Parents magazine today announced Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa as No. 5 on its Top 10 Best Family Beach Resorts survey.  This year, Parents has made vacation planning easier by highlighting Beaches Turks & Caicos as a top resort that goes out of its way to offer family-friendly amenities.  

To compile this year’s list, Parents asked family travel agents and tourism boards to nominate resorts in the United States and the Caribbean that are right on the beach but light on the credit card. From more than 75 contenders, Parents narrowed the field by evaluating the range of family activities, the quality and uniqueness of the supervised children’s program, the size and quality of the room, safety factors such as lifeguards, fun features for parents, the overall value for your money, and much more.    

“The best family vacation destinations are both fun for kids and relaxing for adults,” says Dana Points, editor-in-chief of Parents. “The beach resorts on our new list are affordable, yet they offer perks that moms and dads will remember from their pre-kid days. These resorts grant everyone’s vacation wishes--from kiddie pools to swim-up bars.”

Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa is sale-a-brating its status as one of the No. 5 Best Family Beach Resort by offering guests up to 65 percent off through 2011* if they book a three-night minimum stay by February 18, 2010.  Visitors will also have the chance to experience the all-new Italian Village, which debuted in 2009.

A Luxury Included® family vacation at Beaches Turks & Caicos means gourmet dining at 16 restaurants; six sparkling pools; supervised kids camp for kids of all ages; fantastic teen and tween programming including the Xbox 360® Game Garage, Trench Town and Liquid at Beaches nightclub; as well as an expanded Pirate’s Island Waterpark featuring a Body Glove Waves surf simulator, lazy river and seven new waterslides.

For further information on these special offers or to book your Beaches Resorts Luxury Included® family vacation today, please call Wilcox World Travel and Tours @ 1-800-438-5828 and ask for Fred Reed, our Sandals/Beaches Plantinum Certified Specialist or visit www.beaches.com .

* Blackout dates apply.