Will you get a break/holiday this year ?

whelan2

Will you take a break/holiday/s away from the farm this year? Have a few planned this year and it's what keeps me going during crappy times in the spring.

Mooooo

Hoping for one holiday in the summer must suspect things out yet. Haven't gone away proper in a few years

I said

Does bringing the kids count

Bullocks

I said wrote: »

Does bringing the kids count

No , never !

I said

Bullocks wrote: »

No , never !

Not a break/holiday so

whelan2

I said wrote: »

Does bringing the kids count

We are 20 years married in May, we are going to Spain with out any kids for the first time ever. Never been anywhere without any of them , cant wait. A real holiday

Reggie.

Might try to escape away for a while before NO2 arrives

I said

Reggie. wrote: »

Might try to escape away for a while before NO2 arrives

Do because babysitter s get scarce with two to be minded

whelan2

I said wrote: »

Do because babysitter s get scarce with two to be minded

wait until there's 3 :cool:

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

wait until there's 3 :cool:

Hey hey.....I've reached my quota

Buford T. Justice XIX

Reggie. wrote: »

Hey hey.....I've reached my quota

Isn't that what you said last time?

Bullocks

whelan2 wrote: »

We are 20 years married in May, we are going to Spain with out any kids for the first time ever. Never been anywhere without any of them , cant wait. A real holiday

Let me know what it's like! My wife would hardly go shopping without the kids , not too mind a holiday

Lady Haywire

Estonia and Russia later on in the year, Finland goes without saying too! Though does Finland count when I'm going abroad to babysit? :pac:

tractorporn

Have booked a week in Fota Island lodges in May. It's our first holiday with the wee man and we're sharing with my sister in law and her family so praying for some good weather.

Reggie.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Isn't that what you said last time?

Nope...:)

Timmaay

Haven't escaped since Jan 2016 now, ended up cancelling 2 different trips due to my mum being sick. Nothing planned over the summer yet but need to just book something and go, too easy to make excuses and end up just slaving away all year I find!

Buford T. Justice XIX

Reggie. wrote: »

Nope...:)

RedPeppers

Was away in Portugal with the OH in January , seems a distant memory now. Will try get a few days away in Ireland during summer with the little ones maybe somewhere like Achill were thinking.

whelan2

Heading to Liverpool tomorrow, bringing youngest lad to a game. Then going to spain in May and france in June...... feck it , I'll be dead long enough

_Brian

Week booked over Easter with caravan up north.

Two weeks in France with caravan in August booked too.

Plan maybe 4/5 other longish weekends with it in various other locations in Ireland other than that between now and Halloween which is our last weekend with it out of storage.

Have never been away without kids ever, not a single night have we both left them.

Username John

_Brian wrote: »

Week booked over Easter with caravan up north.

Two weeks in France with caravan in August booked too.

Plan maybe 4/5 other longish weekends with it in various other locations in Ireland other than that between now and Halloween which is our last weekend with it out of storage.

Have never been away without kids ever, not a single night have we both left them.

Jaysus, we went away for a weekend last year on our own (and the kids were 2 and 3 at the time)

_Brian

Username John wrote: »

Jaysus, we went away for a weekend last year on our own (and the kids were 2 and 3 at the time)

Eldest is 14 here.

Username John

_Brian wrote: »

Eldest is 14 here.

I know

(well, I knew they were teenagers)

Oh, mad to get away from em, we are

AntrimGlens

We've booked to go to Spain for a fortnight in late June early July. Oh sounds lovely doesn't it, EXCEPT the wife won the 'discussion' about were we are staying.
We're half an hour from the airport in a 'resort' which is mainly for kids, so i can expect fourteen days of screaming, roaring children jumping into several swimming pools and being pestered to go on a tractor tube down a water slide whilst attempting not to drown one of two children sat in my lap.
I always said i would never ever go to one of these places, which i imagine is likely to be full of english blokes using the all inclusive cost to justify having a couple of pints of stella along with their full english at nine in the morning, just to set them up for the day, to take the edge off if you know what i mean mate..

Anyways it's booked and paid for and theres a kids club which i know they would prefer than having to trek along through architecturally pleasing streets with their father, discussing the history of Franco.

So having said all that, i decided to stick our own gaff up on Airbnb to let for the fortnight that we're away as the Irish open golf is on up the road and hoping to attract some rich yanks to rent it for a week or two.

Question, has anyone ever used Airbnb before, either to stay in or rent out? Just intrigued to see how it worked for ya.

We'll be going somewhere more culturally appealing next year. (Even Leitrim Lady H!!)

Lady Haywire

AntrimGlens wrote: »

We've booked to go to Spain for a fortnight in late June early July. Oh sounds lovely doesn't it, EXCEPT the wife won the 'discussion' about were we are staying.
We're half an hour from the airport in a 'resort' which is mainly for kids, so i can expect fourteen days of screaming, roaring children jumping into several swimming pools and being pestered to go on a tractor tube down a water slide whilst attempting not to drown one of two children sat in my lap.
I always said i would never ever go to one of these places, which i imagine is likely to be full of english blokes using the all inclusive cost to justify having a couple of pints of stella along with their full english at nine in the morning, just to set them up for the day, to take the edge off if you know what i mean mate..

Anyways it's booked and paid for and theres a kids club which i know they would prefer than having to trek along through architecturally pleasing streets with their father, discussing the history of Franco.

So having said all that, i decided to stick our own gaff up on Airbnb to let for the fortnight that we're away as the Irish open golf is on up the road and hoping to attract some rich yanks to rent it for a week or two.

Question, has anyone ever used Airbnb before, either to stay in or rent out? Just intrigued to see how it worked for ya.

We'll be going somewhere more culturally appealing next year. (Even Leitrim Lady H!!)

Jaysus don't be coming near me unless you want to take over for a week and let me and the father go away!! I'll send you a PM with pros/cons, easier than starting a discussion here and going off on a tangent

Bullocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Estonia and Russia later on in the year, Finland goes without saying too! Though does Finland count when I'm going abroad to babysit? :pac:

I wouldn't mind seeing Russia, what's the plan over there for your holiday ?

Buford T. Justice XIX

I have tickets to a concert with the eldest lad in June so we are trying to decide will we go for a few days and take in Tayto Park as well. Plus a friend is dead 25 years this year and I haven't been to the grave since so a date trip to Armagh might get slotted in too.

Like Whelan 2, hoping to hit Liverpool for a match next October but having changed both cars this year, it might be a stretch.

We'll see what milk price is like over summer so here's hoping.

charolais0153

Russia doesn't look too good today

Lady Haywire

Bullocks wrote: »

I wouldn't mind seeing Russia, what's the plan over there for your holiday ?

charolais0153 wrote: »

Russia doesn't look too good today

Well it was going to be St Petersburg but eh...:pac:

Brother lives in Estonia so it's just a ferry over. Plus he works with a few Russians so we wouldn't be lost in translation so to speak!

whelan2

charolais0153 wrote: »

Russia doesn't look too good today

Parents heading to st Petersburg in a few weeks

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

Eldest is 14 here.

Eldest is 16 here. I suppose in one way in a few years they wont want to go on holidays anymore with the parents. Enjoy it while they are young. We are all going to France together.

Robson99

Bullocks wrote: »

Let me know what it's like! My wife would hardly go shopping without the kids , not too mind a holiday

Same as that here. Have been away with herself twice for a night since the first came along 14 years ago.
Heading to the Canaries for a fortnight in July. Wouldn't go anywhere without them on tow. We would have one another killed by day 3 if they weren't there!!!
Always go away every year even when they were babies. If part time farming cant pay for a couple of weeks away them I shouldn't be at it.
Its about the only time all year bar a couple of days at xmas that we all together and can chill out.

Robson99

tractorporn wrote: »

Have booked a week in Fota Island lodges in May. It's our first holiday with the wee man and we're sharing with my sister in law and her family so praying for some good weather.

Enjoy.
I wouldn't go on holiday if I had to go with any family members either on my side or hers. And herself would be the same. Torture having to work around others. There would be skin and hair flying

kollegeknight

Off to lanzarote for a week next week.
We have a wedding there so said we would make a week out of it and have a family holiday. A lot of my friends just flying out for 3 days.

Feck that.

Off to London for a weekend at the end of the month.

tractorporn

Robson99 wrote:

Enjoy. I wouldn't go on holiday if I had to go with any family members either on my side or hers. And herself would be the same. Torture having to work around others. There would be skin and hair flying

I get on really well with her husband and will sit down and have a few beers with him each night. My wife and her sister are like jeckle and Hyde tho. Made about each other one min and at each others throats a few mins later so that could be interesting.

We're bringing two cars so hopefully will be able to head off by ourselves whenever we want.

Limestone Cowboy

Hopefully get somewhere sunny for a week next august/September but nowhere booked yet.

The part time boy

Planning on driving to UK in summer.first holiday with baby so we said we not flying for a few years.

Be intresting to here from the no voters. Is it no money or can't get away .

Or is it don't want a holiday . I am frightend by the amount of farmers i meet over the years who hate holidays and dont want to leave the farm !!

Can never understand that mentally . I love farming and all but jesus there more to love than farming and your parish

davidk1394

Hitting for the galway races for certain, maybe a weekend in between and if all goes to plan down to Australia for a year or 2 in October

Buford T. Justice XIX

tractorporn wrote: »

I get on really well with her husband and will sit down and have a few beers with him each night. My wife and her sister are like jeckle and Hyde tho. Made about each other one min and at each others throats a few mins later so that could be interesting.

We're bringing two cars so hopefully will be able to head off by ourselves whenever we want.

With two cars, the two women will have somewhere to sleep if it all kicks off one night:P

RightTurnClyde

Heading to Nice for May bank holiday weekend with just the missus, and family holiday booked for 1st of July in the states. Can't feckin wait.

tractorporn

Buford T. Justice V wrote:

With two cars, the two women will have somewhere to sleep if it all kicks off one night

I'd imagine if anyone has to head to the car it will be me

freedominacup

The part time boy wrote: »

.first holiday with baby so we said we not flying for a few years.

Why? Never had any real bother with it. Went with 4, 2 and a less than one year old one year. Well worth the effort when we got there.

The part time boy

freedominacup wrote: »

The part time boy wrote: »

.first holiday with baby so we said we not flying for a few years.

Why? Never had any real bother with it. Went with 4, 2 and a less than one year old one year. Well worth the effort when we got there.

Ah I think lot less hassel driving . Bring what we want . Leave when we want stop when we want . Plus save fellow plane people from crying baby

We seen a lot of world last 15 years I kept UK and France for early children years lol

Plus I love driving !

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest is 16 here. I suppose in one way in a few years they wont want to go on holidays anymore with the parents. Enjoy it while they are young. We are all going to France together.

We would feel the same here, same
Reason we bought the caravan a few years ago as it allows us to get away together regularly and pitches are very reasonable. €22/25 a night most places.

Robson99

freedominacup wrote: »

Why? Never had any real bother with it. Went with 4, 2 and a less than one year old one year. Well worth the effort when we got there.

Same as that. All our 3 had a holiday or two in nappies. The flying was no bother at all. Sterilizing bottles was the only pain on one occasion

whelan2

A driving holiday would be my idea of hell, kids fighting in the back. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet.......We used to go to our grannies in Wexford a few times a year when we were young, I was always car sick :mad: Love heading to the airport

kevthegaff

RightTurnClyde wrote:

Heading to Nice for May bank holiday weekend with just the missus, and family holiday booked for 1st of July in the states. Can't feckin wait.

Will ye go see Mario?

kevthegaff

Off to poland for 2 nights in may, first holiday in 4 yrs. My stag in may also. ..

MF290

Headed away the last two summer to work. Germany first and then England. I'll head to England again this summer. It's a change of scenery anyway! Siblings and parents want to go on a family holiday as it's probably the last chance all of us will be able to go together for another while.

Waffletraktor

The part time boy wrote: »

Plus save fellow plane people from crying baby

Ha after a 4 and half drive to a boat they can have their own ideas. Get on the boat and get the I'm not happy about this, sort it out please look.

The part time boy

Waffletraktor wrote: »

The part time boy wrote: »

Plus save fellow plane people from crying baby

Ha after a 4 and half drive to a boat they can have their own ideas. Get on the boat and get the I'm not happy about this, sort it out please look.

Ah his only 6 months when his older we be back on planes