Any suggestions for Christmas holiday?

Pee

I have an inclination to go abroad for Christmas. OH is in ageement. I suggested Egypt and that swung it because he would much prefer to be in the warm.

I'm not sure that Egypt will be that warm and wondered had anyone been anywhere great (or awful) at Christmas and if so where.

To me Egypt is the pyramids etc, not the red sea with a beach resort or great scuba diving.

I want somewhere warm, T-shirt weather but ideally not too hot to walk around, plenty to see either natural or man made but not too active or sporty. I am interested in what you enjoyed, though.

I'm looking for value for money rather than cheap, but the price of alcohol will be an issue as we do enjoy a drink.

Incapuppy

I have spent Christmas in Luxor, Egypt and in Sri Lanka; both were wonderful.

getmore4less

We did a cruise last Xmas, Barcelona to the canaries 9 nights £350 + flight.

The pyramids are in Cairo for the other cultural stuff you need luxor/nile cruise.


whats the budget?

Pee

Was it T-shirt weather, Incapuppy? (Egypt is favourite..)

Budget: Depends. Plenty of time to save by then. Could go up to a couple of thousand each, but want to feel like I am getting a good deal.

The advantage with going at Christmas is could go for a fortnight.

What were the drinks prices like on the cruise and could you take alcohol on board with you? I have heard this can be a problem with cruises. (I was looking at a Norwegian cruise at the time, where the basic price was really good but the bar was a rip off.)

richardw

Pee wrote: »

..... but want to feel like I am getting a good deal....

Demand is high at Christmas and this means prices go up, so you may only get that feeling if you consider the price in the context of high demand.

Pee

If I consider it on the basis that a fortnight any other time of the year would be very difficult workwise, which is sadly the case, it won't be so bad, but I suppose that depends on how much higher.

mcfisco

We went AI to Lanzarote last Christmas, it was T shirt and shorts weather the whole time

We stayed at the Rui Paraiso which was very pleasant

jhe

have stayed tenerife at xmas, t-shirt weather cool on a night.
have been to riu paraiso twice lovely hotel, we stayed march though, lanzarote seems windier than gran canaria and tenerife when we have been there.
egypt hot during the day but cool once the sun goes down in winter months

apples1

If you go to places like the canaries you are taking a gamble on the shorts & t-shirts weather. Have been there at new year and it's been too chilly to be out by the pool. How "guaranteed" do you want the warmth? The answer to that would be my first steer in finding a destination.

Pee

Too much rain would be a disappointment. If it was warm enough that some people would be happy in a T-shirt that would mean my OH would be, so he would be happy with that. As long as usually you could expect it to be T-shirt weather, I'd feel that I'd considered that.

torbrex

New Orleans

Everything is close enough that you will not need a car, night life is terrific, food is excellent, people are friendly and enough things to do and tours in and around the city to keep you occupied for up to about 10 days.