The Indian Family Holiday, and Why Personalised Travel Matters on the Way to Phu Quoc

As more Indian families travel together across generations, the test of a holiday is often whether different ages, tastes and needs can be met on the same trip. Sun PhuQuoc Airways, Vietnam’s newest full-service airline, has argued that personalisation — from meals in the air to the shape of a destination — now matters as much as simply reaching a new place.

Food is an immediate pressure point. Travellers from India may be vegetarian by preference, health or religious practice, or may require Jain meals that exclude root vegetables, while others in the same family may not. The airline says a wider choice of special meals — including vegetarian Indian, vegan, Jain, Hindu and Halal options — and clear information on how to order them in advance can make international journeys more straightforward. Family travel also depends on practical help: bassinets for infants, age-appropriate food, mobility assistance and more time for older passengers at boarding and transfer, plus seating arrangements and clear luggage rules.

The destination has to work as hard as the flight. Sun PhuQuoc Airways points to Phu Quoc, in Vietnam, as an island that can hold a mixed family itinerary: beaches for rest, markets and meals, a cable-car ride over the island, and sites such as Sunset Town for culture and architecture, so that not every day is built around a single age group or interest.

The airline also looks ahead to a time when direct flights between Ahmedabad and Phu Quoc are available, which it says would give travellers in western India more options, with Indian meal choices and family-friendly service in transit. It frames personalisation as something that should sit in ordinary journey choices — food, assistance, pacing — and not only in high-end upgrades.

An earlier Hospemag piece looked at the island in more depth: Phu Quoc Beyond the Postcard.

Images: courtesy of Sun PhuQuoc Airways