I LUUUUUUUUUURRVE MY JOB!!!

I love my job every day, but today I really, really, REALLY love my job!

OH and I had a pile of Virgin air miles (they clock up pretty quickly when all your family live on the other side of the world!!) and suddenly realised we had to use them before they expired next year. 

Plus, we’d just found out we were having another baby. So we also knew this would also be our last chance to get away before our lives were turned inside out again by a demanding newborn. 

We looked at a few of their destinations and quickly decided that we wanted (needed) a beach holiday where I could just spend the days lazing by the pool in my maternity tankini, and balmy nights eating and enjoying ocean views. 

Big Sis is still under two, so she would fly free. We worked out we had enough miles to get all of us over to St Lucia, but when we did the figures we couldn’t just couldn’t afford accommodation, on top of the time off (we’re both self-employed, so no holiday pay – boo!). 

It was looking like a washout, until I was contacted by the lovely Sam Hook, the MD of Unique Thinking PR.

I’m a regular reviewer for the Family Fun Guide website, so she wondered whether I might be interested in a press trip with one of her clients, the Windjammer Landing villa beach resort in St Lucia. 

They’re celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with some fantastic deals and discounts. 

A quick look at their website, and I couldn’t say yes quickly enough! Not only do they have amazing suites and villas, swimming pools, palm trees, and their own private beach, they are one of the most family friendly luxury resorts I’ve seen in my years as a features and travel journalist. 

There’s a kids’ club for children aged 4-12, and a separate club for teens. But what caught my eye was the Nanny service. OH and I are already looking forward to enjoying a few evening meals on our own, knowing that Big Sis is in safe, professional hands.

There are five gorgeous looking restaurants to choose from, and nightly entertainment which includes live Calypso music, and fire dancers.

So we’re heading off at the end of May for seven tropical nights, and I’m already counting the minutes till we leave. 

Time to dig out my summer clothes and, more importantly, my bottle of fake tan. If they see my legs in their current pasty white condition, we might be refused entry at immigration!!!

Have you got any summer hols lined up?? Where are you going, why, and when??

(photos courtesy of the Windjammer Landing villa beach resort)