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Two Royal Baby travel stories
OK, I’ll admit it. I went looking for a Royal Baby travel-related story.
I found two: A Virgin Atlantic promotion and a new hotel for new mothers only.
Virgin Atlantic, always there for the media, offered up a Third in Line promotion that granted "a little preflight royal treatment" to the third passenger in line for Virgin Atlantic flights to London on the day of the baby’s birth.
"To commemorate the birth of Kate and William’s boy, who will be third in line to the British throne," gave each winner and a friend two passes to Virgin’s Upper Class Clubhouse for free cocktails, high-end appetizers and "castle-like sanctuary from those airport commoners."
Separately, and only by chance related to the birth, a new London hotel will open this month, for new mothers and babies only.
"The Mermaid retreat has been specifically designed around the needs of a mother and newborn to help you recover, receive necessary guidance and physical attention and provide a comfortable place to bond as a family," the hotel says.
The standard rate of £595 a night includes hospital transfer, full board, baby feeding and maternity support, physiotherapy, use of 24-hour supervised Baby Zone and daily visits from a community midwife.
The hotel will have 14 "maternity-friendly" rooms, including en-suite bathrooms, in-room dining, cable TV and Wi-Fi.
Husbands are welcome, too.
Maternity hotels seem to be popular in Israel, which has two, Baby Lis next door to Tel Aviv Medical Center, and Hadassah Baby Maternity Hotel next door to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, "just a short walk away from the Maternity Ward, overlooking the beautiful Judean hills."
There’s also one at the five-star Grand Hyatt Melbourne, where "following your baby’s birth, and provided you have had a birth without complications…you and your baby can room together" while remaining patients of Frances Perry House.
By Cheryl Rosen
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