All inclusive with 2 bedrooms

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We are looking for an all-inclusive holiday for next year - somewhere like Menorca, Fuerteventura, Portugal, Greece etc

We have two children - they'll be 4 and 9 and want somewhere with 2 bedrooms ideally. I don't want them to sleep in the lounge as, when they're in bed, we will want somewhere to be until we go to sleep. I also don't really like the idea of paying £5k+ to sleep on a sofa.

Any recommendations??

I'll check my shortlist :)

So my shortlist is based on prices in July school holidays so they will be different for other times, also based on 2 adults and 1 child (9 year old). Its letting me change to 2 bedrooms at booking stage for the following places:

-Lindos Imperial Resort & Spa

-Akti Beach Club (Maisonette or pool suite)

-Mirabello Bay Luxury Resort formerly Wyndham Grand Crete Mirabello Bay

-MarBella Mar-Bella Collection

-Akti Coast Club

These are all the ones had on my list for Greece, all let me select the right room at booking stage based in 2 adults and 1 child. I hope you find something. We loved Turkey when we went - the food and entertainment was amazing (so was the shopping)

Blue Lagoon Village in Kos, with Tui has 2 bedroom family rooms.

We did a Prinsotel in Majorca and it was lovely. Pretty quiet and chilled though, which was perfect for what we wanted.

Short walk to a decent beach too

Elba Sara in fuertaventura

@Hayley1256 you're a legend, thanks so much for taking the time! I've had a quick look and they are lovely places especially the Rhodes one. It's DC first time flying so I'm not sure if turkey is a bit far but annoyingly that ones my favourite!
And thank you to everyone else for suggestions of where these mythical two bedroom places exist- we will have a proper trawl over the weekend and see if we can find a winner!

Your welcome :) I think it's only an extra 30 mins to Turkey, mine was 7 when we went to Turkey and she hadn't flown since before covid but she loved it. Took lots of small games, snacks, colouring, books and of course a tablet with her shows downloaded. She's very excited to go back to Turkey next year. I hope you find somewhere!

We stayed at the Marsense Paradise Hotel in Cala n’Bosch, Menorca last year in a 2 bed apartment, we really liked it.

The children sleeping on the sofas is not that bad, my four and eight year old slept on the sofas at Los Zocos without any problems. The sofa beds aren't a sofa as such, they are full size single beds placed in an "L" shape to look like a sofa if the room is under occupied. I slept on one myself for two weeks when DS was a baby and I had the cot out there as it was easier for feeding.

You say you want some time with your husband after the kids have gone to bed - mine wanted to stay at the entertainment every night until it finished at 11 pm or we would go for a wander around the resort and get back around the same time (at home my DC go to bed at 7 pm and 8 pm but when you're on holiday they want to stay up and why not). Both of mine were out like a light as soon as their heads hit the pillow and dynamite wouldn't have woken them due to all the dancing and running around at the entertainment.

You and your husband could take some drinks out onto the balcony and just leave the door slightly open so you can get back in. Another option is the DC have the bedroom and you and DP have the rest of the place to yourselves for the whole evening.

It's £5k for the one bedroom with sofa beds, have you seen the cost for an under occupied 2 bed?

If you'd consider half board, which I would with kids that age, Bahiazul resort in Fuertaventura is lovely. Self contained villas with your own pool, and kitchen but nice restaurant for breakfast and dinner. They do really nice freshly grilled to order meats etc every night as part so doesn't feel canteen like.
I'd highly recommend it.
Villas are two and three bedrooms.

Have a look at the Grecotal Costa Botanica in Corfu. 2 bedroom suites seem to be standard there. We had a fab holiday last year and will be going again!

Highly recommend Royal son Bou in Menorca

I book aqueora in Lanzarote direct, also coma gran in Majorca. I find booking direct gives me the room type I want.

@NahThen did you find somewhere?

We haven't yet @Hayley1256, balancing everyone's wants/needs with the budget is proving a lot more difficult than I expected! I'm not fussy at all- just want some sunshine!- but want it to be right for DP & DC.
We have a proper chunk of time to look into it at the weekend so I'm hoping we find something that ticks all of the boxes then 😬

For children that age I would highly recommend Pestana Columbus in Porto Santo (island off Madeira), we love to travel and have done extensively over the years but we loved that placed so much with young children we went 4 years running. Your best to book direct with the hotel manager and do flights separate, always saved us at least £2k, beautiful beaches, incredibly safe and entertainment everyone can enjoy. They have standard hotel rooms one side of the resort, the other that we stayed at is fully equipped apartments (the hotel is all inclusive but very handy having a washing machine)

Just bite the bullet and go to Mauritius, most hotels have family suites with 2 rooms. The price isn't much more expensive than going the Med

Oh. Tell me more about Mauritius! Where did you stay?

Try www.2bedroomholidays.com they have some great options that could of use to you.

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Try www.2bedroomholidays.com they have some great options that could be of use to you.

If you select a hotel and then look on Booking . com then you can select and look at photos of room types much more easily. It’s sometimes much cheaper to book the hotel directly on there too and then to get budget flights separately (we did this on a family holiday last year and saved over £4000 compared to Tui price, and Tui were using EasyJet flights anyway so we were actually on the same flights! And actually got a better room type than with Tui as well, as they charge much more for “upgrades”)

We go to the Blue Lagoon Resort in Kos. We always get a 2 bedroom room. No living room but never needed it anyway, there were chairs in the twin/tripple room but that's where the kids slept

We stayed in a beautiful 2 bed in Ibiza at Cala Pada, we have a 2 bed this year at the Blue Lagoon Village in Kos, not been yet but looks nice!

Love the 6 person idea for bringing up two beds!

Just posted after you, we’re heading here this year!