Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Pleasing both parents and children at the same time is no easy feat. A few Swiss-French properties are setting the standard—here’s how they do it. In the heart of Gstaad is the storied Gstaad Palace, owned by the Scherz family since 1947.
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[+] 90-room hotel flies flags from its turrets, such that anyone in these storybook mountains can see it for miles. Gstaad Palace As a new-ish parent, I often wonder what hotels mean when they tout ‘family-friendly’ service. Is it kid-centric, i.
e. water slides, in-room diaper pails, plush cribs and pizza menus? Or are we talking parent-centric, as in qualified childcare staff and safe, spacious play areas designed so that children can play and parents can actually reconnect? And, what does togetherness look like? Ideally, activities in the great outdoors should create lifelong memories that get prime placement on the living room mantle. At any five-star resort, all three elements should be excellent.
But, that’s too often not the case in the U.S. Very broadly speaking, European hotels have an advantage when it comes to family travel.
Much of this is cultural: attitudes toward family hospitality are a natural extension of societies built upon a strong foundation of family support services, ample parental leave policies and comprehensive childcare. Ahem: Children are our future, right ? Two high-end examples of this are found at the historic Gstaad Palace in Switzerland an.