Here's a marvellous offer if you yearn to break the winter blues with a holiday in balmy Mauritius.
World Leisure Holidays has some fantastic packages for couples and children at Le Touessrok this winter.
- Book for five nights from now and November 2009 and enjoy an extra two nights free.
- If you plan to get married at Le Touessrok or honeymoon there, your bride only pays half.
- Other offers, depending on the time you book, include free babysitting, dinners on the house, complimentary spa treatments and golf coaching.
Sprawled across an archipelago on the east coast, Le Touessrok is the playground of celebrities because staff will do almost anything to further the cause of a glorious romance, from scattering a path of frangipani petals to placing chilled crystal flutes and a cold bottle of champagne next to your Jacuzzi.
They can create a dinner for two or even set up a candle-lit raft offshore where waiters serve you from a gondola.
This romantic floating dinner with a four-course menu and champagne will be free for couples who book for August.
Take a boat to Le Touessrok's private island, Ilot Mangénie, where you can nibble seafood at Crusoe's or sip rum and fruit cocktails from Robinson's Bar.
During the day she can indulge in the Canyon Love Stone Therapy at the Givenchy Spa, while he perfects his backhand at the Peter Burwash Tennis Club.
Then eat dinner at Barlen's on Frangipani Island with its fiery under-lighting at the bar and a water-filled moat sealed with glass beneath the feet. Enjoy the view over Trou d'Eau Douce Bay, order Now and Zen cocktails and toast to many happy years together.
Of course, there's no point flying to a paradise island to unwind in the lap of luxury if you have to fritter precious days away entertaining your children.
From sea kayaking to crab hunts, making mosaics to baking biscuits, the programme of activities at Le Touessrok amuses and diverts the little - and not so little - ones for large chunks of the day.
T-Club offers treehouses, pirate galleons, arts and crafts facilities, a stage for young performers, a pool, games, computers and DVDs.
Children can play golf, tennis, windsurf and eat in their own restaurant. The beaches are safe, the water is calm and Mauritius is malaria-free.
- For more info on these and other offers, call World Leisure Holidays at 011 285 2500 or visit www.ihavetogothere.com or World Leisure Holidays: www.wlh.co.za