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young as four months will want to spend most of their time. The kid’s program, divided into age groups—there’s an additional charge for ages 4 and under—offers such activities as Le Petit Sports with tennis, golf, soccer, hockey, basketball, sailing, and the circus school as well as Le Petit Chef cooking lessons. There’s also a Pyjamas Club available daily for an extra charge that allows parents to enjoy a night “out.” For kids who do not go to the children’s program, the Britto Arts Studio is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for any guests’ use. Families will truly enjoy the Latitude 27 degrees lounge with pulsating music, ping pong and other games for tweens and teens. But where Club Med Sandpiper truly reigns supreme is its offerings for the youngest kids even beyond the children’s program for infants. Parents of babies are often saddled down with so much “stuff” on their vacation, but Club Med tries to provide as much as they can. A Baby Corner in the main restaurant features baby food and utensils for them. A Baby Feeding Room is open 24 hours a day and provides all that is needed to prepare meals for babies, including microwave, fridge, bottle warmer, mineral water, fruit, milk, yogurts and cereals. A Club Med Baby Welcome for kids up to 23 months can include the following en-suite: baby bed, baby bath, changing table, bottle warmer and stroller. and hot dogs. Dessert is most deﬁnitely not forgotten with ice cream and a large choice of cakes, cookies, fruit and even cheese. Breakfast features cook-to-order eggs and omelet stations, and all the typical hot and cold breakfast offerings you would expect. An a la carte restaurant with a limited menu is also open all day. The all-inclusive rate also includes house wine with lunch and dinner and sodas, alcoholic drinks and wine and beer throughout the day and night. call it a day The 307 renovated guestrooms are in two categories: Deluxe and Club. Deluxe amenities add on such extras as bathrobe and slippers, turndown service, priority housekeeping and branded toiletries. Family Club rooms feature a king bed with bunk beds separated by a wall. Families are better off with a Deluxe or Club Room with a king and two twin beds as it is more open. When booking, discuss location of guestrooms since the property is fairly spread out with guestrooms in seven 2-story buildings with elevators. Families traveling with grandma and grandpa may want to request a ground ﬂoor room close to it all. Rates range from $1,064 to $2,135 pp per week land-only through December 2012. Club Med can do custom air for any agent’s clients, accessing the same itineraries and published rates available to the pubtime to eat lic, or agents can book their own air for clients. Club Med also offers Staying active during a Club Med stay allows guests to take guilt-free various charter ﬂights and those ﬂights are booked in conjunction with advantage of the large international buffet offered for three meals. The the land stay to create an entire package including airport transfers. n Marketplace dining room is segmented into separate rooms off the main buffet area. For lunch and dinner there is always a large choice of sal- Archived related articles (available on recommend.com): The Ultimate Family Adventure in Costa Rica (September 2011) ads, soup, meat, chicken and seafood dishes, such as some of our favorites: chicken conﬁt with garlic and tea smoked ﬁsh with kafﬁr lime contact information butter sauce. Of course, the restaurant can’t go wrong with its kids’ Club Med Sandpiper: (800) CLUB MED; sandpiperbay.clubmed.us offerings, including the requisite pizza, hamburgers, chicken nuggets Think of it as your Vitamin D supplement. For immediate relief of stress, tension, anxiety or boredom, try The Florida Keys & Key West. Side effects may include laughter, romantic interludes and a strong desire to jump in the ocean. ﬂa-keys.com 1.800.ﬂa.keys KEY W EST BIG PINE KEY & THE LOWER KEYS ISL AM OR AD A MARA THO N MCTG-7257 Recommend LO1 • January2012 april 2012 83 KE Y LA RG O http://www.recommend.com http://sandpiperbay.clubmed.us http://www.fla-keys.com http://www.fla-keys.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend April 2012

Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk: Provenance Hotels
Tour Talk: Trafalgar
Sailing the Galapagos Islands
Now Sapphire
Paradisus Playa del Carmen
Treat Yourself to Brussels
Panama Specialist Program
New Zealand
Turkish Delights
Women Wellness Retreats
The Still-Single Mingle in Vegas
Club Med Sandpiper, Florida
Hawaii: Escaping to the Islands

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