GETTING THERE

Tropical Sky (tropicalsky.co.uk, 0044 1342 886354) offers seven nights all-inclusive at Mango Bay Hotel in Holetown from €1,561pp including flights and transfers.

Virgin Atlantic (virginatlantic. com) flies daily to Barbados from London Gatwick, weekly from Manchester, from £495 (€565) return. The Franklyn Stephenson

Academy in Barbados (franklynstephensonacademy.com) offers hour-long private lessons for €85. The price for children joining a five-day training course from 9am to 3pm each day is €85.