Babymoon
In the travel industry, holiday offers aimed at expecting or new parents are marketed as babymoons .
The term was based on the model of Engl. honeymoon ( honeymoon ) was coined in 1996 by the British author and birth teacher Sheila Kitzinger and initially referred to the time after the birth that the family spends alone in order to establish a bond with the newborn. However, the meaning of this term has changed in recent years. Babymoon now describes the last vacation that a couple spends before the child is born. The term has been expanded even further by the travel industry. There is now also the “babymoon for families”. In addition to the usual babymoon offers, hotels also offer childcare as a relief for parents.
Most babymoon hotels and offers are currently in Austria and southern Germany. But hoteliers are now also offering babymoon stays in many other destinations.
literature
- Sabine de Wall, Michael Glaubitz: Pregnancy care . Enke-Verlag, 2nd revised and expanded edition, 2000
Individual evidence
- ^ Sheila Kitzinger: The Year After Childbirth . Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1994, p. 133
- ↑ babyzauber.com: Babymoon for families ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ faz.net: Pregnancy wellness “Babymoon”: Relaxed under certain circumstances , Anne-Dore Krohn, April 21, 2012
- ↑ Babymoon: Vacation under certain circumstances Upper Deck Travel, accessed September 17, 2013