.


    no thats the thing its for a big family birthday as well as a holiday!
  • wallbash wrote: »
    Who does Ai ( with premium beer .... Becks/Millers etc and genuine spirits) and clean enough to eat off the floor ??

    Look at Turkey .

    thanks but Turkey is too hot for me and the kids, i have 2 lots of friends there now/just back and it was so hot 50+ they couldnt even sit out in it! I couldnt stand that :j
  • any more all inclusive recommendations? toyed with villa but it means shopping, cooking and then dishes for 10 ppl for 3 meals for 10 days LOL want someone to cook for us :)
  • jhe
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    how about. lanzarote, club hotel paraiso, kids looked like they were having a ball when we were there. hotel waikiki gran canaria think its only 3*. ibiza palladium palace 4* premium drinks included when we were there, but not sure about kids clubs there i didnt notice. grand pasa turkey4* i personally wasnt impressed but it gets good reviews.
  • Just got back from San Miguel Hotel and Beach club in Puerto San Miguel Ibiza for our fourth year running. Had another fab holiday. Great fun for families. I celebrated my 50th birthday whilst there and that was great too. Restaurant let us reserve a table for 24 of us and barman made me fabulous jugs of Champagne Sangria and no one forced me onto the stage (my biggest dread!) We meet with families who return year after year and make new friends every year as it's such a friendly place. Animation team are lovely people and work extremely hard and hotel staff (especially the bar staff) are great. hotel can only be booked with thomson,booking.com (comes under Hotel Club Cartago) or direct with hotel. PM me if you want any more info.
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