Planning a family vacation? Hotels around the world are lining up special deals to welcome you and your children. The GO Group, an international organization of airport ground transportation companies, offers these examples.
San Francisco
The Argonaut Hotel at Fisherman’s Wharf offers a “Neptune Adventure Package” featuring a deluxe queen room for up to four people, full breakfast for two adults and two children, a maritime gift for children, four passes for cable car and Hyde Street Pier plus a Pier 39 Fun Pack. Rates start at $299 using code PFAM.
Cancun
Score an all-inclusive Club Med seven-night family package for $599 per person. Book before July 11 for any time before December 13. You’ll get overnight accommodations, children’s activities, meals and entertainment.
Disney World
The “2011 Magic Your Way Package” includes overnight accommodations at a Disney Resort, base ticket, giving each person entry to one Disney theme park every day and dining options (one table-service meal, one quick-service meal and one snack per person, per night) plus discounts on other Disney attractions. Rates for four-day/three-night stay start at $1,809.
Chicago
Take your little girl on an American Girl adventure. The Omni Chicago Hotel will present her with a doll bed, T-shirt, doll pants or skirt from the new American Doll store at the nearby Water Tower mall. You’ll also receive treats on arrival, a cookies and milk turndown, a $50 food and beverage voucher and entry into a drawing for an American Girl doll. Prices start at $299.
Hawaii
Families booking one night at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel on the Big Island get a second room free. If you don’t want the second room, your children will eat free at most onsite restaurants. Rates start at $399 for an ocean view room. Valid through September.
Boston
For aquatic enthusiasts, The Omni Parker House offers a Wet-n-Wild package that includes tickets to the New England Aquarium and IMAX Theatre for each registered guest. Starting at $142 per night, the package also includes breakfast buffet, cookies and milk turndown service and one Omni Kids backpack per child.
Contact: Dyana Flanigan