Top resorts, such as Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, are expanding opportunities for family golf vacations.
Two world-class resorts recently announced changes to make themselves friendlier for family golf vacations.
Depending on who you are, you’ll either love what you’re about to read or be totally disappointed by these developments.
The most dramatic change is taking place at The Point (thepointresort.com), a resort in New York’s Adirondacks region which is allowing children, and, thus, family golf vacations, for the first time in its 23-year history.
The Point, which is one of only 41 North American members of the prestigious, Paris-based Relais & Chateaux hotel association, will allow children on site during two shoulder-season windows: March 26-31 and November 21-28. One child under 12 may stay in a room at no charge; multiple children, or those over age 13, will require their own rooms.
Mmm, still not what I would call family friendly, but it’s friendlier.
Rates will start at $1,250 per night for two people, but this covers all meals, amenities, and activities, including golf at the nearby Saranac Inn Golf & Country Club, a historic, sporty course good for family golf vacations.
The other news about family golf vacations comes from Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which was one of only five hotels to receive an “A+” rating from the editors of Golf Odyssey in 2009.
Like The Point, Esperanza’s main hotel caters to “adults” (guests must be 16 or older), but its adjacent villas, the Residences at Esperanza, are family friendly, and the resort added eight new ones on November 1. Plans call for 24 more by the end of next year.
Cabo San Lucas, of course, offers great places to play on family golf vacations, including standouts Puerto Los Cabos and Cabo del Sol’s Ocean Course.
Hope you found these updates about family golf vacations useful. Have you come across any others that are particularly good (or bad)? Please share your comments below.
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I suppose one important thing to consider is what is there to do for non-golfing spouses/partners and the kids while the golfers are out playing? I would imagine that would be an important consideration for most people planning family golfing vacations
Yes, a very important consideration. Even if the spouse/partner and kids play golf, also important is how much (or little) they want to play.