We Have A Winner
TK has been busy travelling the world over the Christmas school holidays. Travel With Kidz invited you to take TK on your holiday and be in the chance to win 5 nights in Phuket at the Evason Phuket and Six Senses Spa. We are pleased to announce we have a winner of the Travel With Kidz “take TK on your holiday” competition, Lizzy from Sydney NSW. Lizzy is pictured holding TK in Times Square New York City where she was on holidays with her family in December 2011. On behalf of Travel With family we thank you Lizzy for making the effort to enter our competition.
Lizzy and her family are off to the beautiful island of Phuket where they will stay at the family friendly Evason Phuket and Six Senses Spa. Located at Rawai Beach on the south eastern side of Phuket Island it is set amongst 64 acres of beautifully landscaped tropical gardens, facing the Andaman Sea. Travelling time from the hotel to exciting Patong Beach is an easy 25 minutes where there is heaps of cheap shopping and family friendly restaurants. Evason service standards ensure great attention to detail and a welcoming and friendly atmosphere for families
The hotel offers “Just Kids” program catering for busy kids on holidays.
Just Kids has been specially set up as a centre for kids, aged five to twelve where they can explore, experiment, express their ideas and talents and creations, and have a jolly good time! For children under the age of 5yrs our facilities are free of charge; however children must be accompanied by a parent or babysitter. They do ask that you do not leave the property whilst the child is in our care.
Twice a day the children will have the opportunity to play on the water slide and will be enticed with challenging games as well as fun play for the not so competitive. There are experienced hosts close by to supervise all games.
Phuket is an exciting family friendly island with white sand beaches, beautiful Thai culture, elephant trekking through lush jungles, Thai food we all love and best of all so much great value shopping suitable for the whole family.
If you would like more information on Evason Phuket and other exciting family friendly holidays click here to view the World of Travel with Kidz 76 page travel guide online http://epublishbyus.com/the_world_of_travel_with_kidz/10019386 and contact your near licensed Travel With Kidz office.
TK would love to hear from you and share your holiday photos from Christmas. The next thing you know the Easter bunny will be delivering chocolate eggs and you will be thinking “why didn’t I book our family holiday sooner”. Warm regards from the Travel With Kidz family.
Are You Surviving the School Holidays?
Christmas is now over for another year and the worlds icon buildings including our own Sydney Harbour Bridge have been lit up to celebrate the beginning of another year so now is the time to tell the world about your best/worst/funniest family holiday experience. Having just spent 2 weeks with our 2 year old granddaughter Emily at Nanna and Poppy’s house we now appreciate how hard it is to keep children busy over the long holiday period.
Travelling with children can be fun with research and speaking to an expert. Travel With Kidz has been specialising in family travel for the past 16 years.
Here is our list of top ten things to do with the kids before they grow up:
1) Climb the steps of Angkor Wat Cambodia and view history engraved on the walls.
2) Sit with indigenous Australians at Ayers Rock and learn the art of dot painting.
3) Learn to ski and make snowmen at Thredbo Village.
4) Play volleyball with Fijians on white sand beaches.
5) Swim with dolphins at Dolphin Quest, Hawaii.
6) Walk down Broadway in New York and ride the lift to the top of the Empire State Building.
7) Visit the Pope’s home in Vatican City Rome. Climb the steps of St. Peters and view Rome from its peak.
8) Experience a magical Christmas under the Northern Lights with an unforgettable visit to Santa’s home town in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland.
9) Introduce the kids to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland– it never fails to capture their imaginations.
10) Dance with the Masai in the Masi Mara National Park Kenya and watch lions under a tree on the great plains of the Mara.
As today’s children grow up faster and spend less time with their parents than ever before, many families are structuring holidays which offer not only a break from the routine but a learning experience for everyone.
After 34 years’ experience in the travel business – more than a third of that catering to the holiday needs of families – Wendy Buckley, Managing Director of Travel With Kidz, is well placed to comment on how family holidays are changing.
“Many time-poor families are no longer content with the traditional two-week annual holiday to the coast,” she said. “They are beginning to think ‘quality not quantity’ and are demanding more active and interesting breaks.”
“Young children’s brains are more open to learning and far more impressionable than adults,” she said. “Now is the time to spend quality time with your kids before they grow up.”
What is your favourite experience with your kids? Email wendy@travelwithkidz.com.au to post your blogs and experiences.
Happy 2012 from the Travel With Kidz family
Where’s TK? Win a Family Holiday in Phuket
Take TK on your Christmas holidays and be in with a chance to WIN 5 nights in Phuket for your family. TK has travelled the world and wants to come on your holiday. It’s so easy, take a picture with your kids holding TK over these holidays and share click here to enter and read the rules Good luck!
Take TK on your Christmas holiday and be in with a chance a family holiday to Phuket
It’s so easy! Here’s what you need to do:
- CLICK HERE to print the PDF image of Where’s TK?
- Take it on your holiday over December and January.
- Have the kids hold the picture of “where’s TK” in front of where you are ‘holidaying’, for example your local beach, the Gold Coast, Fiji, Vietnam or skiing in Whistler.
- Post on the Travel With Kidz Facebook wall. Go to the Photo Contest on our Facebook Page and upload your entry there.
- Have your friends and family vote for your photo on the Photo Competition tab.
Need help to enter? email wendy@travelwithkidz.com.au
THE PRIZE:
- Peoples’ Choice Winner - The photo with the most votes will WIN 5 nights in Phuket at the Evason Phuket & Bon Island for two adults and two kids.
- Judges’ Choice Winner – Travel With Kidz hamper filled with goodies
Who’s TK?
Travel With Kidz is delighted to introduce TK, the ‘ face ‘ behind fun and safe family travel.
Since 1995 when he was born, TK has been travelling, testing and reporting back on the best, safest and most fun ways to ’travel with kidz’.
TK’s experiences give families invaluable first-hand information on what to expect when they travel worldwide. From a simple beachside holiday through to an adventure in Africa, TK has done it all!
TK is also the voice and representative of the entire Travel With Kidz family, which has built relationships globally over many years with family-friendly hotels, tour operators, airlines, suppliers and companies. These relationships continue to grow and your family now has access to our years of experience through TK.