Hi
When we finally get our visa and make the move to Australia we are planning on having a holiday on the way before we have the stress of husband starting work and having to find a house etc.

We have two children under 4 and would like somewhere fairly relaxing ideally a beach location.

Has anyone had a great stopover that they could recommend?
Thanks

We travelled with a pair of 2 -year olds and stopped in Miami for 4 days, Mexico for 3 weeks, Los Angeles for a week and Hawaii for 3 days. They were all excellent for the kids. If I was going to choose one it would definitely be Mexico, we stayed right on the beach in a little fishing village south of Cancun which didn't have much of a tourist industry and the locals just loved the kids, they had never seen red hair before so our red-haired girl was fussed over and investigated minutely. In Mexico, everybody looks out for each other's kids, when one of ours looked like she might run into a road, the locals were immediately alert and stopping the traffic. It's a very friendly place and the kids had a great time, as did we.

Also if you fly via this route you get 46kg luggage allowance each, plus a pram!

Buzzy

Hi there

We toured Malaysia & Singapore with our 2 & 3 year olds. I would recommend Langkawi - cheap and kid-friendly, great food and beautiful scenery. We stayed at the hotel below, fairly basic but large rooms and HUGE pools! They loved it.

http://www.aseaniaresortsgroup.com.m...awi/index.html

We also flew direct to Langkawi.

Hi we looked at many option even by sea because of kids in the end we decide to go for it 5hr stopover in changi airport then with the money we saved had a holiday in goldcoast hinterland for 4 weeks did all the holiday things & had time to look round for were we wanted to live & work it was right for us they even looked after the kid when we needed some parent time jonny

Disney Land Paris.

I would recommend Singapore but have not had a stop-over anywhere else, the whole place appears to be child friendly IMO. Sentosa Island Resort appears on here often as a popular place to stop-over with young children. I have never stayed at Sentosa but have stayed in Singapore a few times. The Zoo Safari at night is a must. 4-5 days would be a lovely break there.

Good Luck wherever you stop-over

John

I agree with that -

I took my then 2 & 3 year olds to Isla Mujeres, an island off Cancun, Mexico & rented an apartment. The locals were wonderful - virtually no traffic on the roads apart from electric golf carts & the beaches sandy & safe. Everyone couldn't do enough for us wherever we went & we had a really relaxing time.

Fly wih Thai and stop over in Thailand.