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It’s in Cambridge (the belfy?) I booked it on spaseekers. And if you google there is a voucher code (£125 with the code). From what I remember Kos was my favourite but that was over 10 years ago now. Although the year after we went to Corfu and I wouldn’t want to go back there. I went to Rhodes last year and that was nice
). Can’t wait to finally go as a family: with parents getting older, it’s important to make these memories and my Dad has never been and always wanted to visit.Wish I could travel more like this but the dogs are a real tieLove this thread, long time lurker, now introducing myself with a massive post
I got back into the swing of travel in
2022, went to some great places (Jordan and Colombia being highlights), although I didn’t travel as much as I used to do pre-covid, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever will again. I upsized into a house from a flat during the pandemic, so I have less money than I used to have, as I have been busy renovating & decorating, which just hoovers up cash, and I also got a dog, who I don’t want to leave for too many extended periods of time, so I am focusing on more UK based trips, which I have enjoyed way more than I thought I would.
I still have some nice trips planned for 2023, and feel very lucky and grateful I get to go considering everything that has happened in the world the past few years, and continues to happen. Trips already booked for this year:
1) Paris for my Dad’s 70th birthday in April (this has been moved so many times, for one reason or another, he will be closer to 80 by the time we finally get to go
2) New York for my 40th birthday in September. This will be my 8th time, and my sister asked me if I was really sure I wanted to go again considering it’s for a special birthday, did I not want to go somewhere new, but I can’t imagine being anywhere else for my big birthday. Want to go and see the view from the Vanderbilt as that’s new since my last trip in Jan 2020, and have afternoon tea at the Plaza - not something I had considered before, but I saw a programme about it and it persuaded me that it was an experience worth doing.
Trips not booked but planned:
3) Nashville in May - huge country music fan, this has been a wish of mine for a while.
4) Bruges or San Sebastián for a long weekend with my university pals.
5) A long weekend of shopping and dining with my best friend in Manchester as I have never been!
6) A city break in Dubrovnik with a friend who I don’t get to see much anymore as she moved back up to Scotland, so will be nice to explore the city and spend some time with her.
I want to spend the period between Christmas and New Year/early January abroad this year (feels strange saying that!) and can’t decide between a houseboat cruise in Kerala (anybody ever been, what’s it like?) or a tour of Northern Thailand and Laos.
In fairness I love having them this sounds amazingLove this thread, long time lurker, now introducing myself with a massive post
I got back into the swing of travel in
2022, went to some great places (Jordan and Colombia being highlights), although I didn’t travel as much as I used to do pre-covid, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever will again. I upsized into a house from a flat during the pandemic, so I have less money than I used to have, as I have been busy renovating & decorating, which just hoovers up cash, and I also got a dog, who I don’t want to leave for too many extended periods of time, so I am focusing on more UK based trips, which I have enjoyed way more than I thought I would.
I still have some nice trips planned for 2023, and feel very lucky and grateful I get to go considering everything that has happened in the world the past few years, and continues to happen. Trips already booked for this year:
1) Paris for my Dad’s 70th birthday in April (this has been moved so many times, for one reason or another, he will be closer to 80 by the time we finally get to go
2) New York for my 40th birthday in September. This will be my 8th time, and my sister asked me if I was really sure I wanted to go again considering it’s for a special birthday, did I not want to go somewhere new, but I can’t imagine being anywhere else for my big birthday. Want to go and see the view from the Vanderbilt as that’s new since my last trip in Jan 2020, and have afternoon tea at the Plaza - not something I had considered before, but I saw a programme about it and it persuaded me that it was an experience worth doing.
Trips not booked but planned:
3) Nashville in May - huge country music fan, this has been a wish of mine for a while.
4) Bruges or San Sebastián for a long weekend with my university pals.
5) A long weekend of shopping and dining with my best friend in Manchester as I have never been!
6) A city break in Dubrovnik with a friend who I don’t get to see much anymore as she moved back up to Scotland, so will be nice to explore the city and spend some time with her.
I want to spend the period between Christmas and New Year/early January abroad this year (feels strange saying that!) and can’t decide between a houseboat cruise in Kerala (anybody ever been, what’s it like?) or a tour of Northern Thailand and Laos.
. Dubrovnik/Croatia is high on my list and I’d love to do a cruise there next year! Nashville is also somewhere I’ve wanted to do for a while now so would be very interested to know what it’s like how much etc! I’d love to do New Orleans also and Memphis!
Dubrovnik is stunning, I went island hopping around Croatia on a boat over the summer and we ended our trip in Dubrovnik. I would recommend the city walls tour just as the sun is setting, the views are incredible!
We’re booking Nashville for may too! Going to tie it in with a trip to Florida and doing a road trip to TennesseeLove this thread, long time lurker, now introducing myself with a massive post
I got back into the swing of travel in
2022, went to some great places (Jordan and Colombia being highlights), although I didn’t travel as much as I used to do pre-covid, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever will again. I upsized into a house from a flat during the pandemic, so I have less money than I used to have, as I have been busy renovating & decorating, which just hoovers up cash, and I also got a dog, who I don’t want to leave for too many extended periods of time, so I am focusing on more UK based trips, which I have enjoyed way more than I thought I would.
I still have some nice trips planned for 2023, and feel very lucky and grateful I get to go considering everything that has happened in the world the past few years, and continues to happen. Trips already booked for this year:
1) Paris for my Dad’s 70th birthday in April (this has been moved so many times, for one reason or another, he will be closer to 80 by the time we finally get to go
2) New York for my 40th birthday in September. This will be my 8th time, and my sister asked me if I was really sure I wanted to go again considering it’s for a special birthday, did I not want to go somewhere new, but I can’t imagine being anywhere else for my big birthday. Want to go and see the view from the Vanderbilt as that’s new since my last trip in Jan 2020, and have afternoon tea at the Plaza - not something I had considered before, but I saw a programme about it and it persuaded me that it was an experience worth doing.
Trips not booked but planned:
3) Nashville in May - huge country music fan, this has been a wish of mine for a while.
4) Bruges or San Sebastián for a long weekend with my university pals.
5) A long weekend of shopping and dining with my best friend in Manchester as I have never been!
6) A city break in Dubrovnik with a friend who I don’t get to see much anymore as she moved back up to Scotland, so will be nice to explore the city and spend some time with her.
I want to spend the period between Christmas and New Year/early January abroad this year (feels strange saying that!) and can’t decide between a houseboat cruise in Kerala (anybody ever been, what’s it like?) or a tour of Northern Thailand and Laos.
lucky to have money saved for this kinda thing so I’m going to dip into it.if that's the case then rather than plan each place specifically, you could choose the dates, enter them into skyscanner and search "everywhere" and it'll give you the cheapest option to fly to on those dates and you'd be surprised where you can go for little money! that's my tip!I really want to visit a different country/city each month. I know it sounds a lot but I’m talking a UK/Ireland city, as well as European and further afield (for longer periods than an extended weekend). I’m planning on taking leave aligned with Bank Holidays next year to get more out of my annual leave and I know I’ll probably be playing premium for hotels/flights, I’ve been factoring it into my budget. I just think it’s time to start exploring more so why not
Haven’t planned which places yet so any recs greatly appreciated
Thank you for replying. I hadn’t thought about that! I did think about doing one of those random holiday voucher things (great description for me there haha) but actually think your suggestion sounds betterif that's the case then rather than plan each place specifically, you could choose the dates, enter them into skyscanner and search "everywhere" and it'll give you the cheapest option to fly to on those dates and you'd be surprised where you can go for little money! that's my tip!
That’s what I did, I got a hotel in Paris and found it really easy to get a train to Disneyland… I also found this was the cheapest way to do it. But we only did one day at DisneylandHas anyone got any suggestions about how to do Disneyland and see some of Paris in one visit?
For example would it be worth getting a hotel in Paris and travelling back and forth to Disney? Or just do a couple nights in a Disney hotel and then go to a hotel in Paris?
Sorry if it’s a stupid question I’ve never been to Paris before so really have no idea what’s best
).How can the flights be cheaper - don't they all just use the airlines prices? Unless you mean third party prices which can be riskier (I personally never use those).
