Holiday hinting...

So I keep dropping major hints to DH that I would really like a holiday sometime this year, but keep getting a but of a dismissive repsonse....he thinks that there is no point taking Oli on holiday whilst he is so little, as he gets nothing out of it. He is obviously missing the point that mummy needs a holiday....

Any of you had similar experiences? Any suggestions of (cheapish) holiday locations that would be good with a baby under 1?

 

SimSam have a look at grabaseat and grab some cheap airline tickets! We went to Chch for under $300 for flights for us 3 and we had such a wicked time! Lauren just cruised along with us and fitted in well. I thoroughly recommend going to Hanmer Springs and having in soak in the pools and Oli would love it!

I was also going to suggest the Gold Coast (my fav)!! I have just convined DH that we *need* to go there next July .....and he agreed

Friends of ours are off to Fiji on Friday    I'm so jealous. Moreso because we were invited but couldn't afford it

Sometimes it's just nice to get away from the hum-drum at home. We love annual holidays, at this time of year it gives you something to look forward to! It sounds like you might need to tell him that you'd really like a holiday towards the end of this year, rather than making it all Oli's wish!!

Anyway, cheap ideas for holidays are:

Tenting - why not? He'll be in a nappy anyway and if it's dark he'll probably cuddle up to you. Use the Friends (no-smell) bags for nappies and make sure they live in the boot of your car, nowhere else!! and just have a night or two away somewhere not too far away but far away enough that you won't come back too soon.

Or you could try caravanning - not something I know much about, I've tented but not caravanned.
Are you introverts or extroverts? Our last family holiday was going down to the Hutt and staying with friends for two days (one night). They were happy to put us up and we were happy to shout lunch (we arrived just after dinner and left just before dinner the next day).

We have been to a campgrounds before, it was farm-based as in there were little donkeys and a trampoline and just a friendly atmosphere. Cabins are pretty cheap especially for something like a long weekend.

Have you got friends who want to house-swap for a weekend or week? I've never done it myself but I've heard lots of people love this arrangement for a "free" holiday.

You could even try a bed and breakfast, take your own portacot and land yourself someplace where it would be nice to go for walks etc.

Hope that helps!!

We've done the Gold Coast every year for the past few years with the kids and they always love it, gremlins were about 10 mths when we went last year and like Peachy said they pretty much just cruised along with us, we took Maya to Dreamworld and Seaworld and there were a few rides they could go on which they enjoyed. We got ridiculously cheap airfares - $99 each way on Freedom, and we rented an apartment for the week so we could do our own meals etc.

Check out www.travelbug.co.nz.  Combine that with air nz's grabaseat or blackboard deals and you can throw together a great, reasonably priced holiday.

You could use cost as argument to travel now though.

Price wise it is a great time to travel with an infant...under 2 year old get charged virtually nothing for anything (free for domestic travel and only 10% fare on international travel)!!! We got charged nothing for Maddie on the cruise for example!!! Once they hit 2 years of age flights are 75% of the adult fare!

(i'm really aiding and abetting you here aren't ? )

Im pretty lucky DH is a surfer and he would have no hesitation if I suggested a trip to any beach with waves!

Check out deals on these sites too.

www.expedia.com and www.webjet.co.nz

I do all of our bookings on www.hot.co.nz

Good luck!!