Is There a Need for Single Parent Vacations with a Toddler?
Of course YES, there is. Whether you're a single parent with a toddler or your partner can't come along because of work. Many family hotels do offer single-parent weeks, and even entire towns run promotions along those lines, but the activities on offer are mostly for children aged 3 or even only 6 and up. No single parent with a baby wants to spend the evening at the hotel bar among other parents, armed with a baby monitor, feeling like a fifth wheel at best whenever a random conversation circle forms.
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What Do Single Parent Vacations with a Toddler Need to Offer?
To make the stay a success, and therefore relaxing, for the single parent too, the hotel or farm first has to be truly set up and prepared for babies and toddlers. Otherwise you might as well spend the vacation at the grandparents', who have long since adapted the old kids' rooms for the next generation. Whether it's slides and first attempts at skiing in the snow, or splash pools and swim aids in summer, trained staff and help are just as important as monitoring the baby monitor in the evening. It's simply quicker to join a sociable group when you're not jumping up at every sound, only to sit back down pretending to be relaxed after a false alarm.
So it makes a lot of sense to find a place with like-minded people. Either you can take turns and the kids find vacation friends too, or the hotel offers a babysitting service.
Where Should a Single Parent Vacation with a Toddler Go?
Specialized providers make wonderful adventure vacations possible even for kids as young as 3 or 4. But do you really want to take on a trip to Florida alone with a baby? If what you mean by a single parent vacation with a toddler is real rest and fun, rather than the search for a new partner, you'll certainly be in good hands on a farm stay close to home. Contact with animals is a lot of fun even for babies, and many farms have turned their pens for chickens, rabbits and little piglets or lambs into petting zoos. Healthy vegetables and fruit, plus plenty of homemade specialties, round out the offer for nutrition-conscious singles. Evening barbecues and get-togethers, while all the kids sleep in the hay watched over by a member of the host family, give singles time for a glass of wine and offer even the littlest ones a big adventure.
