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7 Night Package Holiday to Cala'n Forcat in Menorca for 2 Adults/2Children Incl Flights, Luggage, Hotel and Airport Transfers £124p.p @ TUI (total price £494)
Good price for a Self Catering family holiday to Menorca in May, works out at just £124p.p based on 2adults/ 2children sharing. It has it's own splashpark - great to keep the little ones happy!
Depart FRI 4 MAY 2018 - London Gatwick LGW - Menorca MAH
Depart 13:50 Arrive 17:05
Return - FRI 11 MAY 2018 - Menorca MAH - London Gatwick LGW
Depart 18:10 Arrive 19:30

Included in the Price:





ABOUT THE HOTEL
The Globales Apartmentos Binimar is in the centre of Cala'n Forcat and just a ten-minute drive from Ciutadella, the old capital of Menorca.
This place is perfect for families, thanks to its splash park and variety of evening entertainment.
One-bedroom apartments include a living area with a sofa bed, plus a kitchenette with a microwave, fridge, kettle and toaster. They all come with balconies or terraces, too.
AT A GLANCE
LOCATION



Depart FRI 4 MAY 2018 - London Gatwick LGW - Menorca MAH
Depart 13:50 Arrive 17:05
Return - FRI 11 MAY 2018 - Menorca MAH - London Gatwick LGW
Depart 18:10 Arrive 19:30

Included in the Price:
- ATOL Protection
- Return Flights
- All Taxes & Charges
- 7 Nights in a Good Hotel
- 15kg Luggage p.p
- Return Coach Transfers





ABOUT THE HOTEL
The Globales Apartmentos Binimar is in the centre of Cala'n Forcat and just a ten-minute drive from Ciutadella, the old capital of Menorca.
This place is perfect for families, thanks to its splash park and variety of evening entertainment.
One-bedroom apartments include a living area with a sofa bed, plus a kitchenette with a microwave, fridge, kettle and toaster. They all come with balconies or terraces, too.
AT A GLANCE
- 2 restaurants
- Children's splash park
- Kids club by TUI Family Life
LOCATION
- 400m from resort centre
- 300m from Cales Piques Beach



If your kids are anything like my little one who goes into school and tells the teachers all about her holiday to Disney lol. Next time I will just pay the fine
Makes me laugh when people moan about holiday companies charging more in the school holidays. I mean what do you expect them.to do? They already sell out of their holidays for the school holidays dates before any other dates and that's at the higher prices, so for what reason exactly would they want to sell out and make only the half the amount of money they are making?
It's simple supply and demand!
I’m right now in Spain -Lloret de Mar is just 19C but stil lovely time and is perfect weather ,
More than happy
So in May will be even more hot
Take the grief pay the fine or pay around £2K for the same holiday outside of school term.
Or say they were sick that week 😦😬
If your kids are anything like my little one who goes into school and tells the teachers all about her holiday to Disney lol. Next time I will just pay the fine
Makes me laugh when people moan about holiday companies charging more in the school holidays. I mean what do you expect them.to do? They already sell out of their holidays for the school holidays dates before any other dates and that's at the higher prices, so for what reason exactly would they want to sell out and make only the half the amount of money they are making?
It's simple supply and demand!
I’m right now in Spain -Lloret de Mar is just 19C but stil lovely time and is perfect weather ,
More than happy
So in May will be even more hot
I went to menorca last year 18th may water wernt that cold in our unheated villa pool spent 2 or 3 hours a day in there jump straight in 2 mins later feels warm after adjustment and sea was warmish
£60 per parent if payed within the date they request, go's up to £120 each
My friend is a teacher and she actually said once to me that the schools only fine if...
1. The head teacher reports you to the authorities (which many don't if you do it like once a year) based on you actually telling them you are goinf on holiday (does anyone do that?)
Or...
2. The kids need to be off A LOT to flag as a concern - so take the risk once or twice, a few days of school isn't going to damage their learning on future abilities (obviously if its exam time and your kids are older than dont take this advice!!!)
Plus on the off chance you do get fined, it will be significantly cheaper. They can't fine you if your child(ren) is/are 'sick' anyway!
That's exactly what I do, we submit the Tesco holiday form which shows in February all the leave she has this year and have never had a request denied yet.
Would you rather her teachers were untrained?
I tried this last year and the school still refused to grant the leave
No just get trained during the holidays, there is enough of them. I bet it’s not far off a full week the kids miss due to teacher training. Plus some schools close for voting etc. Potentially lose a week + a year through no fault of the parent.
What annoys me is that out if all of the holidays they get, why di they always have 'inset' days during term time? It's OK for the kids to be off then.
Love that area, especially Tossa
Your reply sounds like you're a school teacher, please explain to me why teacher training/ inset days could not be done during the 12 weeks that the schools are already closed for??
Training days are for all school staff, including all the support staff (like those in the office) and teaching assistants who don't get paid for the school holidays. Schools can't afford to pay them for other times.
Lesson plans, marking, personal development which aids professional teaching,add that up and add to the 8-16.00 workingday or more they do term term, work out average wage and then consider what an hourly wage is for a professional who is in charge of a future generations education
Never understand peoples mentality towards teachers leave, you could always try training yourself to become a teacher if it's so good.
Not a teacher by the way
You either have more money than sense or work for a holiday company or the government department that created the fines. How is it allowed that people who have families and as a result less money because they have to support their kids are charged more (because they have to go on hols in school holiday periods) than retired people or couples who already have more money because they have less dependants (who go on hols whenever they like)?
My parents used to take me out of school in term time before the fines were brought in and I can honestly say it made no difference to my education. Total farce that is somehow justified by a few people.
So the whole school closes ? In the private sector we do something called stager the time training, why can’t they train a certain amount at a time so the school remains open as we are always told that every day at school is important, or is that only when the parents want to take there kids out ?
Schools shut to train there staff
Schools shut for voting
Schools shut because teachers can’t be arsed to drive in the snow
Schools shut to give teachers more holiday than any other employees
But if the parents take there kids out for a five day holiday they get fined lol
And why is the fine per parent ?
You talk as if we are part of a seperate society !! We all live in the same society where schools are fundemental. Comparing schools to a commercial enterprise is part of the problem, not everything should be driven by money !
I agree it shouldn’t be driven by money the headteacher doesn’t do the job fo 70k plus a year and the teachers don’t do the job for 43k plus a year and the very generous pension ..........
Yeah think my points gone over your head...
Didn't say i agreed with it, I feel your pain too as I have children. But it's not the fault of the holiday companies. Most big UK holiday companies operate at a loss for their UK operations.
Staggering school holidays by region could be one option but that could also cause problems.
I hate the fact that shops and restaurants etc whack up their prices in December in the run up to Christmas but again it's supply and demand, nobody is forcing us to buy and pay extra
Having a rule were you can take your kids out of school for a holiday once every two years or something would make sense. I've never taken my kids out of school for a holiday... but it would be nice if I could just once without the threat of a fine.