People with money and means where do they go in UK winter

[SpringisSpinning]

It's hard enough without covid but people with means, not super wealthy, where do they go in winter? Skiing? Thailand? It's just so hard the UK winter and boring....

Skiing. A week in the (hopefully) sunny bright mountains, literally and figuratively on top of the world, can compensate for months of UK dreich (sp?)

Aviemore for skiing...

No where. Covid. But Barbados is amaze

Skiing and Caribbean. Antigua and Barbados are both lovely.

For a holiday or for longer than that?

I know someone with a holiday home in Spain and they spend most of the winter there.

I can't afford a holiday home but I'm going to the Caribbean next winter for a holiday.

Canaries or southern Spain are more accessible, canaries more reliable weather.

People sometimes get long term deals on accommodation to make it more affordable.

But what do you mean about UK winters being 'boring'? What is it you want to do but can't? You seem to be talking about non covid times.

Canaries.

I suspect there would be quite different answers depending on if it's for a 1-2 week holiday or 3+ months stint. Short holiday skiing, Dubai, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Caribbean, South Africa. Longer duration Spain, Cyprus, South Africa, Malta, Madeira

We spend a week each February in the Alps. We mostly ski, walk and eat cheese. In my view, January and February in the U.K. have no redeeming features. Although I quite like a winter weekend in London.
DH family all spend time in the Cape (SA). BILs both work from there (writer and software designer) for a month or so.
My parents spend three weeks in Mallorca. Walking and bird watching.

Canaries are disgusting. I went once and wont be going back.

Skiing usually. France is the obvious choice, but Switzerland is lovely. Italy is also good but a much slower pace. Or if you wanted to go further, Lake Tahoe is absolutely incredible. I really miss skiing.

For a hotter holiday id be looking a Sri Lanka, or Kerala in India. Obviously very much depends what you want. I thought Dubai wasnt great - loads of wealth thrown in your face to cover an appalling human rights track record.

Canaries are disgusting. I went once and wont be going back

There are seven Canary islands. I assume that you did no research and went to one of the tiny areas of one of the larger islands that's aimed at the 'Brits in the sun' crowd and ignored the other 99% that's perfectly lovely.

Balmoral?

I have a fantasy that I live in the UK March-September and NZ September-March. Of course, jobs, family, friends, life all get in the way!

Ive been to a majority of them and found them to be rocky and barren mainly.

I had a housemate when I lived in Germany who spent the winter living in Thailand.

My dad and his DP used to go to India for 2 weeks every December.

Skiing mostly USA

My new job means that I will only be able to take a holiday in Jan - Feb and have been thinking about this.
Though at the moment I couldn't afford more than two weeks away.
Daydreaming is enough for now.

We do okay (not mad money)
In November we do canaries or Oman
Feb/mar we go skiing.

Carribean is not our jam but v popular with our friends.

I live in a fairly affluent area. Almost everyone seems to go skiing in the winter (sometimes a family trip and separately for a friends/girls/lads trip)

We generally go away for a few weeks, sometimes a couple of months to avoid the worst of the weather.

Faves are

Maldives
Australia, esp Tasmania
Morocco

In Jan 2020 we just had a couple of weeks in La Palma, one of the v quiet Canaries, hiking in the mountains.

Oh yes forgot about the Caribbean, you have to be careful where you go, tho, some is a bit too Americanised for us. South coast Jamaica or Blue Mountains is beautiful

We usually have a week in January/February in the Canaries. Lovely weather but not too hot if you have little ones.

Canaries are not disgusting. What a stupid thing to say. Lanzarote at least is beautiful

Christmas, is when people do their big travel holidays, long haul - Thailand. Australia, vietnam, South Africa, Mauritius. Skiing at Feb half term but I hate skiing so give that a miss

I wouldn't class us a rich but we are comfortable. We have a week sking in feb most years but this is because my dh loves skiing. Always has even when we were not as fortunate I would not say it's a lifestyle thing.

Sometimes we have a few days away over Xmas in uk self catered

I know people that have gone long haul over Xmas but we never have.

Usually do a couple of long weekends in Iceland. Then sometimes a longer break in January/February; India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Norway. Only ten days or so, we like British weather.