We are off to KV for easter with the kids(10yearsand 5yrs).Has anyone tried the baby sitting service during the day ?this would allow my wife and I to sail,snorkel ect.Also what is the hourly rate?
Many Thanks
Baby sitting on Kuramathi
i think you are out of order speaking like that children are welcome in the maldives my son had a great time some couples misbehave who do you think you are
Baby sitting on Kuramathi
Jack seems to be having a bit of a bad day!
He was lecturing somebody else on another thread who was merely trying to answer the question he originally asked (smiles).
As someone who has led the fight on here in the past to try and discourage people from taking their ';infants'; (those children under 18 months) to the Maldives I certainly understand how adults can find it unpleasant to be around small children (my concern with infants is purely based on the potential health issues for children that young which can quickly be made much worse by the lack of even marginal quality health care available on most resort islands).
That being said I have to admit that I agree somewhat with Jack about this specific poster.
If you want to take your children on vacation then how about actually ';taking'; them. When I had children that age we went on vacations to places where we could focus on doing things with them. If we wanted to go someplace where they could not participate we farmed them off to grandma and if grandma wasn%26#39;t available them we simply made other plans. Thats what you do when you have children. They become your priority. That%26#39;s what parents do. They hopefully grow up healthy and productive soon enough (my youngest is now 34) and then you can go anyplace you want. Sorry just my view about responsible parenting. Sorry toonie39 I know that doesn%26#39;t answer your question and you are going to do what you want anyway. Just find it hard to understand why?
Oh and by the way based on Jack%26#39;s other thread comments:
Jack wants to ';selfishly'; go to the Maldives for his honeymoon. However it seems that Jack%26#39;s budget problems restrict his choice of Maldive%26#39;s resorts. Jack...if a resort offers babysitting services does it not occur to you that perhaps it might tend to be a child magnet and if you want to avoid children this would probably NOT be a real good choice of destinations?
I speak from experience when I suggest to you that there are resorts in the Maldives that restrict children under 12. There are resorts that don%26#39;t offer babysitting services. There are resorts where the likelihood of finding children is significantly reduced simply because of the costs you pay to go there. I%26#39;m sincerely sorry that you have to limit your choice of places to stay because of budget limitations but sometimes life just isn%26#39;t fair.
So perhaps you shouldnt have been lecturing another user on that other thread about making ';assumptions.'; It seems that your ';conclusions'; about Kuramathi didn%26#39;t include peoples 5 year olds running around.
Hmmm according to reception at the hotel they DON%26#39;T offer child care??? Realize that some of the summary info of the island suggests otherwise but that%26#39;s what they say. So guess that%26#39;s an answer to the original question. Whether it%26#39;s the correct one ... who knows for sure... but thats what they say.
well.. in my own selfish way , i don%26#39;t fancy spending my romantic maldive vacation next to families with ';active'; children either .. but thats why i don%26#39;t choose the large family friendly islands like kuramathi , sun, kuredu, etc.
having said that ..a 5 and 10 year old are certainly old enough to enjoy themselves in the maldives and it shouldn%26#39;t be at all necessary to do the ';funnest'; activities without them .
a ten year old is more than ready to snorkel along with the best of us and a 5 year old should be able to do a respectable job with a little guidance .
i would think that buying one of the ';fish of the maldives'; books from the giftstore would be great fun for the kids .. to mark which they have seen while snorkeling .. learn about the types of fish .. what they eat (where the coral sand comes from. lol) .. how they live .. different survival strategies on the reef , etc . there are hours and hours or fun learning for the little ones to be had . plus it will get them good exercise to make them sleepy in the eve.
the ten year old might even be interested in a kids divecourse. i suggest asking the dive staff what they can offer for him.
i would also consider buying them some inexpensive but fitting snorkel equipment at a dive shop at home. most rental equipment doesn%26#39;t quite fit the little faces and leaky masks are horribly frustrating. any knowledgeable dive store staff can help you select something that will do the job at reasonable cost. don%26#39;t forget to take the kids with you for fitting.
on a total sidenote ..skibum .. i suggested several small romantic islands to the esteemed opinionated first replier that should fall well within his budget and that are certain to have fewer families .. he gave me a dressing down and decided KV is intimate .. kind of funny to see him attack people for bringing their kids to a kidfriendly resort now . but that%26#39;s all besides the point :)
had a great laugh at jb comments hopefully he will find his own intimate island for 1 and just stay there!
Jack with your foul mouth, why don%26#39;t you go to benidorm, and god help us you don%26#39;t have kids!
I have taken my young children to the Maldives 4 times and on every occasion they have not screamed once(believe it or not, not all kids scream!!) they have only been complemented on there good behaviour, unlike your foul mouth!
You sort of people make me sick!!
Jack,
With an attitude to life that you appear to have, you mean there is somebody out there who is actually prepared to marry you?
Toonie
May I commend you for your restrained and witty response to a some what over the top reply by JH, I can only surmise he is getting stressed out searching for the perfect honeymoon location.
You may have gathered this is an emotive subject on the Maldives forum,although I have never seen abusive language used before, so somewhat surprised it is still posted.
Sg
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