A word about adult-only holidays
Of course I start cooing at fresh babies, making silly faces at the little boy who looks at me with big eyes from the shopping cart, and I drag my friends' kids around. But: I like to celebrate my vacation in peace with plenty of chances for cocktails. At the risk of not winning any souls here: I am a big supporter of the adult only hotel.
By the way, I'm not the sour type who wants to have the screaming baby on a plane removed from a flight with dad or mom. First, I always softly say: ‘Don't squeeze that child so’ (just kidding, of course), after which I genuinely feel sorry for it. Because: the pressure on the ears, the dry air, the hunger, the long hours lugging around an airport; everything. I'm not part of the anti-kid brigade. This way, I can calmly play peekaboo for five and a half hours with the cheeky little girl in the seat in front of me. But when I'm lying on my sunbed, preferably with an Aperol Spritz and an extra thick book, I thrive extremely well without other people's offspring. If one accidentally comes to stand by my bed, I probably still build a sandcastle together. I'm not the worst.
That not everyone agrees with me (and many people do), was evident from the discussion under the post from Nu.nl. They shared the fact that adult only vacations were in demand. As in: it's becoming big business, say the travel organizations. The comments under the article were not really mild or peaceful from either side. Therefore, I think it's a good idea to send these two groups very far apart and separated on vacation. In one resort, they would be complaining within a nanosecond about whether or not you can do cannonballs or bickering over an air mattress.
Only... I don't understand the discussion. Isn't it fine? People who go for adult only have peace and quiet on vacation. People who do NOT go for adult only don't have grumbling neighbors. Or do the people who go with children suddenly want to go to the adult only? Or do the adults only suddenly want to go to the kids' resort but minus the kids? What I say: I understand the supporters, I understand the opponents, but what they want to convince each other of is genuinely a mystery to me.
If you're looking for me in September: I'm in an adult friendly hotel (that's something different), without a slide and cannonballs in the pool, but still cooing at a randomly passing baby. Best of both.
