Do you go on holiday anymore?

NoDice · 07-06-2011 11:27AM

Yeah I go away quite a lot. In the past three years I've been to London, Edinburgh, Malaga in Spain, Frankfurt in Germany, the Canaries a couple of times, Egypt, Tunisia and Florida.

This year I visited Germany again, I've Barcelona coming up shortly, Munich for the Oktoberfest, back to Frankfurt then getting a train to Paris for a few days. I have Tenerife in August too & hopefully I'll get to the Dam or Prague for my birthday in December.

The joys of working in a travel company!

dpe · 07-06-2011 11:50AM

Now I have a child foreign travel will be grinding to a halt for a few years. Not just because of the cost, but because I don't think its fair on a toddler or the other passengers to take them on a long flight (I got stuck next to a screaming baby for 16 hours on a flight from NZ to Chile once, I wouldn't inflict that on anybody). Once she's old enough to remember the holiday and behave on the flights we'll start travelling again.

Jude13 · 07-06-2011 12:08PM

DPE, you won't have to wait long. I have had my daughter, who is now three on many flights, some over 5 hours and she is great. She's not a cryer though.

This year I have been back to Ireland twice, then the east coast of the US for two weeks.

Im flying into Dublin for one day to see my new born neice or nephew at the end of the month, I got a deal with my airmiles.

I will be back in Ireland agian in October and the states. Then the same at Christmas.

My family are Irish based and my other halfs are in the states. Necessity and it swallows allot of what I could be saving here but I couldnt live with out seeing my girls.

careca11 · 07-06-2011 12:16PM

during the boom years , myself and the wife saved hard for some great holidays
Vegas/Chicago
Bali/Hong Kong
Thailand/Malaysia (Honeymoon)
new york a couple of time
recently I've been to Amsterdam prague and Berlin , but they where all stag weekends

but now that we have a child its all changed , plus my wife's job is down to 4 day week , we are saving a coupleof euro's each week for a week in spain hopefully for October

coco_lola · 07-06-2011 12:26PM

I tend to go on a few long weekends away to various places over the year as opposed to shelling out in one chunk for a one or two week holiday. I get to go more places that way, and I'm not a fan of long holidays away anyway.

admiralofthefleet · 07-06-2011 12:29PM

im on holiday now

giant_midget · 07-06-2011 12:31PM

Just back from Bulgaria, going to Melbourne in nov for 4 weeks. Been to the UK quite a few times over the past year too. Cheaps flights make all this possible! 10 years ago all this would have cost a fortune, Not anymore...

Helix · 07-06-2011 12:34PM

went to ireland, vancouver and niagara falls (twice) last year

this year it's ireland, ottawa and vancouver

sbsquarepants · 07-06-2011 12:37PM

Michellenman wrote: »

Going in the morning! €100 return flights, accommodation €200 for the week, €400 spending money. Can't wait

Oops, forgot to say where. Malta

What's up with all the cheap deals to Malta this year, i've seen loads of special offers for there?

I'm off to portugal in 2 weeks. Yay! Financially it's gonna be a stretch, but fúck it, there's only so much doom and gloom you can take and in my humble opinion, money spent having a good time is never, (well seldom), wasted.:D

veryangryman · 07-06-2011 12:41PM

Michellenman wrote: »

Going in the morning! €100 return flights, accommodation €200 for the week, €400 spending money. Can't wait

Oops, forgot to say where. Malta

Good spot for a cheap hol. Malta FTW

veryangryman · 07-06-2011 12:43PM

"You mean 3 Filipino women?!" :eek:

Jagera · 07-06-2011 01:59PM

Moved to Switzerland 2 years ago specifically to see Europe.

Been to
Most of Switzerland (Zurich/Geneva/Basel/+ others)
Southern Germany (Black Forest/Freiberg/Kaiserstuhl wine region/Bavarian region)
Eastern France (Strasbourg/Besançon/Dijon/Lyon/Valence)
South of France (Cannes/Monte Carlo/Nice/Antibes)
Liechtenstein (it was a great 10 minutes)
Austria (Innsbruck/Salzburg)
Italy (Venice/Lake Garda/Lake Como)

Some of these were day trips, some were just overnight stays, some we stayed for several days.

On top of these are countless other unknown towns which are less known for tourists but are brilliant, such as Colmar in France, Titisee in the Black Forest, Gengenbach also in the Black Forest.

123balltv · 07-06-2011 02:18PM

I dont go on holidays anymore no mun no fun grateful I seen a lot of different places a few years ago when I had dosh
guaranteed a short holiday next year to mountjoy when the bill comes for property/water

SomeFool · 07-06-2011 02:21PM

This year I have 10 days in Italy with herself, two 10 day stints in the alps, a weekend in Edinburgh and have one more week to decide what to do with, but will definately go abroad. I don't have a car/mortgage/family so it's possible to do it, particularly as I'd be willing to sacrifice other luxuries (don't have satalite telly) to make it all possible.

ScumLord · 07-06-2011 02:35PM

Already been to Spain, I doubt I even spent €500 including flights and renting a car. I've never been one for fancy holidays, I tend to decide on a place I want to go then buy the tickets then do the bare minimum of planing over the week or two I have until the flight leaves. I like my holidays to be more like adventures, most times I only book the first two days of accommodation and see how it goes from there.

Do you go on holiday anymore?

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