Many people go abroad for their summer vacation to sit by the outdoor pool and top up their tan.
After having put up with months of painstaking slog in the often dull and dreary climate of the United Kingdom such an indulgence is easily forgiven. The feel of the warm sun shining down upon the clear blue Mediterranean is an experience that is worth waiting for, and one too that makes all the weeks and months of toil in anticipation of this fleeting yet wonderful encounter with how it was all meant to be all worthwhile, and well worth the pain of living.
Others on the other hand prefer their holidays to be lively, to involve music, dancing, social interaction with the other holidaymakers and generally to have an all round great time. And often the excitement and thrill of an active night life is complimented perfectly by a week or two of sport and adventure during the day.
The essence of a luxury holiday is that whether one wishes just to relax or to soak up the night life, or indeed to engage in sporting activities, everything one wishes to do is organised by the host and is readily available. The hassle and stress of having to find one’s enjoyment by going out and hunting it down are conspicuously absent. Everything you wish to do is either there for you under one roof, or arranged by those who have been tasked with making your stay a pleasant and memorable one. That is after all what an inclusive holiday is all about.
Organisations like Club Med have flourished over the decades by responding to the wishes and the demands of their customers, many of whom return year upon year. As the expectations of holidaymakers have become increasingly sophisticated, so the service on offer has adapted so as to respond to these demands. For the all inclusive holiday service provider, the trick has been to manage the fine balance that exists between responding to expectations and creating them.
In today’s generally more health conscious age it has become the policy of some resorts to provide gyms and other sports equipment and facilities for people to use during the day, possibly amongst other things as a counterbalance to the negative effects of a week or a fortnight of unusually prolific eating and drinking.
One especially exciting development has been the creation of summer tennis camps, luxury holidays with all the usual trimmings but now with the added attraction of providing tennis workshops for those whose interest it is. There is today just so much to do for the holidaymaker who wants to enjoy the sun and the buzz of being away from it all whilst still staying active.
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