Boundless Family Fun
If you’re looking to go all out on your next vacation, you have lots of fabulous options for luxury family travel. The best luxury family vacations are often found at high-end resorts that offer a wide range of activities for everyone, from tiny tots and teens to the adults.
Adding to this, these resorts will have lots of fun attractions nearby and the chance for some relaxation too.
Simply pick one of the following fully loaded resorts, and then get together your family vacation packing list. You can’t go wrong!
Hawks Cay Resort, Duck Key, Florida Keys
The Florida Keys offer the chance for a Caribbean-style vacation without the need for passports. Hawks Cay Resort on Duck Key may be the ultimate in luxury when it comes to the best family vacations.
It’s a big hit with families thanks to its wealth of activities, like dolphin experiences, miniature golf, a water slide shaped like a pirate ship and a kids’ club. It also offers multi-bedroom villas that make it easy for everyone to stretch out and enjoy their own space.
By taking advantage of the exceptional concierge services you can even arrange for a kayak excursion through the mangroves forests to see an array of colorful marine life, and perhaps even an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin or two.
Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ
Luxury family resorts in the USA abound. Just a 15-minute drive from the Phoenix airport is the impressive Arizona Grand Resort, which sits at the base of South Mountain Preserve. It’s hard to imagine a kid that wouldn’t like its gigantic seven-acre water park, Oasis, which boasts water slides that plunge nearly 70 feet, a water play area for the little ones, a wave pool and a tubing river.
There’s even special spa treatments designed specifically for children and teens. When it comes to dining, neither kids or their parents will be disappointed as there are five restaurants to choose from, including the family favorite, the cowboy-themed steakhouse called Rustler’s Rooste that has a fun wild west atmosphere.
The resort also features a kids’ club, with morning and afternoon sessions daily, where kids can enjoy the daily theme and all sorts of activities, while mom and dad get to have some much needed alone time.
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Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, Oahu, Hawaii
If you’re looking for the perfect blend of tropical and Disney, head to one of Hawaii’s most beloved family-friendly resorts. The Aulani sits on a lush 642-acre property and offers everything you’d expect from a Disney resort.
Not only are guests greeted by Disney characters that wander the grounds looking to delight kids and the kids-at-heart, but there’s a beautiful pool, a lazy river, a man-made reef and lagoon, and two water slides.
Pool parties are even hosted and include appearances by Disney characters, as well as dancing, games, interactive activities and the chance to learn about surf culture. Families also appreciate the chance to enjoy the comforts of home by booking an upgraded room that includes a full kitchen and a washer and dryer.
Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World, FL
If Disney is your goal, you can’t go wrong with a stay at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando, located right at the gates of the Magic Kingdom. The ultimate in luxury family travel, while its highlight is the easy access to one of the most talked about theme parks in Florida, it hosts a wide range of activities of its own.
It features four restaurants, three bars, a massive 13,000-square-foot spa and its own 18-hole golf course, as well as a kids’ camp, a rock climbing wall, lazy river and 242-foot-long water slide. The whole family will enjoy the Disney character breakfast.
And after a long day of play under all of that Florida sunshine, coming back to relax in the spacious rooms with flat-screen TVs and large soaking tubs is always a nice benefit.
Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, Bahamas
The Atlantis Paradise Island Resort is renowned as one of the top family resorts in the Bahamas. It’s impossible to get bored at this ocean-themed property with a dozen swimming pools, more than 20 restaurants and a casino, along with the beautiful beaches nearby.
It’s like its own city, also housing a movie theater, some of the world’s best luxury shopping, an aquarium, a pottery studio, rock climbing wall, dolphin habitat, and multiple water slides and fountains.
Plus there are an incredible number of accommodation options, including the luxurious Reef Atlantis, featuring everything from studio to three-bedroom suites. It sits on a white-sand beach and features the conveniences of home and the amenities of a luxury residential community.
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Paradisus Playa Del Carmen La Esmeralda, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
This lush all-inclusive property has a tropical ambiance, and offers to-die-for amenities for kids as well as adults. Set on a powdery white-sand beach with loungers and umbrellas for relaxing at the edge of the glistening Caribbean Sea, it has an extensive kids’ club that hosts all-day dance parties, face painting and even pedicures.
The Family Concierge room includes an Xbox and there are a wide range of international dining options in the 14 onsite restaurants. The resort also includes a swimming pool, a swim-up bar and a pirate ship playground.
Choose a swim-up suite and you’ll have your own private access to the pool.
Rancho de los Caballeros, Wickenburg, AZ
If a southwestern ranch-style getaway is what you’re after, the Rancho de los Caballeros makes for one of the best luxury family vacations. Located in the heart of the Old Southwest, it hosts a kids’ program, horseback riding, golf at one of the country’s top courses, and a spa, along with the opportunity to learn about Sonoran desert ecology.
It sits across 20,000 acres of open range, and includes 100 saddle horses for riding the ruggedly scenic trails. Guests can enjoy a a wide variety of thrilling excursions, like a jeep, ATV or mountain bike tour to explore the surrounding desert or even a hot-air balloon ride for a bird’s-eye view of the landscape.
Kids can meet up with others their age at the complimentary daily kids’ program, giving mom and dad the chance to indulge in the spa treatments that feature local desert ingredients. The cookout feasts are fantastic for the whole family, and include fine wine for the grownups.