Holiday advice for VERY fussy family

[motherofeve]

We are after a special holiday this year - end July, beg August, dd 11, ds 12. We want direct flights only, luxury ideally all inclusive, fabulous beach with great snorkelling from the beach, water sports and loads of restaurant choice. Help!

I would look at the Caribbean - somewhere like Antigua / Barbados

Mexico. Amazing hotels.

Where's best - any resort recommendations?

Depends on your budget really

Barbados is lovely. Look on the tripadvisor forums & it's very hold friendly.
But the only thing is.. We travel at Easter usually... Summer is the Caribbean hurricane/ rainy season. Though lots of people still travel then
Good luck

Hold = child!!

I'd recommend Moon Palace Hotel in Mexico. It's nothing short of amazing. Trip advisor will back me up.

It has about 7 restaurants as part of the AI, dolphins on site, 4 large pools, right on the beachfront, I'm sure there is crazy golf, a FAB health spa and golf centre, crocs just wandering around , and days out to Xel-Ha and Xcaret are unmissable.

If you have a big budget the Maldives or Mauritius would fit the bill.

not being constrained at the moment ..... :-)

St Lucia.

There is 5 star resort that has fabulous water sports, can't recall name though, sorry...

If you're not against for human rights/snobbery...Dubai

Was heading for Maldives but can;t fly direct at that time of year and DH won't do a flight with a change ........

Was also going to say St Lucia. We went last year and it was fabulous.

For unlimited watersports/activities Neilsons is great but not AI (most meals included). We went to Greece and it was a great holiday.

Seychelles -

Playa del Carmen in Mexico. Masses of hotels that will fit the bill

Another vote for the Caribbean here. Just make sure you pick a resort on the West coast though if you want quiet seas for snorkelling. The Western sides tend to be rather windy & the sea is much choppier. Good if you want kite surfing or stuff like that though.

Forte village in sardnia has the food (Michelin starred restaurants, and even the buffet doles out ribeye steaks cooked to order) and it has the luxury, but not the best beach. It does however have the most amazing sports. There is a chelsea football academy (DH played a dads v coaches against torre andre flo) and a great rugby school (my kids got taught rugby by austin healey and will greenwood). All this happened while i floated around the spa (literally - they have this dead sea pool thing that was awesome)

BUT. Beach not great.

Are you sure? BA and monarch usually fly direct.

How about the snorkelling folks ........

Snorkelling good in St Lucia, I hate deep water normally but got carried away.

We looked at Forte village, looks amazing. Bit pricey for us at the time though.

Unless you have a really long transfer, it really isn't that much of a hassle to change planes. Or is he a nervous flyer and doesn't want the extra take off and landing?