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Thank you for your reviews of Daydream Island Resort for the benefit of fellow travellers. Included here are some of your responses and we update regularly.

• "Hi Zoe, The Daydream Island resort was great, our hi-light was the day we had on the great barrier reef boat trip, swimming with the fishes in the deep blue sea, nothing comes close to topping that.

The resort was as you promised, we enjoyed our therapies in the day spa and many swims in the number of pools provided. Because of the time of year and the numbers on the resort there were a number of double bookings at meal time, but you expect those hiccups. The people on the resort were all very pleasant and helpful," Deborah K., Sydney, Australia (17 Jan 06)

• "Hi Tina, Our trip to Daydream Island was ok probably shouldn't have stayed as long as we did with twin three year olds.

We had a problem getting the right food for the boys as they usually eat alot of salad, fruit, cold meats and vegies etc. As you know there are no supermarkets or other facilities for buying food and restaurants have set meal times, and they only offered children a choice of four meals at all the restaurants and all were fried food. So after seven days of ham sandwiches for lunch and fish and chips for tea, they were ready for something else.

Breakfast was good, providing lots of variety and after a few days we found ourselves following the lead of other families with children - taking extra food for snacks during the day.

The pools were fantastic and the outdoor cinema was great but overall we found the island extremely expensive and it didn't really cater for families with toddlers.

The other part which may relate to you was that we were surprised by the delay between arriving by plane and the ferry departure then the arrival of the ferry and when our rooms were ready. When travelling with young children it is extremely difficult to fill in 3 HOURS of waiting after a 3 hour flight when it is unexpected. Both times are luggage was not with us so we couldn't change into more appropriate clothing. It would be nice if we could have been aware of the delays so we could have been prepared.

Definitely a learning experience when travelling with children but I think we will have to confine ourselves to the mainland for future holidays with access to more facilities. Thank you for all your assistance. " Jacqui S., Melbourne, Australia (16 Jan 06)

• "Kylie, Thanks for all your organisation and hope you had a happy Christmas.... We had a great time at the Daydream Island Resort. Thank you " Marg C., Brisbane, Australia (27 Dec 05)

• "Hi Kylie, We had a fantastic time at Daydream Island. As always I think our holiday was way too short, I definitely wasn't keen on coming back to work today! The weather was perfect and everything ran smoothly. We did heaps of activities like parasailing and snorkeling.

All of the staff were wonderful. Thankyou very much for your help and we will definitely be using your services again in the future. It was great to have everything organized and paid for by time we arrived." Ari A., Brisbane, Australia (6 Dec 05)

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• "Hi Tosh, As you'll see from the photos we had a great time. Daydream Island was lovely - great easy place to have kids our age: great pools, fabulous kids climbing gym, and mini-golf that was lots of fun. Kids club was very well equipped and staffed - and the girls loved it, while we loved being able to have an afternoon at the spa.

Evenings were very kid friendly - Bali band, and open air movies three nights a week make it very easy to have a lovely time. Buffet breakfast was great, adults menu at Mermaids resteraunt was great...kids menu was very limited and OK. Thanks very much for organising this all for us - we had a lovely family hoiliday. We'll be in touch again next year! " Kate & Roger W., Sydney, Australia (10 Nov 05)

• "Dear Lynette, Just thought I would let you know how the Daydream Island holiday went - it was fabulous! The kids all had a great time - we had a great family room- 2 interconnecting right next to spa/child care and restaurant.

The child care was great for Maddy who is 4 but my 8 year old son was a bit beyond what they had going at the time. My 8 year old daughter liked the child care even though there was no-one her age, because it was very craft based. We did quite a few of the extra activities .And we had superb weather. We are actually thinking about going same time next year.

The only annoying thing was the jetstar flights which didn't really co-incide with ferry times- but even that was OK. ( if you recall I organized those separately anyway) Are there any better connecting flights? I noticed Virgin also fly to Hamilton. How far in advance do we need to book to request the same or similar rooms- we were in 2148 which was downstairs - so the kids could run out on to the grass and hammocks which was great too! Thanks for helping to organize." Rose A., Sydney, Australia (17 Oct 05)

• "Dear Michelle I'd just like to thank you for helping to organise our Daydream Island holiday. It was absolutely awesome, we didn't want to leave. Thank you and we will be recommending you to our friends and family." Kelly & Steve., Sydney, Australia (14 Oct 05)

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Click to enlarge• "Hi Sali! Thank you so very much for all the arrangements of our holiday - everything was great! All bookings were smooth and all very easy. A photo of my daughters on Daydream Island attached." Jackie H., Sydney, Australia (26 Sep 05)

• "Hi Lynette Thankyou for organising our Daydream Island holiday, we had a fantastic time and the weather was perfect. The only downfall is coming back to work!!" Kerri & Matthew R., Brisbane , Australia (21 Sep 05)

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Click to enlarge• "Hi Zoe We had a fabulous time and found Virgin blue to be ok as well. Loved Daydream! I have attached a photo of us having drinks watching the sunset on Lovers Cove. Everything went to plan and we highly recommend Daydream Island !" Vicki M., Brisbane, Australia (22 Sep 05)

• "Tina We had a great time on Daydream Island. A week of just relaxing with great weather for the time of year (early Sept). The kids loved the pools and were fascinated by the fish - all the wonderful coral lagoons and they went to just about every fish feeding session available, feeding the sharks and patting the stingrays etc and the barramundi feeding by the waterfall pool was quite exciting as well. They especially liked the wild fish feeding on sunset beach was fantastic with large fish swimming around your legs.

The facilities are great, it wasn't crowded and we had plenty of opportunity to lounge around or use the catamarans, canoes go snorkelling and of course to sample the wonderful health spa (but you need to book quickly as it is very popular). The only criticism we have is that the rooms were not as clean as we would have liked although room service responded to our requests promptly. The food was generally good, the buffets in the waterfall restaurant were satisfactory although not outstanding ( a bit more variation in the salad bar would have been nice but the choice was good). All in all a very enjoyable stay. Next time we go to the area we will go on a few excursions but this time was just for relaxation." Steve J., Canberra, Australia (13 Sep 05)

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Click to enlarge• "Hi Trisha We returned from Daydream Island last night so I just thought i'd let you know we had a fabulous time. The weather unfortunately wasn't in our favour - very windy and rain on and off, so we couldn't partake in many water sports - but we still had a great family holiday. Both our boys got sick while we were there, but the nurse there was fantastic so no dramas - the staff were also great. I'd thoroughly recommend Daydream for a family holiday. Thanks for all your assistance." Robyn M., Sydney, Australia (31 Aug 05)

• "Hi Trisha What a fabulous holiday we had. Daydream Island was just the perfect venue, heaps of stuff for the kids but spread out enough so people weren't on top of one another. Weather mainly fine and warm enough for the pool/beach. We didn't go on any island hopping trips it was just perfect on the island!! All travel went without a hitch, many thanks for your help. I won't hesitate to recommend Daydream to any other travellers." Marg H., Canberra, Australia (18 Jul 05)

• "Thanks Tina Well as you well know Daydream Island is a real "family island" and as such is not my real preference but this holiday was for the girls, two 16 year olds and they loved it, joined into every activity, snorkelling, skuba diving, catamarans etc it was perfect for them." Deborah M., Melbourne, Australia (18 Jul 05)

• "Dear Kylie , Thanks for organising our holiday for us. All the travel and transfers went very smoothly. The staff at Daydream Island were fantastic and very helpful. We had a great time... We did however find the resort hugely expensive for what they had to offer." Naomi O., Melbourne, Australia (29 Jun 05)

• "Hi Zoe , Once again we had a fantastic time at Daydream Island. Flying direct to Hamilton Island, instead of via Proserpine as we did last time, made the trip even more enjoyable. Having never flown Jetstar prior to this trip, I would like to say how impressed I was with their service and the standard of their planes... Despite all the chaos and earlier flooded runways, our flight took off at the appointed time, and everything ran smoothly, we could not have asked for anything better.

The weather at Daydream was perfect, we snorkelled and swam everyday, and even went scuba diving twice. We can't wait to go back to Daydream again as for us, it is the perfect holiday, allowing us to return home completely relaxed and refreshed. Thanks also for using Sunlover tours to book holidays - both our ferry and airport transfers were made much easier due to the standard of Sunlover paperwork as commented on by staff who worked at both the airport and the ferry service. Thanks once again Zoe for all your assistance, we can't wait to book our next Daydream holiday with you." Adelle A., Melbourne, Australia (21 Feb 05)

• "Zoe , We had an absolutely fantastic time - Daydream Island was beautiful!" Stuart R., Sydney, Australia (22 Dec 04)

• "Dear Zoe , Thank you so much for all your assistance. Both myself and Jeff and Janet and her daughter and granddaughter had wonderful holidays. Daydream Island is fabulous. We took part in a myriad of activities both on land and water and came back feeling very relaxed.

The staff at Daydream were extremely friendly, enthusiastic and helpful with planning our many activities, the food was excellent, the massage staff at the spa complex were first class (we are regular users of massage services at home and were very impressed with the both the set up of the rejuvenation centre and the staff skills) and we loved it so much we are planning to go back again as soon as the budget allows.

Janet found Couran Cove to be perfect for families, and loved the fact it was easy to get around and very well set up for children - her daughter was particularly interested in the way it was set up as an environmentally friendly resort, as it was very relevant to her engineering studies at university.

The only thing we would change would be the journey by coach from the airport to Shute Harbour to catch the ferry. Next time we will catch a cab from the airport, as the coach stops at all the hotels on the way dropping guests off making for a long laborious journey - we would rather pay a little extra for the cab and get to the island sooner. thanks once again for all your help kind regards" Adele A., Moreland, Victoria (12 Jul 04)

• "Hi Tina Just wanted to say thankyou for organising our holiday to Daydream Island. It was really nice. Very relaxing and the kids club was brilliant. The package was excellent with the Spa included Thankyou." Melisa F., Melbourne, Australia (17 May 04)

• "Hello Jo , A BIG THANK YOU, We had such a great time and wanted to let you know. Daydream Island is lovely, very little and lovely. We did not get the post card climate but it was much warmer than Canberra and we loved it. The Rejuvenation Spa is superb [ we had the salt rub down treatment, great advice] and the kids skippers club was really good to. Our little Phoebe wanted to keep going back. Our room was fantastic (3501) We have to have the same one if or when we return, very impressed and the service was excellent. Thank you for all your work. Kind Regards," Jennifer A., Canberra, Australia (30 Jul 03)

• "Dear Zoe , while we were really impressed with your service, we were less impressed with Daydream Island Resort. Room cleaning was not great - just small things like glasses we had taken to the room were left there, no replacement bags for sanitary towels, no restocking of the toiletries, even though we were there a week. The corridor to our room was rarely cleaned, and was pretty grubby. Also the service at dinner was continually being duplicated but remained very slow, and also inflexible - I asked for some bread with my salad for lunch and was told that I could go and get some from another outlet, for example. For the price, I think this was not appropriate service.

Perhaps more seriously some things were brought up on the luggage trolley from the boat, but then disappeared - three of my kids' jumpers, all their hats and my hat - their hats were eventually found in lost property but even that seemed to be a major ask on my part but I was persistent as the hats are their travelling hats which I use to identify them in airports as I travel often on my own with the 4 of them. The spa was lovely and the diving team and sailing team great.

I hope you find this useful and am sorry that I couldn't be more positive in the round. Thanks again for your help." Jane C., Hong Kong, China (15 May 03)

Click to enlarge • "Hi Gayle , Our trip was fantastic, we didn't have to worry about a thing, we just handed over our booking sheet and that was it, thankyou very much for all your help, the photo of us is on Daydream , we found Long Island a bit run down, but was still good, the food was excellent everywhere we went, but Daydream was definitely the pick of the islands.," P.M., Brisbane, Australia (3 Nov 02)

• "Hi Gayle Just like to thank you for all your effort you put in for us. We all arrived back safely last Tuesday from Club Crocodile Long Island. Everyone had a good time. The Whitsundays are lovely.

We went on The Great Barrier Reef cruise out to Hardys Reef and also the cruise out to Whitehaven Beach and Bali Hai. We saw a lot of the other Islands in the Whitsundays this way. Had a stopover on Daydream. Very nice. Once again, thank you very much. Will keep in touch when we are ready to go again. Regards" H.K., Sydney, Australia (5 Oct 02)

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to enlarge • "Hi Jo...Thank you we had a wonderful time on Daydream Island. Only hic-cup was the connecting flight to Hamilton was brought forward so we missed it and had to hang around Sydney Airport for seven hours but other than that we had a blast! Cheers" L.S. SanFrancisco, USA (30 Aug 02) (Photo of their Charlie)

• "Hi Gayle , We're back and it was great so thank you so much for everything. All your arrangements went very smoothly and we all loved Daydream Island. I would recommend it to anyone with young kids as the kids club is absolutely brilliant - our two year old used to ask us to go there which was fantastic and meant we all got a proper holiday. The only problem was the holiday was too short!!!!! Please do send me your specials - I'm already thinking of our next holiday!... thanks again for everything. We really did enjoy our holiday so much." K.&J. S., Sydney, Australia (24 Jun 02)

• "Gayle The trip was fantastic! The weather was fine and the location at Daydream was brilliant... Regards" T.B., Sydney, AUS (18 Mar 02)

• "Hello Gayle Just a note to say thank you for all your help in organising our family holiday to Daydream. We had the most wonderful time. The weather was perfect... We spent one day out on the outer reef, snorkling with the fish. It was lovely Gayle. Thank you again for you help in organising this holiday for us. Best wishes" J.A. Brisbane, AUS (2 Jan 02)
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