If you had all the money in the world....

Voyager2002

Personally, if I had a very large budget I would enjoy some of the expensive parts of Europe. Switzerland and Italy offer a combination of gastronomic delights, scenery, culture and history that cannot be matched elsewhere in the world, but with a price-tag that few of us can afford. Part of the point of spending lots of time and money flying to regions like Southeast Asia is that once you are there most of the costs are much lower than in Europe.

Mado

Mauritius is always nice... there are a few touristy things to visit apart from just the beach.

Been to Chile twice and absolutely loved it; spectacular scenary and very friendly people. A tad far though. But summer there in February.

And I can never tire of Bali.
Staying away from the australian surfers or sanitised Nusa Dua, there are some incredibly beautiful hotels inland with gorgeous spas, delightful markets and a few temples you can visit.

RichandJ

lady1964 wrote: »

In my experience, if you use Avios, the flights aren't free, you have to pay taxes on any flights. I used some avios for Club World flights from Beijing to London return in March and had to pay around £600 in taxes etc.

If you're set on flying BA then you're best checking the BA website, there's a very good tool on there where you put in various bits of information and it will bring up availability and costs/avios needed.

Anyway, back to your question; I wouldn't discount parts of Asia, Thailand/Hong Kong/Singapore all have what you're looking for, although the flights are long at around 12 hours each way and will be expensive and if you're looking for reward flights, you may find very limited availability, this is where the BA tool will be really helpful.

I would also consider Cape Town, as February will be warm and sunny and there are some fabulous things to do as well as gorgeous beaches. Flight times are around 12 hours but there's no time difference to deal with. We did 10 days there a few years ago and would love to return.

Or the Caribbean, Sandals have a 2 for 1 offer on - ends today though - which have some good deals, we've booked St. Lucia for 11 nights in September. If you miss out on this offer, there may be another one later in the year, I'm not sure how often these deals come up.

Would agree HK, but remember that CNY is from 10th Feb next year so few days around that to avoid.

swivellingmonk

I'd do a week on various safari's in Tanzania/Kenya and a week on the beach afterwards.

Bob_the_Saver

eliza_spendlittle wrote: »

no more posts from you then bob

I'll tell you what though, I've got some friends visiting Scotland at the moment, that wouldn't be a place on my list.

eliza_spendlittle

nearer than NZ;)

Mr_Wang

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

I'll tell you what though, I've got some friends visiting Scotland at the moment, that wouldn't be a place on my list.

Scotland is like a gorgeous painting in a foggy room. Every now and again you get to see its real beauty, but you soon get bored since it has nothing else to offer.

If we're talking about pointless countries though, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Wales. If Jeff Capes got his saw out and cut it from England would anyone even notice?
I mean other than something to look at from the air en route from England to Ireland does Wales really have any other purpose?

Bob_the_Saver

Mr_Wang wrote: »

Scotland is like a gorgeous painting in a foggy room. Every now and again you get to see its real beauty, but you soon get bored since it has nothing else to offer.

If we're talking about pointless countries though, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Wales. If Jeff Capes got his saw out and cut it from England would anyone even notice?
I mean other than something to look at from the air en route from England to Ireland does Wales really have any other purpose?

Somewhere to keep the Welsh

loobs40

They drown a few villages from time to time to provide water supply to Liverpool and the North West

You see, even Wales is useful for something

mgdavid

Mr_Wang wrote: »

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I mean other than something to look at from the air en route from England to Ireland does Wales really have any other purpose?

it prevents a lot of nasty rain and snow getting as far as England