single parent holidays

[Fran81]

Hi everyone,

I'm single mum to my dd but my goodness we need some time away! I'm desperate for a holiday in the sun and wondered if anyone knows any good single parent holidays/ holiday companies?

still needing advice, if anyone has any?!

sorry - dont have any but wanted to bump the thread for you

do you have any other single parent friends ?

or maybe take up camping & then go for weekends instead in a group

having said that, this was my first summer as a single parent & we went away for one week to a caravan with my parents.
my selfish ex went for 2 weeks to Egypt with his tart

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this looks quite good

oh dear mistressmiggins...sorry to hear about your delightful ex.
A holiday with family would be good, but noone seems to have anytime now till next summer.

I had a look at the Siblu link, but they only seem to be taking bookings for next summer. I guess the season is over.

Will have a look on Gingerbread though, that's a good idea.
Thanks x

Only just seen your message but i reccomended ringing "One parent families" for their fact sheet on single parent holidays. Tel:0800 018 5026. Their is allsorts out there for us sp's in this country and abroad for little and big budgets (mine's so little i haven't actually tried any yet thus not being able to reccomend a particular one ).

Or there is H.E.L.P.tel: 01302 728791, you join for a nominal fee and get reduced rates to Haven campsites. A friend of mine has been twice & highly reccomends it (even met the latest love of her life on the last one )
Hope this helps

hi - try www.sptc.org.uk - its a single parent travel club run voluntarily by single parents for single parents. it costs £7.50 per year (runs jan to jan) - you get a couple of newsletters a year and access to online events schedule/messageboard. i joined this year and i have been on a few days out with members in my area and been away for a few days in the summer. have had really fab time.
plenty of people go overseas, just join what you want to join. you can also put message on and arrange a holiday offering others to come too
good luck

i love going away in the sun just ds (4). tbh i prefer it than going away with friends. the look of some of those links would have put me off going anywhere. why do you have go go with one of them - why not just go with a holiday company. we have just come back from the first choice holiday village in turkey. in june we went to fuerteventura. they have the best kids club which ds loves so i get to read a book for an hour or so by the pool! bliss. and ds gets to play with lots of other kids. we also do The Sun £9.50 holidays and are going to Pontins half term week for £38. last year we went to crete but without kids clubs. i feel i have really spent quality time him. apart from the odd insecure women who see a single women and automatically think you are after her man - which you wouldn't touch if you were paid. its great fun watching all the (un)happy families who are so stressed out they just scream at each other and the kids.

I can't recommend Small Families enough. Its a company that understands parents need the holiday most of all

hi, i was just about to start a thread asking about single parent holidays and spotted this one! i do have a boyfriend but we dont live together and he isnt the father of my daughter, he is also a single parent (his ds is 10, my dd is 4) last year dd and i went to france with my parents, we rented a really nice villa for a week but this year i was hoping to get away with boyfriend and the kids, unfortunately our holidays aren't at the same time and neither of us gets to choose when we take them. dd would love to go abroad (and so would i) but i dont know if i could do on my own, i know she would definately have a much better time if dp's ds was with us and i think i might get a bit lonely at night etc. im now thinking about a long weekend away with dp and his ds while he is on his holiday (i only work tues to thurs), the only thing with this the fact its probably cheeper to go abroad for a week than it is to stay in this counry for 4 nights!

I'm going away for a week abroad with my two dd's this coming half-term. I'm a little nervous but I'm really looking forward to it too. It's a package holiday so it's all quite simple really. I think it will be empowering! I'm just looking forward to building sandcastles with the girls and not having another grown-up to worry about. If I get to talk to other adults then fab! But if not then I have lots of books and my girlies to keep me company. Oh, and maybe a glass of wine after hours.

It's much nicer when selfish ex goes skiing, mistressmiggins. At least that way you get the pleasure of hoping they fall off a mountain, get killed by an avalanche, etc lol.

If you manage to do anything with your dc's (we went to a caravan to Weymouth, whoopee fuck) blooming good on you. You're a super mum, and deserve a medal. I reckon there must be a separate heaven for single mums ... otherwise there's no justice!

Try this site....it maybe of help

www.singlewithkids.co.uk