Spam me please! Need the ULTRA top quality family all-inc

[50hereIcome]

For Summer 2025 please - Thankyou.
Watersports, seafront, the usual. Similar to Sani/Ikos.

2 adults & a tween.

Budget £6k-ish.

Willing to compromise the length of stay for the quality 😊 Thanks!

I actually looked at Mauritius last night having checked out the weather situation. Thankyou for clarifying.

Thanks - will have a look. Much appreciated!

Excellent - thankyou - will add to the list.

Perfect! Will also add to my list. Thankyou for all the info.

But the OPs not going to get ultra luxury Ikos AI in summer for £6k unless she reduces the length of stay down to about 3 days.

The sticking point seems to be her DH wanting a la carte and a sea view. So they either need to pay the going rate or find another way to get what's most important to them.

We get a sea view, a la carte dining, beach and watersports for a lot less than £6k because we rent an apartment and use local facilities, shops and restaurants rather than staying in a luxury hotel.

As long as the accommodation is clean, it's fine as we spend all our time on the balcony or out and about anyway.

Ah, maybe not Mauritius then.

I looked at flights to the Maldives but with such a long flight time it didn’t seem viable but I know why you suggested it, thankyou.
Yep, Middle East ruled out.

We have done Cyprus a lot as I worked out there - sorry, I should have said. Thankyou for coming on board though. We did Olympic Beach Lagoon, St Raphael, Almyra, Aloe and several others.

Hillside Beach Club in Fethiye (Turkey) is beautiful, tasteful, loads to do and could be just what you're after!

Interesting!
Thankyou so much for this. Very grateful. Such a shame 🥺

To the poster who said not to do All Inclusive

I understand why you say that but for personal health reasons this isn’t an option, sadly.

How about a lovely hotel for B&B and then eating out at night? Is there a reason it has to be AI? Then you’re not stuck in a kitchen but also not eating buffet food. You can get really lovely buffet breakfasts that fill you up, snack for lunch, and a decent meal out at a place you’ve chosen.

Thankyou! Will add to my increasing list.

Loving this!

I did Cordial Mogan Playa last year. The hotel was definitely stunning. It was only a half/full board hotel though and not AI. The food was just buffet when we went as the other restaurant was closed. The evening entertainment wasn't that great and the whole resort although lovely shuts down by 11pm. We had junior suites which were nice and clean but quite dated.

@50hereIcome it is frustrating! And pre kids we each paid for ourselves but now we have DS who eats like an adult and needs a proper bed it’s a much bigger cost as we are each paying for 1.5 people!

We’d like to do Disneyworld- DHs request. I’ve shown him the cost to go in the one school holiday we can both take off work (Oct) and the price. It costs what it costs. I’m good at finding bargains but I’m not a magician!

Liberty Fabay is an excellent suggestion, everyone I know has loved it. Rebecca Addlington went to a lovely looking hotel in Turkey if you check her instagram.

@50hereIcome sorry, you’ve just said it has to be AI.

Could you go in April? Mexico is lovely then and you can get AI resorts that have 5-6 a la carte restaurants. You can probably stretch to 10 nights and there are direct flights from Gatwick to Cancun. Don’t know if Gatwick is too far for you.

edit: just checked, you can do 12 nights on the Mayan coast for 6k. Resorts there are beautiful with big rooms.

Chronic pain, very slow and poor mobility, riddled with muscular skeletal issues and Fibromyalgia that mean I struggle with even wearing clothes as it hurts my skin.

I’m a bit of a holiday snob but like to make sure we’re getting value for money too. Over the years some of the all inclusive holidays are Ikos Andalusia in May, Gran Canaria in august, Mexico in April and august, Mauritius in April and august, Maldives in May/June. We hit change over season in the Maldives which meant half of the holiday was very windy, everywhere else was good, albeit we needed a heated pool in Mauritius in august. Mexico was really humid in august. We’re heading back to Mauritius this august, from a facilities and value perspective (as well as the beautiful beaches) we are willing to take a bit of a risk with the weather. At least we will be able to walk/explore which is virtually impossible in the European august heat.

I have done Maldives in August a few times and it was always ok. Maybe 1-2 days of rain but never much (maybe a couple of hours) and it’s always hot and humid.

I loved Mexico but was too scared too go back in August because of hurricane season.

I hear Mexico is quite expensive now, especially with the tipping culture, so we probably won’t go back.

We did the Banyan Tree in Mexico - wow - off the scale, we were spoiled. I think this is the problem DH has.

School holidays? You'll be looking at 4 star not 5 on that budget - look at TUI magic life hotels. Not super luxury but solid 4 star hotels (6 to choose from across Europe) I've been to the fuerteventura one and it's right along side a beautiful beach ideal for swimming off, bus route outside to go out to next town or zoo, multiple restaurants included (you book on the app, getting one trip to each every week though this was 2 years ago) lots of sports included, multiple entertainment venues, quiet or more upbeat and so on. Room was comfortable, good air con (included) balcony overlooking sea etc.

Thanks for this. There clearly has to be a compromise so maybe the weather will be it.

Oh and some restaurants were a la carte by the way, think 2 out of the 5 included ones were plus you could pay extra for another

Think about how much time you will spend on your balcony in the day time (v the beach / pool / bars in a nice comfy chair etc). We loved Ikos and had the view and honestly didn't use it that much so wasn't worth the extra money on top.