Archive for March, 2010

If you are stuck for a vacation this year why not try one of the many Hilton Head golf vacations on offer, at the southern end of South Carolina. Combine a great climate with a marvelous golfing and seaside vacation that nobody in your family will gripe about.

Who can gripe about the otters, bobcats and mink? Or just off-island, the dolphins and loggerhead turtles? Your family will love you for this vacation so much that you will be able to golf all day without so much as a murmur of complaint…well, perhaps! I can’t see why not, though. The shopping is fine and the entertainment is great. The kids will be happy with the beaches to play on and there are also miniature golf courses for them to learn on.

Golf Schools and Bowling Alleys – Something for Everyone

Can your partner play golf? If not, there are lots of golf schools here you can take him or her to visit and get a few lessons. There is plenty for everybody to do and almost three hundred places to eat! There are bowling alleys, a huge tennis complex and water sports to die for. If anybody complains about there being ‘nothing to do’ on Hilton Head Island, they are nuts!

The courses themselves are great and have been designed by the best. Davis Love III, Arnold Palmer and the Golden Bear himself all designed courses here. Being on an island, they are mainly links courses, and offer you a different challenge to that of an inland golf course. It’s less target golf and more a knowledge of conditions, wind and bounce, though it’s still a lot of fun and provides valuable experience. You will love it, believe me!

You Must Play the Harbor Town Links Course

Hilton Head Harbor Town Golf Links is the most famous of the courses, with its trademark red and white lighthouse designed specifically for the eighteenth hole. Its 18th hole has been featured in Golf Magazine, and it is a course that every visitor to Hilton Head than can hold a club must play. There’s no excuse and there is a lot for the other family members to be getting on with while the golfers enjoy their round.

If you have had golfing holidays in the past that you have enjoyed, but your family has not been too enamored with due to the lack of facilities for the non-golfers among them, then you must try this island. Hilton Head golf vacations have a lot to offer everybody, whether they play golf or not. Give yourself and your family a treat this summer.

Mike Pedersen
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/hilton-head-golf-vacations-provide-everything-you-could-ask-for-98827.html

Most golfers never consider Colorado golf schools when they are looking for some coaching. It’s probably fair enough if they are just looking for some straight instruction to resolve a problem that they may have. In that case there seems little point in travelling to Colorado.

However, have you considered combining some essential golf instruction with a winter vacation in Colorado? Winter is the ideal time for getting your game together and having these niggling problems sorted out, unless of course you live in one of the hot desert states such as Arizona or Nevada. Then, the summer is probably the best time for you to visit Colorado!

It’s Not All Golf: Try some Snowboarding or White Knuckle Tobogganing!

Colorado offers great vacations all year round, and you can combine golf with a multitude of great winter sports, even in summer! The kids will love tobogganing, ice skating and snowboarding while your partner, wife or husband might like a bit skating or even be adventurous and go for a biathlon skiing with a gun! Or perhaps that’s going a bit too far!

If you live down in the south you are certainly not going to travel to Colorado just for a golf school. Although David Peltz has a golf school in Colorado, all the rest of his schools are down south, apart from The Homestead in Michigan. No, you travel to Colorado for the scenery and skiing, not only for the golf. Colorado is the ideal state for a golfer with a family that wants a great winter vacation. You can get yourself sorted out in time for the new golf season in the spring while everybody else has a fabulous time on the slopes.

It’s not all slopes, though. Denver is a great place for shopping, and was the setting for the TV soap, Dynasty. Whether or not that is a good advert for Denver is a matter of personal choice, though Colorado is one of the 33 oil-producing states in the USA. Don’t worry though; it does not result in black snow! The snow in Colorado is pristine white and a joy to ski on, and the children can build massive snowmen in mid-summer.

Combine your Golf Schooling with your Annual Vacation

How do you normally spend your vacations, and how many do you take a year? Most people can afford only one, and professional golf instruction can be pretty expensive. If you combine the two you can cut costs dramatically, and there are plenty of golf instruction packages that allow you to bring your family and make it your annual vacation. The winter sports detailed above are great fun for the family while you are on the golf course, and the entertainment available throughout the day and evening is also up to anything you can find at any summer vacation resort.

All of the Colorado resorts provide golf instruction plus entertainment and fun for all of your family. It makes no difference if your children are young or teenagers…or even if you have none!

The golf instruction you receive will be as professional as anywhere else in the USA; the golf courses are considerably more scenic with all these mountains, lakes and forests, and nobody in your family or group will ever have the time or opportunity to be bored.

Colorado golf schools and resorts are geared for the visitor rather than the residents. They understand and appreciate the fact that you have a made special effort to book with them and treat you accordingly.

Mike Pedersen
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/get-coached-in-the-mountains-with-colorado-golf-schools-105567.html

Being a mom is a never ending job. There’s always homework to go over, dishes in the sink, laundry to fold, dinner to cook, shopping for shoes (again!), PTA meetings, bills to pay… Wouldn’t you just love to go on a vacation where you don’t have to worry about where to go for dinner and what activities to organize for the kids each day? and what about having a little private time without the kids?

If this is what you’re looking for, “All-Inclusive” resort is your answer.

Beaches is a truly “All-Inclusive” resort, where everything you could want or need is provided for you in luxury and style: all meals, snacks, premium drinks, airport transfers, “Hurricane Guarantee”, taxes, tips & gratuities. Beaches exotic Caribbean resorts offer a great variety of activities for the whole family on the Caribbean’s best beaches of in Jamaica and Turks & Caicos, with many fun activities for kids of all ages.

Water activities include (depending on the location) scuba diving, sailing, water skiing, kayaks, windsurfing, Hobie Cats, glass bottom boat, snorkeling and Aquatrikes.

Land sports include golf and tennis. Other fun kids activities include kids/teen disco, game room and XBOX Game Oasis (also depending on the location).

Kids Activities and features include:

XBOX 360® Game Garage

Golf for kids in Jamaica

Supervised Kids Camps

Huge water slides

Swim-up soda bar

Fully-staffed nursery

Kids & Teens disco

Toddler pools

Activities by age group

Self-serve soda machines

Self-serve soft ice-cream

Themed restaurants

Special kids menu

Treasure hunts

Game rooms

Certified Nannies

Some locations have a special theme:

“Pirate Island” features water parks with long water slides, lazy river, whirlpool, swim-up bar, ice cream machine, misting pool, plunge pool, waterfall pool, and more.

“The Caribbean Adventure with Sesame Street”, where kids can enjoy Sesame street stage show, story time with Elmo, Bake with Cookie Monster, Dance with Zoe, Make Music with Bert and Ernie, and more.

Kids programs are supervised by trained and caring staff and tailored for five different age levels:

Infants: Newborn to 23 months: Care is provided for no additional charge by accredited staff in climate-controlled nurseries filled with cribs, strollers, high chairs, rocking chairs and other amenities.

Toddlers: 2 – 5 years: Activities for Toddlers include Toddler pools, petting zoos, shell collecting, face painting, treasure hunts, puppets, costume time, magic shows, sand castle building and many more fun activities.

Children: 6 – 7 years: Activities for kids include Sand castle building, baseball, kickball, swimming, arts and crafts, nature walks, glass bottom boat rides, movies, dancing, and many more fun activities.

Pre-Teens: 8 – 12 years: Activities include Sailing, snorkeling, swimming, beach volleyball, beach soccer, scavenger hunts, glass bottom boat rides, reggae jam sessions, and many more fun activities.

Teens: 13 and up: Teens have their own “space” at Beaches for special teens activities such as pizza bars and soda bars and their own “nightclub” with karaoke. Activities include group water sports, Boat cruises, Pool Olympics, Tennis clinics, karaoke & disco, Dance parties, Talent shows, and more.

For more details and photo gallery please visit the Kids Vacations section of our web site: http://www.cool-kids-places.com/kids-vacations-beaches.html.

Dorit Adams
http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/vacation-with-kids-allinclusive-resort-beaches-707782.html