My husband and I have very different preferences about holidays and have spent many evening arguing about what to do this summer. We have ten days in June to travel and have one 7 year old.
He travels for work so has stayed in lots of nice hotels and has been to many places. I have travelled very little so want to see a new place and explore when I’m there.
We don’t want to do a villa just the three of us as we prefer a pool for our child to have other kids around and ideally a kids club.
We both want to do Sani / Ikos but next year - this years budget is more like 3k - 4k all in. Ideally 10 days but could do less.
The main problem is that he is picking holes in every hotel that I show him. I want to go somewhere where there is a nice town (have focused on Pollensa or Sóller as recommended by friends) so it’s not just a very nice Marriot that we don’t leave which is what we did three years in a row. I want to go wandering for dinner and atmosphere in the evening. I found a hotel in Pollensa with great reviews for kids that looked nice but he says it’s literally on a street where people can see you at the pool. I don’t really want that either.
He won’t stay in a “nice but not fabulous” hotel in the areas I’m showing him because he doesn’t trust that any touristy area won’t be tacky (people dragging you into restaurants, selling stuff in your face etc.) so the accommodation matters to him. It matters less to me in a nice area because I see it as a place to sleep. He doesn’t believe our friends that Pollensa is a nice area.
I’ve floated the idea of Lake Garda but it seems as pricey as just doing cheapest Sani!
Its like we can’t afford the hotel he wants this year that’s in an area that I want! We did find some very nice hotels that were in Pollensa and Soller but are booked out at this stage.
Does anyone have a suggestion that might meet both our needs? Any country is fine. Budget a bit flexible. Needs to be coastal.