If you’re a single parent considering your first trip alone with the kids, then Fiji is a fabulous choice. When I was thinking about where to go for my first trip with Emmie – who was four months old at the time –  I just wanted somewhere easy and chilled. As she got older my main concern was how to choose a resort that would deliver both family fun and easy kid-free time. After all, mummy deserves a little alone time and a couple of pool-side cocktails. Read all about travel to Fiji covid safely and all the requirements here.

I can promise you that travelling as a single parent is not as difficult as it may seem. Your first time at anything is usually scary, since you’re facing the unknown. Success is all about planning – from getting to the airport, checking in, what to take on the plane and making sure that as much as possible is organised at the other end – like transfers to the hotel.

After you’ve done it once you can consider yourself a travelling pro. But you have to make that first big step and get out there and do it.

For single parents, Fiji has to be the number one destination for a stress-free, relaxed and fun family trip. It really is the perfect choice for that first trip alone with the kids.

BEFORE YOU GO:
– Make sure to get a VPN for the trip to protect your data and make sure you can access the kids favourite shows like the ABC and other location specific sites. Read why here. 
– Get travel insurance. We love Cover-More, read why here.

Here’s why we love Fiji:

It’s close to Australia. 

With a flying time of around 3.5 hours from the east coast it’s a quick trip across the Pacific. And the flights are full of families so there’s no need to worry about your kids disrupting business or other travellers, everyone’s in the same boat (or plane). Hotels offer transfers, making the ‘travelling’ part relatively simple.

It’s totally kid friendly. 

Every family-friendly resort is equipped with a Kids Club, kids pools and adult only pools. The Fijians are so friendly and they are wonderful with kids. Most hotels are set up to help out with kids so you can also have some alone time and relax. You can pop the kids into Kids Club for the morning or afternoon session and spend hours with them, and a few hours without. You can hire beautiful local women to nanny for your and they are so kind with the kids. It just makes life so easy. And there’s heaps of other kids there too so they’re bound to make friends.

It’s affordable.

There’s options for all kinds of holidays – from expensive with fancy rooms and your own pool, to family focused resorts that include food and beverage packages. There are usually specials too – like kids eating free or extra nights thrown in. Whatever your budget, you can find a hotel.

The weather is great.

Occasionally you may get a rainy or windy day but sometimes it’s nice to get a break from the sun. The weather is generally fine in Fiji, and we just travelled during the low season – when it’s supposed to be super rainy and had a brilliant time in the sun.

It’s easy and rewarding. 

With easy travel, organised transfers, Kids Clubs, beautiful Fijian people, swimming pools, restaurants, beaches, activities, families, sunshine and cocktails you’re almost guaranteed the reward will massively outweigh the risk of taking off on your own with the kids.

Where we’ve stayed:

The Warwick Fiji 

On our very first trip to Fiji we stayed on the Coral Coast at the Warwick Fiji. It is a fabulous resort and we had a great time – our nanny Suri was divine and everything was perfect – but in retrospect it was a little far away for that age. I took a bus with four month old Emmie on my lap for a few hours when we could have stayed a 20 minute taxi ride away on Denarau, which is definitely the best option for when you are traveling with little ones. The Warwick is better for when the kids are a little older. It has a family pool and adults only pool, meal and drinks packages and beautiful gardens and beachfront and is just a lovely spot.

Radisson Blu Denarau

We love this resort. It’s close to the airport, to the marina and the islands. It has awesome pools and slides plus shade cloth and a lagoon style pool with sand of young kids to play in. The Kids Club is excellent and the daily torch lighting  – conveniently timed to align with the two for one cocktails – is so much fun for the kids. There are lots of restaurants, the rooms are great – the only drawback is that the resorts at Denarau don’t have great beaches, but its much easier to wrangle kids at the pool anyway. Read our review here and check out prices here. 

 

Mana Island Resort and Spa

Mana Island is a lovely little island resort with a swimming pool, beautiful beaches and delicious food at its restaurant. Its Kid Club is huge and lots of fun and it’s close to fab snorkel spots. We went with a bunch of friends and had a really nice time here. Find out more about Mana Island Resort & Spa.

 

Intercontinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa

We loved out time here at the Intercontinental Fiji. I managed to grab it on a low season promotion and the weather was absolutely beautiful even though rain was forecast every day! The children’s pool is awesome and the snorkeling was just lovely with so many gorgeous shells and corals, live local music and shows. You can read our review here and book here.  

So what are you waiting for? Give it a shot. And if you need any help or tips please leave you questions in the comments – I’m happy to help.