When is the Best Time?

Best Time to Book An 

All Inclusive Vacation

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So you have decided to take your family to an all-inclusive resort. Congratulations! You will have a fabulous time bonding and making lots of fantastic memories! But when should you go and how far in advance should you book your vacation? Great questions, let’s take a look at these.

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As a travel planner, I get calls all the time for family vacations during those famous school holidays! You know, Christmas holiday, Thanksgiving, Spring Break or any week from mid-June through mid-August. These are Peak Weeks! Steer clear!! If you are able to be flexible with your dates then choose dates that aren’t quite as obvious for school-aged children. September, for instance, offers summertime weather and rock bottom prices. Most resorts are recuperating from the busy summer and offer a much friendlier, personal trip. Late October through mid-November also offer fabulous times to hit

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the tropical beaches of Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican. A fairly short window, but decently priced and a great respite from the cold, is early January for about 2 weeks.

So as you can see, when you go plays a huge role in how much you are going to pay! Keep that in mind when you are deciding on that awesome tropical vacation. Now, I mentioned how far in advance you should book. Well, typically 4-6 weeks is a good time to book anything. But with today’s economy it has become necessary for more and more people to book and plan in

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advance. I am a planner. I have to work on my family’s vacations for months at a time and would love that same opportunity for yours. Airfare won’t be available until 10 months before but resorts can be booked up to 15+ months in advance. So, if you are working with a travel planner, book that resort, get the perfect room with the best view. Start paying on it and add the air in later when it becomes available and you feel like you are getting the best possible rate. It is again, going to depend on when you are traveling as to when you should add air to your vacation.

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You see, a travel planner is a great option to help you with payment options, information about the destination and if you choose the right planner, guides you on the best resort for you and your family. Remember, it’s all in the plan!

Beaches Resort Negril

 

Beaches Negril

 

Not only is Negril, Jamaica the most amazing beach in the world, it happens to have some of the most amazing resorts in the world! We are visiting Beaches Negril and looking forward to learning as much as we can about this amazing destination.

We want to help you understand why Beaches Resorts has been voted the World's Leading Family All Inclusive for 14 years in a row! It has earned a Five Star Diamond Award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences and a Six Star Diamond Award for Keeping it Green.

• Located on the widest stretch of Negril's seven mile white sand beach.
• Stay at one, play at two with full exchange privilages with Beaches Sandy Bay including a choice of 11 dining options.
• "Pirate's Island" Water Theme Park with 4 slides, meandering "lazy" river and splash deck.
• Caribbean Adventure with Sesame Street themed activities with daily character appearances, parades and stage shows.
• Kids Kamp & Nursery with wide range of supervised activities.
• Interactive Teens Programs with "Trench Town" Teen's Center and Teen's Coordinator to coordinate teen activities.
• Expansive Two and Three Bedroom Butler serviced suites.
• Supervised Xbox 360 Game Garage with flat screen plasma TV's & Xbox 360 game consoles.

Beaches Negril is a sprawling resort situated on a 20-acre lushly wooded site with over 1,400 feet of white sand beach and sweeping views of the Caribbean Sea. The resort is designed for everyone; couples, singles and families vacationing with children. The resort's architecture features a blend of Caribbean influences surrounded by tropical greenery and landscaped courtyards.

You have over 210 rooms and suites to choose from within 10 categories, giving you a wide amount of flexibility to tailor fit your vacation to your family and your needs. Each room is air conditioned, equipped with TVs, irons, coffee maker, telephone, refrigerator, clock radios, in room safe, hair dryer, and ceiling fan. For the physically challenged, there are ground floor rooms specifically designed with extra wide doors and modified bathroom facilities.

Suite Concierge Program:

• Opens daily from 7am - 10pm with a dedicated Concierge to assist with requests including excursions, restaurant and spa reservations and just about anything you need.
• Preferred check-in for all guests booked in concierge accommodations either in the Suite or at the Suite Center including champagne upon arrival.
• In-Suite bars with scotch, gin, vodka, rum, beer, red & white whine, champagne and assorted soft drinks, juices and water.
• Use of his/her bath robes.

Butler Service:

"Your wish is our command. With the uncompromising attention of a butler trained to the highest standards by the Elite Guild of Professional English Butlers, you will be pampered throughout your stay in extraordinary ways. From unpacking and packing your luggage.... attending to your wardrobe.... serving a glorious repast on your terrace.... just to name a few.... a Sandals Suite, complete with your own butler, is the ultimate indulgence."

Dining Options:

"Every night, a different country is your culinary itinerary. From the best Tex-Mex south of the border to the most heart-warming Italian dishes west of the Tuscan sun, Beaches Negril aims to please every member of your family. Finicky kids suddenly become little gourmands-because we transform family dining into pure fun. Our Kimonos restaurant mixes Asian stir-fry at the table with the theatrics of your own private chef. So, no matter what you and your family are in the mood for, this resort has an irresistibly tasteful choice."

Entertainment:

Join our engaging entertainment "players" for an array of entertainment, including dance lessons, karaoke, live music and family shows, cabaret performances and disco nightly. Don't miss the theme nights under the Big Top Amphitheatre. Weekly Events include: Monday's Manager's Beringer Wine & Cheese Cocktail Party; Tuesday's Sho "Yo" Stuff Fashion and Talent Show; Wednesday's Sandal's Select Luncheon; Thursday's Boonoonoonoos Beach Party; and Friday's Chocolate Late Night Buffet (yum!)

Landsports:

The resort offers outdoor games and activities including basketball, miniature golf, volleyball (beach and pool), outdoor and indoor chess, billiards, table tennis, soccer, shuffleboard, day and night tennis, cards and board games.

Watersports:

Beaches Negril offers a comprehensive array of water sports including kayaks, windsurfing, hobie wave, sunfish sailing, snorkeling, banana boat, water-skiing, knee boarding and scuba diving. PADI Discover Scuba Diving: (Resort Dive Course) Available for a nominal fee. This course will be valid for one year and will allow you to dive at all Sandals & Beaches Resorts. Full PADI and NAUI International Certification is also available at an additional cost.

contact MackeyMouse Travel to get your Beaches vacation started! We offer itinerary planning, reservations, packing tips, excursion options and help Free of Fees! www.mackeymousetravel.com or email us at mackeymousetravel@yahoo.com

Taking the Disney Guest Experience to the Next Level

Taking the Disney Guest Experience to the Next Level

As a valued partner we’re always excited to share information with you. We’d like you to be among the first to hear from Tom Staggs, Chairman, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, on how we plan to enhance the Guest experience. Our efforts are driven by a fundamental desire to exceed our Guests’ expectations, and we aim to make your job, as one of our valuable travel professional partners, better as well.

At Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, we continually push the boundaries of creativity and innovation to deliver the best possible experience for our Guests. We’re always looking for ways to take what we do and do it even better. Over the past few years, we’ve devoted considerable time and resources to create a more immersive, more seamless and more personal experience for each and every Guest who spends time with us. I know there’s been significant speculation about these efforts among our fans, so we’re pleased to give you a glimpse into the work we are doing to take the entire Disney Guest experience to the next level. Some of these initiatives are more apparent and can already be seen by our Guests – like our interactive queues at Walt Disney World® Resort and the Enchanted Art on our cruise ships – while others are more behind-the-scenes and are focused on “how” visitors plan, access and enjoy their experiences with us. Over the next several months, we’ll be rolling out a collection of tools at the Walt Disney World Resort called MyMagic+ that will give Guests more opportunities to customize and personalize their entire visit. Like most people who visit Walt Disney World Resort, my family and I have our “must-do” attractions, and as the father of three boys, those attractions often end with the word “mountain.” Now, rather than dashing as a group, or even splitting up to gather FastPasses, imagine booking guaranteed ride times for your favorite shows and attractions even before setting foot in the park. With MyMagic+, Guests will be able to do that and more, enabling them to spend more time together and creating an experience that’s better for everyone. A major component of MyMagic+ is the new My Disney Experience website and mobile app, which gives Guests planning their trip the latest information on all Walt Disney World Resort has to offer. We know that some people like to plan every aspect of their Disney vacation in advance while others like to plan very little, letting their day unfold spontaneously. No matter where Guests fall in that spectrum, My Disney Experience gives them the flexibility to plan as much or as little as they’d like to create the exact Disney experience they want. They can book dining and other experiences and reserve times for their favorite attractions, shows and more through an enhanced FastPass system, FastPass+. Once they arrive, they can use their smart phones to spontaneously change their plans in the moment, exploring our parks at their own pace and getting the most out of their visit. This collection of tools is another step forward in the ongoing evolution of our Guest experience, giving us even more ways to help friends and family create the unforgettable Disney memories that they want most. We’ll be testing, adjusting and adding features to MyMagic+ and My Disney Experience over time and will continue to make improvements based on our Guests’ feedback. We look forward to sharing more with you in the months ahead! Linking the entire MyMagic+ experience together is an innovative piece of technology we developed called the MagicBand. Worn on the wrist, it will serve as a Guest’s room key, theme park ticket, access to FastPass+ selections, PhotoPass card and optional payment account all rolled into one. We’ve began testing certain aspects of MyMagic+ in Florida last month and the early reactions we’ve gotten have been fantastic. MackeyMouse Travel is a partner with Walt Disney Resort. We work closely with our clients to make their vacation the best it can be. The only way we can do that is to have clients who entrust us with their vacation plans. Give us a try!! Contact Mia or Steve today to find out more, ask us any questions and let's get the Planning Started!!!