Thousands of parents can get free swimming costumes for their kids in time for the half term holidays – here’s how
PARENTS can claim free swimwear for their kids as part of a new campaign.
Swimming costumes can be snapped up in time for the half-term holidays with a travel agent tabling the deal.
Online travel company On The Beach is giving parents the chance to claim free swimwear if they book a discounted swim lesson.
If the swim lesson is booked is considered a “qualified booking”, parents can snare one free costumer or swimming trunks for each child aged 4-14.
Like any amazing-looking deal, there are catches.
A “qualified booking” is only made through meeting a series of requirements.
The order must be for a holiday (package or hotel) to any destination through On the Beach.
That order has to include at least one child aged 4-14.
In addition, you’ll have to make sure there’s no notice on the website indicating no availability of the swimwear.
The order must remain active when claiming the swimwear, too.
It comes as part of a push by On The Beach aiming to influence parents to get only visible swimwear for their kids.
The company says it did testing which showed blue, white and grey are effectively invisible underwater, making it difficult to spot a drowning child.
Any fluorescent colours on the other hand are easily visible, On The Beach says.
Pink, yellow, red, black, purple and green are effective colours of choice, they add.
On The Beach claims 90 per cent of parents didn’t realise the potential dangers of buying blue, white or grey swimwear – so now they want to spread the word.
Their research found 66 per cent of kids are still wearing these colours.
In response, the company has launched a petition to get them banned.
Launched on change.org, it’s garnered more than 3,600 signatures so far.
They say they will table the petition to the British government.