Friday, December 2, 2011

Travelers Celebrate Holiday Traditions at Central American Resorts

This holiday season two Central American resorts having a tradition of providing back will offer their guests ways to take part in their charitable efforts.

Travelers to Central America frequently look for methods to provide back to the much less lucky within the communities they go to, particularly round the holidays. This year The Phoenix Resort, a luxury resort located on Ambergris Caye, Belize and Tambor Tropical, a romantic boutique resort on the Pacific Ocean in Tambor, Costa Rica are helping guests celebrate the holidays inside a meaningful and memorable way.

Each holiday season The Phoenix provides toys for much less fortunate kids around San Pedro, where the resort is situated. This year The Phoenix has organized a Toy Drive where guests are invited to contribute gifts. On December 23 guests will probably be invited to a complimentary present wrapping cocktail celebration, where guests and resort staff will wrap the gifts, while sipping on spiced cider with Belizean rum. Presents will then be distributed in the neighborhood on December 24 by members in the neighborhood.

Additionally, guests will appreciate a hot cocoa bar and cookies on the morning of December 25 within the resort's lobby, while the grounds will probably be decorated with lighted holiday trees.

In Costa Rica, for your final 17 years the owners and staff of Tambor Tropical have helped celebrate the holidays by distributing learning toy presents in their neighborhood. Each year several hundred packages of college supplies, Frisbees, marbles, jacks and donated items from Rainforest Publications make their method to the resort. This year guests are invited to bring down comparable products and assist wrap gifts. In anticipation of this annual tradition the kids line the village streets with their parents on the morning of December 25 as the Tambor Tropical staff, wearing elf hats, drive through the town and greet the children.

All through the year Tambor Tropical also gives guests the capability to give back via its volunteer program at the Tambor Bay School, a nearby elementary school founded from the resort's owners. Guests are invited to make and present lesson plans at the school, teaching students about where they're from, a subject they are acquainted with, or another subject, frequently leaving the college students with small gifts from their hometown.