Do you ever regret going on holiday?

EssexExile

Archergirl wrote: »

Its funny I love holidays my husband not so much...

I hope you mean your husband doesn't love holidays as much as you, not that you don't love your husband as much as holidays. :rotfl:

littlereddevil

I travel a lot, all over the world, and the only time I regretted spending £1000's was to Cape Town

Ganga

littlereddevil wrote: »

I travel a lot, all over the world, and the only time I regretted spending £1000's was to Cape Town

Why?:rotfl:

kimplus8

I went on an expensive holiday a while back (years actually) and I immediately regretted it once I got back. I paid for the holiday with a credit card and while the holiday was lovely I despised the fact that I spent the rest of the year paying it off. Maybe if I had paid for it in full and not on credit I would have felt differently.
This last summer however I took the kids camping with some friends, we stayed on a campsite that was £7 a night, very basic and no electric hook up etc, no showers and just a toilet to use and it was best time we have had. I invested in a good quality 8 berth tent and some good quality sleeping bags and mats. I borrowed a small camping stove and other bits and pieces but this yer I will probably invest in a few of those bits of my own. It was so much fun, roasting marshmallows and going to the beach, a local lake, going for walks on the moors, all free. I don't regret that holiday at all.

f4phixeruk

Going on Holiday later this year with DD and grandson. 7 nights SWMBO and me £2000. 4* all inclusive. I know Im not going to really enjoy it, as its a lot of money. However DD refuses to go 3* or half board. Even though SWMBO and myself love H/B, and arent snobby about star rating.
What makes it worse is the fact we have to travel to her nearest airport, so we can help with grandson. SWMBO has already told her we arent going anywhere next year as we wont be able to afford it after the £2000 this year. :-(

Kim_kim

f4phixeruk wrote: »

Going on Holiday later this year with DD and grandson. 7 nights SWMBO and me £2000. 4* all inclusive. I know Im not going to really enjoy it, as its a lot of money. However DD refuses to go 3* or half board. Even though SWMBO and myself love H/B, and arent snobby about star rating.
What makes it worse is the fact we have to travel to her nearest airport, so we can help with grandson. SWMBO has already told her we arent going anywhere next year as we wont be able to afford it after the £2000 this year. :-(

Your DD is right. If you’re going AI you got to go 5*. No point in going 3* star & not being able to stomach the food.
AIs are often out of the main drag too, so popping out to eat elsewhere might not be easy.

My AI this year, just under 2k, for one!! The joys of being a solo traveller.

hollydays

I have vague recollections of a friends parents taking us to a Welsh holiday camp in the late 60s or very early 70s . I have a memory of barbed wire around the perimeter. Not sure whether that was to keep people in or stop people getting in.Grim.

sandsy

Never regret them - love our holidays and the memories live on forever.

But proper research reduces the chances of not enjoying them - and I just love the planning stage. Knowing that I have made informed decisions gives me comfort that our money is being spent wisely and builds anticipation.

vacheron

This time of year usually consists of the missus nagging me that we haven't booked a holiday yet and me getting dragged through the websites and brochures and eventually caving in and booking something far more expensive than I would have generally have settled for had it been entirely up to me!

Then we go on the holiday and I thoroughly enjoy every minute and thank her (again) for not taking no for an answer because I don't regret a single penny we spent.

I then promise myself that I won't do the same thing next year, but I soon forget and she has to go through it all again. :rotfl:

We tend to go half board regardless of the quality of the hotel as we always have a car on hire for the entire duration of our holiday. This means we are generally out and about between Breakfast and Dinner and cover literally hundreds of miles driving all over exploring the area and spending the money we would have spent on All Inclusive supporting independent local shops, bars, cafes and restaurants.

I know of people who have gone on 2 week All Inclusive holidays and never left the hotel compound once during their entire stay!

Each to their own, but I can't understand that at all.

dawyldthing

Well I had

One near miss - arranged to go to Poland with an old school friend for 4 days. I like eating in local places, eating cheap, looking round. She wanted to eat at posh places (offered to pay, but it was besides the point) and it sounded like we wanted different things so didn't go in the end

Went to New Zealand after Oz and Oz had spoil the me, I'd done most of my list and if I'd researched more I think I'd just go to queenstown for a week but I was that stuck in sorting Oz I just booked NZ without really looking at it. Plus by the time I'd heard the hundredth 'mountain ctvhf', 'lake jftdvh', we're all taking photos and like I said to folk that when we're home were not going to remember the names of them. But looking back some bits were good, I just didn't appreciate it as much at the time. Plus there was a lot of going places where there was naff all there.

Plus had a day in Miami once which me and a friend hated so went straight to Chicago so wasted a fair bit on new flights and ended up paying quite a bit on a posh hotel as we'd been working as a camp counsellor and had been camping or 9 weeks, hostels for nearly 3 so was ready for a bit of luxury, but what we spent going to Miami and out of it could have paid the hotel.

Other than that I can't think of any others really