Are you going abroad this year ?

A few short breaks around the U.K. and a week in Corfu. Got a cruise booked in October which encompasses Israel.. looking forward to it!

I’m a bit like annsixty, my oh has dementia and the thought of going abroad fills me with dread. Ive cancelled a holiday to Spain, which was originally booked for 2020, but got changed to 2021, then 2022. I’ve ended up loosing the booking fee of £400.
So I think for the time being, I won’t be going away.

Just had a forecast bill of£7189 for the year’s energy. Don’t think we will be going anywhere.

No holiday abroad since 2019 but going to Canada in 2 wks time, for holiday and son’s wedding…

I can’t afford holidays, pensioners who don’t have private pensions can’t even think about it. Not our fault our then employers didn’t “do” pensions

Thank you Jane43

We retired this year and have saved a pot of money for travel - we already have a motorhome. We spent 6 weeks touring through France to the Pyrenees and then back up through the Dordogne and onto Belgium and finally a week i the Netherlands staying with friends - our dog also came with us. It was a little too hot for a week or so but otherwise great.

Cost wise the above cost less per day than a trip to Scotland did last year

Off to brittany for 5 weeks at the start of September

No, we care for my FinL and have a 9 year old dog, so we never go anywhere together, but I've started having the occasional holiday in a cottage with my sister

We have been twice this year with no problems at all. We are booked for Madeira in November. I love my holidays.

Flew out to Corsica in June for a couple of weeks but we have dogs and enjoy taking them with us so our other holidays have been Cornwall in April then we have a week in Scotland booked later.
We're doing as much as we can while we're able. I'm severely curtailed as my long covid prevents a lot which is frustrating, But while we can drive we'll be touring as much as we can.
You're a long time dead.

That sort of holiday really appeals to me more now grannycakes especially as our new dog is going through the vaccination process in readiness to travel. Can I ask where do you find the best dog friendly places to stop? Do you contact the local mairies to find out when dogs are allowed on the beach and such like? And does your dog stay in the motorhome during the crossing? Ours is a bit too large to conceal!
I can swap you tips on Brittany any time. We are here in an apartment until mid September, dog remaining happily at home with his sister.

Used to holiday abroad a lot up until 2018. Decided then I'd had enough of the public at airports, on planes and in hotels in general. Even only yesterday awaiting an internal flight (40 min) delay there were hen groups dancing about the airport, stags seemed quiet, children screaming before and during the flight. Definitely not what I enjoy as part of a holiday.

Nooooooooo! Just had even more surgery and sitting on an aeroplane is not on my wish list just now. Long haul would be out of the question anyway and why go abroad when we have the current heatwave?

I did undertake an excursion to the greenhouse to check on some cauliflower and cabbage seedlings and I walked across the back garden to chat to my lovely neighbour.
Does this count as a holiday?

We were going on a Baltic cruise. Putin sank it ☹️.

Yes. Travelling to Singapore and staying there for 2 months to visit friends, family and my dad’s hometown in Malaysia. My daughter and her partner will join us in Singapore before travelling to Ubud, Bali.

From Singapore, we will make a short journey by ferry to a nearby Indonesian island and stay at a beach resort for a week.

Might even book another beach resort off the coast of Malaysia also accessible by ferry but have to see whether DH is up for it.

Our first post covid holiday was this June, cruising from Newcastle to the far north of Norway. Check in at Newcastle port very straightforward and we never had to show our passport again until we got back to Newcastle. Off to Amsterdam from Newcastle in September, on the overnight ferry and then our first flight since Christmas 2019 in October to Portugal, from Leeds Bradford.

Not this year - we had to cancel because of the wretched virus. We’ve rebooked for next year, so fingers crossed!
I was looking at cottages in Devon earlier during the summer holidays next year and the prices in some instances are eye-watering

Are you mad?
Train strikes, cost of petrol astronomical, traffic jams and holdups on the motorways, not to mention queues at the airports. Why should anyone want to go abroad for the sun - we've got our very own heatwave right here!

Take a holiday! There are other ways than flying. I'm 70 and off to Italy in October with not an Airport in sight. I want to see fields and sea, un-stressed people, so doing the whole thing by coach and train. I'll get my return tickets when I'm ready to come home. I have four grown children with families of their own. My youngest son was the only one who was horrified but he's over that now. My oldest Grandson gave me the money to start me off so I've been very lucky. But we're not getting any younger so do things while you can. Be brave - but careful too!

Karalou51

Take a holiday! There are other ways than flying. I'm 70 and off to Italy in October with not an Airport in sight. I want to see fields and sea, un-stressed people, so doing the whole thing by coach and train. I'll get my return tickets when I'm ready to come home. I have four grown children with families of their own. My youngest son was the only one who was horrified but he's over that now. My oldest Grandson gave me the money to start me off so I've been very lucky. But we're not getting any younger so do things while you can. Be brave - but careful too!

We live on a lovely island of the Northern tip of Scotland. We have no desire to travel except to see family and friends all of whom are in the UK. However, strange though it may seem, if I were to set off, it would be on my own, and in the style of Karalou51!...

More and more I feel badly treated when flying. The endless
queueing, the prices for eating or drinking a tea and bun ,
the hours it takes to get from the airport front door to sitting
on the plane. I'm looking at coach and train travel.

We haven't been abroad for years, but would love to plan a European city break by train. Does anyone know if that's an easier option than flying for a wheelchair user? I think we've lost confidence in travelling far!

No. To be honest I’ve never been abroad, except for Disney Paris once and that was in November for the fireworks. I have been to Southern Ireland twice, but don’t class that abroad. Beautiful scenery though.
Given the fact that the heat wave we had for a couple of days back in July gave me a heat rash. Very itchy and had to resort to ringing the out of hours drs over a weekend who prescribed a 5 day course of steroid medication. I also suffer with lupus so have to stay out of the sun as much as possible. Haven’t been too bad with the rash this last week. Use sun cream, sun hat or sun brolly and I even have uv cardigans.
I don’t think I’d be able to cope in a hot country really, so if I was to go abroad I’d be looking at cooler countries.

Yes. Went on a solo trip to Crete at the end of June and going back to Abu Dhabi to stay with my best friend who lives there in October. Travelled to Greece in both 2020 and 2021. I have to have something to look forward to.

No...I don't intend ever renewing my passport.