Originally Posted by
roknroll
We just went to the Melia Puerto Vallarta, and the only reason we chose that resort was because they have a great kids club and offer day care and evening babysitting for children as young as 6 months. We didn't use it a lot, but having 1-2 hours each day to ourselves by the pool really made our vacation. We also utilized the babysitting service in the evenings for about 2-3 hours so we could go see the show and get a drink in the lobby (son would just be sleeping in his crib).
I'm hoping there are more places like this. Does anyone else out there have experiences with hotels or resorts that have childcare services for the very young travelers (i.e. under 2-3 years old). Right now we are limiting our trips to city destinations, since relaxing beach trips or ski/adventure trips aren't really possible with a toddler.
They aren't cheap, but the Kinderhotels in Southern Germany and Austria have great childcare, including for very young kids. We stayed at the Neubichler Alm (
http://www.neubichler-alm.com/), and our children loved it (as did we). We went in the summer, but you can do the Kinderhotels for ski vacations as well.