Baby Friendly Resort in Phuket

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tallmama

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i know this question has been asked for many times in the forum, but i'm a new mom here and would like to know if there's any updates on the baby friendly resorts in phuket.

we're planning to take our 7-month baby to phuket for holidays. any baby friendly resorts to recommend (room, facilities, pool, service, etc)? any resorts that can provide bottle steamer? heard that banyan, sheraton are good.
 
Not sure about Phuket but we stayed at the Shangri-La in Kota K and they were soooo child friendly - the staff were wonderful and the resort had a playroom (three actually) plus an outside play area, sandpit and swimming pool.

I didn't use the kids club but we used the facilities everyday for kids and LOVED it.

So much so that I want to stay at SL again - without kids next time!
 
I went to Phuket a few times last year and stayed at the Marriott as well as the Sheraton Laguna. Both has rather good kids facilities, but the Sheraton kids club seems a bit old and run down(that was last year). Sheraton has a nice "beach" pool for kids with sand.

If I am not mistaken,Marriott has a rocky beach but other facilities(gym, pool,room) are nicer and seems newer compared to Sheraton. I didn't take my daughter to the Marriott(business trip) but I had a peek at the kids club which seems rather nice.

Not sure about Banyan Tree(as far as being kids friendly) as I stayed there many years ago without my daughter, it's very nice though in private villas with garden and outdoor jacuzzi.

Hope you get more info from others!
 
We were at Banyan Tree Phuket for a wedding 2 years ago with my then-6 yr old. He was definitely one of the very few kids at the resort and we found out that their pool had no shallow end! so my poor boy ended up playing in the outdoor bath and the jacuzzi pool at our private villa. The staff were great and didnt show any displeasure with children, but facilities were definitely limited for them. We would love to go back without kids though!
 
The Banyan Tree is geared more towards couples only vs. couples with kids. We liked the Sheraton Laguna. Everyday, you can see Lily the baby elephant in the morning around the breakfast area and in the afternoon at the beach area.

The kids club room is so-so, and has a slide, and some sand toys, TV & play area. Upon check-in usually the hotel staff will give you a VIK (very important kid) goodie bag for the little one, so they do try to make the kids feel welcome. There are shuttle jeeps and boats that takes you around the Laguna complex, so you could visit the other hotels or go to the canal shops where there is a convenience store to pick up any necessity.

My son also enjoyed the "beach pool" area, and enjoyed splashing around that area. While at the Sheraton, you can also enjoy some local restaurants at the beach for a reasonable price, the one that most gravitate towards is the Lotus restaurant (they do have a shuttle bus that will pick you up & drop you off if you would rather not walk). Hope this helps.
 
Holiday Inn at Patong beach is nice too, they have a kid's club complete with pool, saw lots of kids enjoying themselves when I was there 3 months ago. I have a friend who brought their 2 girls to Phuket 1 month ago and they stayed at Sheraton Laguna and they also had a good time.
 
thanks so much for your sharings! i really want to go to phuket but given the current protests, we're worried the situation will still be unstable early oct. we just don't want to take this risk esp we're going with our 7 months old girl. seems like phuket is not our destination anymore.......*sigh....

we're looking at sanya though......any thoughts?
 
We stayed at the La Meridian but used the Phuket baby rental service, phuketbabyrentals.com to get a couple items that the hotel did not offer. Worked out rather well. I would recommened both.
 
that's too bad about phuket- however the resort we LOVE is Twin Palms- there's a smaller seperated "kiddie" shallow pool there and the staff is amazing!!

for Sanya- a lot of the major hotels are children friendly, hilton, mariott, etc...

good luck with planning your vacay! :)
 
I know this is an old thread, but rather than starting a new one, can anyone give advice on taking your helper on holiday with you? We are planning a week in Phuket and want to take our helper - I am new to HK and wondered how we go about this. Are there any travel agencies that do a special deal for helpers? Any advice greatly appreciated!
 
we went to phuket with our helper this christmas. it's really easy - no visas are needed for her if she's a philippino passport holder. there are no deals - they are like everyone else in terms of tickets etc...what exactly were you wondering about?

we rented a villa in phuket so our helper slept with our son dowstairs while we were upstairs. she did night duty, so she basically had the mornings off and was back on from lunchtime and on.
 
Great thank you for the info. Someone told me some airlines do special 'helper' rates, so was wondering if this was true. We are looking at hotels and I just wondered if most helpers share a room with the child - I guess they do? Also, any recommendations on villas/hotels that have decent facilities for babies - playrooms, shallow pool etc.... Thanks
 
i heard JW Marriott had an awful beach though I've never personally been...in Phuket, the further you go from the airport, usually means the better beach.

Most resorts of very child-friendly especially the Starwood ones. I don't think Banyan Tree had a kids club, but a great spa.
 
I also heard the JW Marriott does not have a great beach which puts me off. The Sheraton Laguna seems to be the popular choice.... Think we will gice this a try.
Thanks everyone for the advice.
 
I know this is an old thread but we just got back from from the JW Marriott, Phuket and loved it.

Pros:
- beautiful room with tiles and wood and not carpet
- kids friendly restaurants, though the quality of food was average
- great kids pool with a water slide
- Jumbo the elephant visits everyday
- lots of family with young kids there
- very close to the airport, 20 mins by taxi

Cons:
- pretty isolated, not near shopping or other restaurants, which was good for us cause we wanted to hang out with our 12 month old at the resort.
- the beach was beautiful: quiet and long. Though it gets a bit rough so we didn't swim there.

We would go back for a weekend of: coconut by the pool; quick trip back to the room for bub's nap; one of us ducks out for a Thai massage by the beach while bub gets to run around barefoot ;-)
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We stayed in RenessainceSpa Hotel which is close to the airport. We jhad a villa with a small pool and there was a great kids pool and club. The beach wasn't that great as it was too dangerous to swim but the pool and the facilities were great. It's 10 minutes from Mariott and you can use little carts to get to all the hotels on that strip and use their restaurants etc. I thought JW Mariott was a bit dated and super noisy.

I have never in my life heard of helpers rates and cant see why they would have one after all they occupy a seat just like everyone else, eat the same food, travel in the same class etc Where we stayed we used babysitting service so we didnt take our helper with us
 
I think the "helper rate" is the special price for foreign domestic helper here in HK on 2-year contract to fly home at end of contract.
 
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