Holiday ideas for a single parent to take a 4 year old boy?

i live in nsw, australia and desperately needing a holiday but as a single parent i will be taking my 4 year old son too.





i'm looking for either a week or two away and it can be either within australia or international but it needs to be children friendly and something to entertain both me and my son.


a budget holiday would also be good.Holiday ideas for a single parent to take a 4 year old boy?
Byron Bay would be a good place. There's a wide variety of accomodation from camping to luxury apartments, the beach, the shops, the Thursday Plantation has a rainforest sculpture walk the kids love, the Crystal Palace isn't too far and most importantly.... the Railway Bar. We stop there all the time passing through and there's live music every night, plus loads of local kids running around. My girls have an awesome time with the other kids and it gives you a chance to relax as well.. the people are always really friendly.





Caloundra's pretty good as well. There's Shelly Beach with lots of rockpools your boy will love. There's lots of stuff along the boardwalk.. parks, fountains, big bright sculptures. You can also go to Australia Zoo, Mary Cairncross Park up towards Maleny which has a great rainforest walk, there's a waterfall (can't remember the name) you can swim at. There's pretty good markets. A lot of the pubs in that area have playgrounds and the RSL has a supervised creche.





There's lots of great places along the coast - we normally stay in tents or cabins and the kids always take less than 10 minutes to make loads of friends. It's a more social environment than staying in a hotel, especially if you're on your own. Good luck with it!Holiday ideas for a single parent to take a 4 year old boy?
It's your vacation so go were you will be happy to be. At 4 years old he will not remember later. Once you choose a place. Call the local hotels and ask them if they have a sitter, if you want some time to yourself. At one time, most good hotels had them. Then look at the cities vacation information for children. Most places will have all kinds of different things children.





I live in Hawaii. We did the local Zoo, beach, children's center, Dole (which has a train), and everything else when we first got here.





Most important he will be happy just to be with you. The below is the Hawaii's Official Tourism Site (not that you want to do Hawaii) but most places will have a site like this one which will give you a list of children's items for their area.





One tip: Look for a place that you can take your own car. It is so much easier to have everything you need in the car and be able to take everything that you want with you. And cheaper. Plus it is hard to deal with the luggage and the child at the same time at the airport. Even if someone is with you to get you on, you still have to get off and then back on without help. And if you like driving at night, try and do most of the miles after 6ish. You might get in late but it is easier then trying to stop at every gas station.
hi i just came back from a short break on the gold coast and stayed at a place called paradise resort. its a real family friendly hotel with a kids club. if you book the resort room for a 4 year old you should get two free sessions in there for your child and you can go relax by the pool or slip out and shop or whatever for 3 hours. i will include a link for you. the resort rooms cost about 110 per night. i went with a 2yr old and spent a day at seaworld too, that is the berst one of the worlds as the kids can be a bit small for most of the attractions at the others - at least at seaworld there is all the animals and fishies to look at and your boy will love the sharks too.
Any of the theme parks on the Gold Coast QLD are fantastic and fun for both adults and children. You could go to Dreamworld where they have younger kids attraction and animals.
you could bring him to the beach or to a hotel like where theres a swimming pool!or or or or camping ,or just a relaxing holiday u and hiim
how about disney land in california





always wanted to go there when i was a young'un