Holidays - familiar or new places?

We used to always go to different places but ghese days are happy returning to well loved and lovely places

I used to never retun to the same place, now if oi find a place I love I do.

I have probably only been abroad 10 times in my life. 4 times to France[just worked out that way], so I would go new for me[I may be going to the carribean next].
So I dont really have the op problem.

There's security in familiarity, and we always return to the same place abroad every summer. It gets a bit boring telling people where we're going, but it's our special place and always will be!

I do understand what you're saying though, the clock is ticking to see other interesting places too. We're lucky in that we are able to do this as well in spring and autumn, so we achieve a compromise.

My last visit on earth, if I could choose, would be back to our number one place so I guess that answers the question. - though hopefully I'm nowhere near that yet!!

We do both. One familiar and one new. We are currently planning a week in Zadar (Croatia), particularly drawn by the sea organ installation.

A bit of both would suit me best. I’m looking at perhaps a couple of city breaks next year with a friend, so maybe 5 nights to get a flavour of places. So far, apart from Florida and Spain, I’ve only done Belfast, Dublin, Paris and Berlin with my late husband. I’ve never been to Portugal so Lisbon (or wherever) might be might be our first booking.

A little bit of both here.

Back to close to our former family home (abroad) at least once a year.

Visit a new to us destination here and abroad once a year and all being well we’ll revisit a much loved former holiday destination.

I appreciate we are fortunate, do not take anything for granted as none of us know what is round the corner.

We’ve travelled widely to most of the world’s continents, but although visited some fabulous places, we rarely go back. There are still quite a few new places on the list and diminishing years to get to them all!

A bit of a mix here. I find it quite difficult to go back to places I went to with DH, so I have opted for mainly new places since he died. Or familiar areas but new sites/ sights. But there are places I would like to revisit as I enjoyed them so much.
I don’t think I am going to go abroad again though.

I like new places each time, in general. Something new to see and experience.

We go to familiar places now we are in our seventies. I would love to visit new destinations and I do regret not being able to see places I've always wanted to visit but my husbands has significant mobility problems so we stick to familiar hotels that I know will meet his needs.

Yes, both.
Am planning a holiday for next year as it’s been a long time since we had one.Happy to go abroad or stay in UK.

I like a bit of both really. There are places we've been returning to for many years but, equally, we've tried new places too. These days I can't really face long haul flights any more and its not as though I need a break from work. My retired life is pretty leisurely.

We had a holiday home in France for 30 years. I loved going there, we went for short and frequent visits, it was an easy drive and ferry trip from home.

I now feel that France, specifically Normandy is my second home. I speak the language, know how life there works, I talk excellent bricolage (DIY) and converse in French in restaurants and shops. I am as at home there as I am in England.

We did, however also have one holiday a year elsewhere - either the UK, or abroad. The thing we did notice was that short trips to new countries, seemed very superficial unless you were going for something particular - going to Jordan to see Petra, going to central Asia, just as the USSR was breaking up.

For a long time now we have avoided long-haul flights. We used to travel by train, but like others train holidays are no longer practical because DH's health problems means he can no longer cope with lugging luggage around himself.

This year we are off to the Norfolk coast for a week - new to us and hope to spend a week in our beloved Normandy in September-.

I used to wonder why people went back to the same place year after year but I understand it now and am happy to revisit some places I have been to.
Unfortunately my DD lives in Australia so we try and get there every year whilst we still can. It’s lovely when we get there although I’m not sure if I’d class it as a holiday! The journey I could do without.
Enjoy Norfolk Monica, it’s a lovely county.

Right now we're holidaying in South Hams, Devon. We started off in Dartmouth for a few days and now in a hotel, practically on the beach in Salcombe. This part of the world is scenically very beautiful and although I love both Cornwall and Wales for their also ruggedly lovely coastlines, Devon's not quite so far for us. This year, we've had almost wall to wall sunshine, interspersed with sea breezes being on the coast, which makes the intense heat so much more bearable. Such a run of good weather reminds me of our many holidays we took in various coastal parts of France when the children were young. I feel fortunate because I hate, but have to expect that may be there will be gloomy, rainy bad weather in our small island, I think however this corner of England is more fortunate than other places for a warmer climate.

We've had our fill of long haul, even short haul can be a nightmare if, like me, of late I don't like the whole flying/ airport experience, and as much as I love mainland Europe, I don't envy them as to the intense temperatures they're experiencing right now. Particularly the awful fires in Spain. Although I'd never say never once the bad weather sets in we may venture further afield as I long to experience the sunshine again once the dark shorter days are upon us.

I meant to add, yes we've started to return down to the west country of late, but I think I've seen a lot of the wider world, so I'm happy now to return to a personal favourite corner of England.

Monica Norfolk coast is lovely. Which part of Norfolk are you going to?

We enjoy travel. We tend to travel in Europe.

We ski in Germany and Austria at least once a year, we also like Christmas Markets. We enjoy The Vatican as often as possible.

We like the National Parks in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. Spectacular wide open spaces, gorgeous scenery.

We travel to both loved places and new, whatever suits us.

Now that it is I, not We, my holidays are different. I used to a lot of research to ensure suitable holidays for DH who had a number of health problems, so self- catering worked best, but he was able to drive a fair distance. We have been all over the British Isles, Ireland and France.
Now I won’t be driving long distances on my own, nor am I keen on being in remote rural areas ( with narrow lanes) so I enjoy going to small cathedral cities, for example, either by train or car, depending on distance and convenience.
I also go on coach holidays, choosing those going to places I have not been to before. Even though I go alone, it is nice to be able to chat to others about where you have been and what you liked about it.

We live in London so just like to get out to the countryside sometimes, we like the South Downs and any part of Wales or the Lake Distict. We used to travel abroad a lot and did return to the South of Spain and Southern France a few times but also travelled to new places as well, but have put our passports away for now due to DHs disabilities and are happy to stay in the UK.

It might be good to think if there is somewhere that you have always wanted to visit, but not got round to yet. Then see if that is a practical possibility , given state of health etc. We never know when life changes and we perhaps cant manage to do as much as we could. This way, at least, you have enjoyed that special place and will have good memories to look back on, rather than regrets of never getting there.

Do you both enjoy the same thing, or might you have some hobby that you do alone and enjoy going to a few days workshop individually and then going to your favourite place together at another time.? There just might be specific one off things that you might like to accomplish, such as a glider flight or balloon flight, while you feel able to enjoy it, and you might be able to go to your favourite place and find something like that to try while you are there. Nothing gets any cheaper, and so I think it is worth going for something that is special, while you can. Again great memories.

I went to Glyndebourne many years ago, and it was an expensive treat at the time, and I was working then. I was a singer and my mother had sung all her life but never been there, so I gave her a ticket as a birthday present. Now many years later , I cant even remember what I paid for the tickets, but still have the old programme of wonderful Cosi fan Tutti, with great singers . We did the lot, went with friends , dressed up and took our picnic etc. It is still one of the standout memories of my life and an so glad that we did it I have only to look at that programme and it brings back such great memories of the day and my mum etc etc., so whether it is a day at the races, or a trip to an art gallery , whatever floats your boat will give you a happy day and wonderful things to look back on. Enjoy whatever you can

We go the same place now. We're in our 70's.
Husband is severely sight impaired and feels safer in our happy (quiet) place.
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Compromise - 1 of each type of holiday ‘