If you had €1,000 to go on holidays

bobbysands81

where would you go and for how long?

Would you go on a Cruise? Would you go on a party holiday to the likes of Ibiza? or would you prefer to get a cheap trip to Thailand? How about a ski trip or shopping in the States? Would you spend a bit more and try safari in Africa?

...or do you have some great holiday ideas to share with a budget of 1k???

Looking to try and find out what you folks would do and I'm also trying to come up with a few ideas for myself!

Obviously a link to any ideas/websites (or places that you might have been to) that might house some great bargains would be fantastic!

taram

I'd buy an interrail ticket and go mad I've seen a lot of the bigger cities in Europe, so I'd go for the small scale side of it, tiny towns up in the Alps, have coffee by lakes in Italy, go swimming off a tiny island in Greece, go above the Artic Circle in Norway... Places most people wouldn't visit, but are none the less worth it. The kind of places that get a paragraph and a beautiful photo in 'Lonely Planet Guide to Europe' but nothing more.

Though the idea of a holiday of a lifetime would be tempting too, Grand Canyon and the Rockies come to mind, or the Orient Express or something!

WooPeeA

Hmm.. What would I do if I had €1000 for free? I'd probably invest it, but if I really had to go on holidays, I would go on Europe's best theme parks trip!! Yaayy..

sideshowdave

most definatly a cheap ticket to thailand and get around as much of S.E. Asia as possible. of course time permitting.

youcancallmeal

New York!
Although €1000 isn't going to get you too far after you've paid for flights and accommodation

chele

interrail all the way!!

I am going interrailing in two weeks time for 24days. I have a budget of 1200 euro, im hoping i can do it with 1100. And thats euro!
Im heading from south of France, to Rome, to lake Garda, to lake bled, Budapest, to high Tatra mountains, going rafting in Slovakia too and finish on the beach in Sopot (Baltic sea) Poland. Getting great bang for my buck and I am camping pretty much all of it, bar one or two cities where iv booked a hostel.

Gran Hermano

I'd save another grand and them head to Cuba or the Maldives for diving.

dak

Have booked a short holiday for myself and wife at end of august ! ( already been to keycamp with kids). Got ryanair to barcelona 121 Carhire 5 days 108 and 3 star hotel B&B rate for 318 . Total €547 all in !

edjo

dak wrote: »

Have booked a short holiday for myself and wife at end of august ! ( already been to keycamp with kids). Got ryanair to barcelona 121 Carhire 5 days 108 and 3 star hotel B&B rate for 318 . Total €547 all in !

What hotel did u book? Trying to organise a wkd in Barcelona for Sept/Oct...

robinph

Not going to have anything overly extravagant for a grand, I'd put it towards something involving snow and mountains though.

bobbysands81

Thanks all for your input - please keep the suggestions coming!

Not looking for anything extravagant... just something nice with my lovely missus!

dak

edjo wrote: »

What hotel did u book? Trying to organise a wkd in Barcelona for Sept/Oct...

Sorry - not staying in Barcelona. Staying down the coast below Salou !

Glowing

Livaboard diving holiday by the Similan Islands, Thailand

Pythia

I'd go back to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. So lovely...

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I have just over €1000 to spend on a holiday, but nobody to go with :mad:
But i would like to spend it on a holiday to somewhere warm....greece, spain etc, but i would like it to be a relaxing holiday, but not too far away from the night life either!

AmyG

Shopping in new york!!! my main goal in life!!!!:P

Kotek Besar

BrynW wrote: »

..somewhere warm....greece, spain etc, but i would like it to be a relaxing holiday, but not too far away from the night life either!

Zakynthos might suit you.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

benifa wrote: »

Zakynthos might suit you.

I was in greece last year and loved it, and have heard good things about Zakynthos All i need to do now is find somebody to go with :pac:

Tech3

went to corfu in greece last yr was ok but not spectacular. One place I would recommend is armacao de pera or albuifeira in the algarve went there this year and was unbelievable. A lot of excursions as well like the rock of gibraltor if your intested in that type of thing.

Anyone been to prague thinking of going there in january?

chele

someone posted that u cant do much with a grand, well for 1400 euros I got to go interrailing, stay in nice places and see france, italy, slovenia, croatia, slovenia, hungary, austria, czech rep and poland.
I got to all the best sites, went to themeparks, aqua parks, zoos etc!
it was a trip of a lifetime and it didn't cost a bomb - if i had more money i cuda gone for longer than a month, but at 325 euro per week, i think i did well!!!!

ScumLord

Bryn wrote: »

I have just over €1000 to spend on a holiday, but nobody to go with :mad:

That's a good thing. They'll only hold you back man.

For a grand (well more like €1500 I had to get an advance while I was out there) I visited Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania, two weeks in total. That included everything from flights to drink.

Vilnius in Lithuania was nice, very relaxed, very cheap and great nightlife.

Savman

Cant believe noone mentioned Vegas baby

ScumLord

You wouldn't even get mugged for that much money in Vegas.

Savman

ScumLord wrote: »

You wouldn't even get mugged for that much money in Vegas.

true!