My mum has kindly decided for her 60th birthday next year she doesn't want a party and would rather take us on lovely. It is down to me to plan this amazing trip for her.
Her birthday is in January, however, she would like to go away when my brother is not at uni doing exams so we agreed mid-June would perfect for the trip.
Any recommendations of where I should be looking that will be great for mum but also with somethings for us to do with DD?
Budget is about £7k-8k for 4 adults (Mum, DH, Dbro and I) and 1 child.
Mum says that one of her favourite holidays was the Florida trip where she loved every moment of us, her children enjoying the rides, the atmosphere of the parks and the shopping. However, I feel that this is a celebration of her reaching her 60th that it should be skewed to her being spoilt and having a great time but without DH and I also having a rubbish time with the toddler.
She doesn't really have any particular hobbies. She likes spas and massages. She likes to rest fall asleep on the sun loungers during past holidays for hours on end and still says it was a lovely restful break . But of course we can’t just do this the whole time. She isn't into museums or art but thoroughly enjoyed visiting the pyramids of Giza and Luxor tombs. So I guess somewhere with a bit of history to explore on a couple of days but not too taxing with a toddler in tow would be ideal. She also likes great food and is always happy to explore. I had amazing food in Thailand on our honeymoon and mum did express interest but I am not sure she would enjoy the temples, jungle treks, swimming in rivers and at waterfall or staying in tree houses that we did with DH when we were there.
We have looked into the cruises like those with Thomson on the Med but we are also mindful of the fact that DD might not be fully potty trained (at age 2 now she is showing absolutely no interest in starting potty training) so wont be allowed in the pools which would be disastrous for DH and I.