£10,000 - 12,000 Where would you go

I suspect that most of us reading this thread have indulged in daydreams about 'what if....' when it comes to finances, but the reality is that it's probably not the money per se that most people are after, it's the choices we would then have. Choices that would allow us to help our families and relieve ourselves of the stresses that often accompany a lack of money.

Oh you’re so right *grannyA^ I spend my life thinking “ what if ...?”

I Don’t begrudge those more fortunate, the chance to do what I would love to do if finances allowed.

I would just love to have enough money to stop the hell my poor DD and her partner are going through ( thanks to the Halifax) and would happily forfeit any holiday, ever.

I just want the courage to fly to US.

Oh annep. Can you explain a bit more? Is it flying? The US itself? What’s holding you back?

I quite fancy the Trans Sibetian Express from Moscow to Beijing(having visited St Petersburg first). I'd love to see Lake Baikal. Once in China I'd do an organised tour and then fly to Sydney to see DD2 for a few weeks and return home via the Pacific islands, LA and NY. Not sure £10/12000 would quite cover it!

I'm just a coward really Eglantine21 I hate flying in case we crash. There's no getting round it. I've gone as far as Italy/Croatia. That's as much as I can manage. Same with cruise ships in case they sink. I know it sounds ridiculous. But there it is. My mother was a very panicky nervous person and I think she passed it on to some of her children. Such a shame. But I've been to some lovely places anyway. So shouldn't complain.