Holiday ideas

I’d plan the holidays and your DH and his friends can work around them . Otherwise you’ll never go away .

We have booked to go to the Isles of Scilly next summer. We went last year for the first time and loved it. I am thrilled to be going back.

We've just returned from Cyprus this last week - whilst there we've booked a trip to Thailand in April and decided to have a month in Cyprus in October. Never been to Thailand so looking forward to that, been to Cyprus numerous times and decided it's our happy place so off we go back

We are considering a longer winter break in January. Possibly to Cyprus a place we’ve never been to. Any advice would be appreciated.

Waiting to see if our family are planning a Feb half term break and we may go away with them if so.

We will also book places for May and end of September. We do love Majorca but also wanting to try new places ie Sicily and a return to the Italian Lakes. I would like to do a short trip to Rome too.

After waiting on surgery dates this year it’s now all completed so I intend making up for lost time.

Crossed posts re Cyprus Spinnaker. Any tips or recommendations?

This year we went on holiday for the first time in a few years. We went to Venice and later to Bude. I suggested going back to Venice next year but my DH said 'No. Five times really is enough' Spoilsport.

I’ll be waiting to see what my travelling companions - DD2, BF and Sister in Las have in mind. I’m easy and will fit in with them. It’s been Cyprus x2 and New York this year.

DD2 has been to New York 42 times and says that’s still not enough Kate1949 😂

We're booked for Madeira in February. A favourite place and a relaxing hotel. Just a break during the winter.
Otherwise I'm thinking about a solo trip to Cape town to see family in the summer as DH plans to be v busy competing in his vintage car.

We're going to Lake Garda next Summer. We've talked about going there for years and have finally got round to it.

A short trip to Paris on Eurostar, in the Spring. Then I’m in the planning stage of travelling to the major Canadian cities of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec by train. Might be able to do them all.

Gosh Georgesgran. She IS besotted.. I can't get enough of Venice. Its hot, crowded, expensive and completely wonderful.

Molly. You will love Lake Garda. You can get to Venice from there

Kate1949
Yes, I'd like to go to Verona too.

Kate1949 Agree about Venice. It’s magical. Nowhere on earth like it.

Molly I've stood on Juliet's balcony in Verona. Exciting. Sorry if it sounds like I've been everywhere man. We just like Italy.

No plans at all and we are unlikely to have any until well into next year

We have never really gone in for big bang holidays. This year we did the traditional Dutch bulbfields 3 day jaunt, a week in Suffolk with the family and then a week in Northumberland to visit the archaeological dig DS was directing.

All holidays arranged only a month or two in advance. We will do the same next year, but currently have nothing specific in mind.

We’ve tried not to fly for the last 7 years and explore more of the UK. We tend to go away in May/June, then again in the Autumn, nothing planned yet for next year, I’ll look over the Winter.

Nothing planned yet.
I am waiting to see what coach trips are planned, and what singing holidays. They have to fit in around my choir dates.

Next year I’m hoping to visit Japan with a friend - a cruise is involved - and then on to Sydney to stay with my daughter while the friend returns to the UK. I’m going to Morocco next week with another daughter & family (half term) for some pre winter 🌞. I’ve decided it’s now or never especially after the big op last year. I think it’s called ‘SKIing’ 😉

Kate DD2 is stunningly beautiful (yes, I’m biased) and a full-time wheelchair user, which makes her quite noticeable.
I’m amazed when random people rush up to her in some NYC establishments and greet her like a long-lost friend!

That's lovely Georgesgran. We found New Yorkers friendly. Our granddaughter loves New York too.

I'm interested to see how many people seem to go to the same place several times. We went to Venice for our 20th wedding anniversary so have ticked that off the list.

We were planning to go to Lake Garda before Covid but DH doesn't approve of flying and doesn't like driving and going by train will be an awful long journey. We are lucky to live fairly centrally in Europe and will hopefully be able to settle on something suitable where we haven't been before.

I do miss the sea though - it's 1000 km in any direction....

I loved Venice too but I loved it so much that I'm not going back. I don't want to add to the massive tourism that is ruining it.

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Last April, we went on a Fred Olsen cruise and visited Keukenhof Tulip Gardens which I would thoroughly recommend. Despite recovering from a debilitating hospital stay and being rather weak, I was able to participate fully because we had hired a wheelchair from Mobility at Sea.

Now I'm back to full-strength (such as it is!) we have booked a Riviera Travel cruise on the Rhine to Switzerland in May next year.