£10,000 - 12,000 Where would you go

France Italy and Switzerland. I've stayed in a wonderful hotel on the shores of Lake Lucerne and I love the tiny plane which lands on a tiny strip of tarmac. I have an artist friend there who has a most interesting and beautiful home.

New Zealand for me too. Or Costa Rica.

I would go on a long cruise taking in loads of different countries. Best of all worlds with lovely food available but can eat ashore if you prefer.

On my list Nananancy. Did you go with a travel company?

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Such a big world, and so many choices. Mongolia was fabulous and I would go again. It is not the city you want to see there but everywhere outside of the city. The Gobi, the sands, the nomadic camps...
If you would like a memorable place to visit which may be one of the truly last places where people, animals and religion live in harmony in wide open spaces. Go.
You will meet some of the finest people of the world, if you make the effort to appreciate a quickly eroding way of life.

The southern part of the Pan American Highway from Panama all the way down to Ushuaia. Plus a boat out to the Antarctic peninsula.

Though I’ve just googled it (a girl can dream ), and you might have to leave DH at home if you want to do it in style.

Or the Trans Siberian Express....

A tour of South America for me. So many beautiful sights, fascinating cities and great food and .

I would also want to take Simon Reeves with me as he does the most amazing travel shows.
That's a great idea nanabilly
I hope you manage to go on your dream trip one day

Australia/New Zealand/Antartica then back via Tierra del Fuego - but I want to travel business class so the flights would take up most of that £12,000

Mauritius.

Annsixty- the downside is that our DD lives in Aus.?

Oz and NZ for me .

Sing stopover Sydney Melbourne great ocean road, fly to Perth back to sing for three days, that's what I would do

I am very Pamela

Baltic cruise including Norwegian coast? No queues at airports and lost luggage just a different view from the window each morning. Good food and company too.

Annsixty, just done it almost. We didn’t go to NZ but did the other 3.

Nanabilly that's so sad - I hope you get to do your special trip one day

Japan or safari

When it was leading up to our silver wedding anniversary we had booked a special holiday . It was 7 days in Mali at the Black Parrot hotel with a beachfront apartment with sunken bath and butler then a 7 day safari I can't remember which safari park it was in though I seem to remember it being more than one staying at different types of accommodation then 3days on a luxury catamaran again with butler service where lots of snorkelling was planned and visiting different remote islands and then back to the Black Parrot hotel for a few more days . We had to cancel because I had a stroke and heart attack on the same day. We cancelled it on my 45th birthday (that was not planned its just how it happened) and it broke our hearts to do it .
If I was planning something special now I would make sure we saw the "real country " and not the tourist parts . I would also want to take Simon Reeves with me as he does the most amazing travel shows.

Australia and New Zealand for me .with Singapore on a stopover one way and Hong Kong the other.
(Is that actually workable?)
I would need someone to do my packing though.
Have a wonderful time planning.

A longer trip to NZ to see our son and family - 2 weeks is just not long enough. Nice dilemma to have - enjoy whatever you decide on.

South Africa for me.

Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom in Cambodia. Then on to New Zealand, perhaps to take in a visit to my cousin and his wife who live on the South Island.

New Orleans, Nashville and a visit to Graceland. If there was a bit of money left, I would go to Venice. I have been four or five times but, despite the crowds and the prices, I think it is magical.