I'm going through a fairly hideous divorce at the moment but I'm hoping to have things in a better place by early summer, and am thinking of booking a holiday for myself and my DS, age 3.5. I've taken him away on my own before before splitting with Ex-H - so I've stayed with friends abroad, rented a cottage one time, went to Vienna with him when he was tiny. I don't have any worries about travelling, but I was wondering about the holiday itself. What I'd really like to do is have a week somewhere hott-ish, in a resort with pools, maybe a kids club, beach, that sort of thing.
So far so good. But I'm a bit concerned about this type of holiday as a single parent - evening meals in a vast buffet restaurant on my own, everyone else in couples etc, and having nobody to talk to, or just feeling uncomfortable (quite happy on my own reading, not bothered about making friends etc, but just don't want to feel like I'm being stared at!)
Anyone got any advice, tips or experiences to share? I'm looking at hotels with self catering but could really do with not bloody cooking more meals for a week. Am I better off going with a single parent holiday company, with others like me (they all seem expensive) or am I stressing about nothing!?
Thanks