Media Release – March 26, 2008

A First!
 
Holidays for Mothers Without the Kids From Holidays with Kids magazine

For the first time, Australia’s biggest-circulating travel magazine, Holidays with Kids, has helped develop holidays for parents without kids, beginning with two packages to celebrate Mothers Day this May.

The parent-pampering packages at two top spa retreats near Sydney are designed to help mothers (and fathers) enjoy a well-deserved break from the busy and stressful lives most parents lead today.

“While holidays with the kids are lots of fun, we believe parents also deserve time away together without the kids to celebrate and nourish their relationship and reignite the romance that started the family in the first place,” said Holidays with Kids magazine editor Cathy Wagstaff.

“Life for many families today can be so frantic, so if the kids can be looked after at home for a couple of days, we feel it’s important for mums and dads to enjoy a break away together at least once a year,” Ms Wagstaff said.

“So to help parents find the best deals for quick escapes, we’ve launched a new ‘Parent Getaways’ page on our new-look  www.holidayswithkids.com.au website, kicking off with two luxurious retreats for Mother’s Day.”

Mother’s Day Deals

Solar Springs
The popular Solar Springs retreat in the Southern Highlands south of Sydney has a special ‘Parents Weekend Escape’ package for $1090 per couple including two night’s accommodation, all meals, daily activities, a Swedish massage and revitalising hydro bath for each person plus use of the fitness and pool centre.*

The Golden Door
The famous Golden Door Health Retreat Elysia in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney is offering a Mother’s Day Healthy Weekend Escape for two to help Mum ‘revive tired spirits and rediscover a youthful and energetic vitality’. Bookings for weekend escapes from two-nights will attract a $200 credit to use in the resort’s spa sanctuary during the weekend. Valid until June 30, 2008.*

Booking details and more information are available on the ‘Parent Getaways’ page of Holidays with Kids magazine’s website – www.holidayswithkids.com.au

* Subject to availability. Conditions apply.

Holidays with Kids is Australia’s largest and most widely distributed travel magazine*, with a circulation of 60,000 copies and more than 600,000 readers, making it the country’s leading authority on family travel. The Holidays with Kids website (www.holidayswithkids.com.au) receives almost four million hits and 740,000 page views per month and has more than 33,000 online members.

* Holidays with Kids is the highest circulating travel magazine in Australia that serves both consumers and travel agents as audited by CAB. Total number of readers includes in-flight readership on Australia’s leading airline.

Media contact: Andrew Mevissen, Peak PR, 0431 883 057 or amev@bigpond.net.au