Holiday Withdrawal Symptoms......Tell me where you're going?

robnye

just booked a week in Roquetas de mar, Spain mid June,

followed by a 12 night Cruise, starting from Barcelona, then around Italy..... in September

now planning stuff for my 50th year

holidaysforme

We have some avios/ airmiles which we were originally going to be putting towards long haul flights, but after some research, discovered they are not a good use of them for many reasons.

Hadn't realised till recently that you could use on Eurostar, so that opens up all possibilities for an early break feb or easter next year:)

holidaysforme

robnye wrote: »

just booked a week in Roquetas de mar, Spain mid June,

followed by a 12 night Cruise, starting from Barcelona, then around Italy..... in September

now planning stuff for my 50th year

Sounds fab.

blindman

holidaysforme wrote: »

We have some avios/ airmiles which we were originally going to be putting towards long haul flights, but after some research, discovered they are not a good use of them for many reasons.

Hadn't realised till recently that you could use on Eurostar, so that opens up all possibilities for an early break feb or easter next year:)

Not a good use either:cool: See headforpoints review

Best use is Domestic flights in USA\ South America\Russia

You can get to Easter Island from Santiago on Avios.

I've just used Avios to fly internally in South America-saved me a fortune.

Doshwaster

holidaysforme wrote: »

We have some avios/ airmiles which we were originally going to be putting towards long haul flights, but after some research, discovered they are not a good use of them for many reasons.

Avios are very poor value for long haul flights if you are booking economy. By far the best use of them is to book Traveller Plus when there is a sale on and then use the points to upgrade to Club.

dogcat_2

Marrakech booked for next year...Jan 1 to 12...been before..love it!
Looking at hols for this year...not sure where to go....too many choices!

sandsy

MasterPoo wrote: »

How many of you have already booked for 2016?

Yes, the Dubai trip I mentioned earlier as being in the next 12 months is my first booking for 2016.


Now looking for summer 2016...... probably Mediterranean
And October 2016..... probably Egypt
And March 2017..... probably New York and Caribbean


Holidays keep me going......

MasterPoo

Mardrew wrote: »

2 nights in Oxford in May


2 1/2 weeks in Malaysia in July - Kuala Lumpur, Cameron Highlands, Penang & Langkawi. (Just got to get back around to booking the accommodation in Langkawi.)


3 nights in Amsterdam in August


3 nights in Edinburgh in August for the Tattoo and the Fringe . (DH has always wanted to go to the Fringe so, just decided this year to do it!)


Will probably do a couple of nights in London in October as have been given tickets as a gift for a tour of Wembley Stadium.


Hopefully, we will also have our annual night away in York between Christmas and the New Year. (I'm just waiting for Travelodge to drop their prices! The cheapest we have ever got this for was £9.50!)

You're on roll. Where in Oxford? Last time I visited Oxford I stayed at The Crazy Bear over 10 years ago.

fd1972uk
Checked out both those hotels, I'd go for Liberty Hotels Lykia, looks lovely! Maybe sign up to Hotel newsletter and pray they have an offer?

holidaysforme
Will you be purchasing flights in the sale if you are flying BA?

I promised myself last Christmas that I would NOT be in front of a stove or doing any cooking, hence why I'm away Christmas and NY. (off to South Africa) Christmas in Cape Town and New Years in the Bush on Safari!

robnye
I love cruising! I've yet to do a Med Cruise, one day I'll do it! Which cruise liner are you going with? Which ports will you be hitting?

dogcat
When do you flyout to Marrakech, on new years day? Care to share which hotel, [STRIKE]so that I can snoop?[/STRIKE]

MasterPoo

sandsy wrote: »

Yes, the Dubai trip I mentioned earlier as being in the next 12 months is my first booking for 2016.


Now looking for summer 2016...... probably Mediterranean
And October 2016..... probably Egypt
And March 2017..... probably New York and Caribbean


Holidays keep me going......

Talk about planning ahead......I'm happy I'm not the only "[STRIKE]sad freak[/STRIKE]".:rotfl:

My 2016 currently looks like this:

1. Easter 2016 = 11/14 Caribbean cruise
2. 35 Days in USA (this is the big one, the one I'm REALLY excited about)
3. Maybe South Africa again for Christmas 2016?

Here is my 35 Day USA Trip Itinerary so far (I've got a thread for this too (2 actually:eek:))

29 DUB
30 DUB - BOS
31 Boston
1 Boston
2 NYC (Boston - NYC)
3 NYC
4 NYC
5 NYC
6 WASHINGTON (NYC - Washington)
7 Washington
8 Washington
9 Washington
10 VEGAS (Washington - Vegas)
11 Vegas
12 Vegas
13 MAMMOTH LAKE (Vegas - Death Valley - HW395 - Manzanar - Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - Convict Lake)
14 The Westin Monache Resort
15 YOSEMITE (Mammoth Lake - June Lake - Mono Lake)
16 Yosemite
17 Yosemite
18 SAN FRANCISCO (Napa Valley - SFO)
19 San Francisco
20 San Francisco
21 MONTEREY (San Francisco - Big Sur/Monterey )
22 SANTA BARBARA (Big Sur/Monterey)
23 HAWAII (Santa Barbara - Hawaii)
24 Hawaii Kahului
25 Hawaii
26 Hawaii
27 Hawaii
28 Kahului - Honolulu (Ferry)
29 Hawaii
30 Hawaii
31 Hawaii
1 LA (Hawaii - LA)
2 LA
3 LA
4 LA

holidaysforme

holidaysforme
Will you be purchasing flights in the sale if you are flying BA?

When is the BA sale Masterpoo? If for Instance we were looking to book flights to Bangkok for December '16 when could we expect to book those sale flights? Would it be December this year.?

You look very organised for next year already How are you going to last that long without a holiday though lol.