About going to the same place on holiday?

[potatopotato]

This is my first AIBU so don't be too harsh

Last year me and DP went to Portugal for a week's holiday. I'd been to the same resort/town twice before (and stayed in the same hotel once) and it was DP's first time there. We had a lovely time and were both sad to leave.

Now it has come to booking this year's holiday and I think we should go back to the same place, but he disagrees.

My reasons are: it will be a boozy beach/ sunshine holiday somewhere in Europe wherever we go, so not like we will be exploring culture/sightseeing etc. It is probably the best place i've ever been to for this kind of holiday- lively strip but it's not full of massive groups of teenagers like Magaluf or Kavos etc. Everything is close by- beach, strip, shops etc not more than 5 mins away. Lovely, mainly English hotel with nice staff and a HUGE infinity pool. Portugal is (correct me if i'm wrong) hotter than Spain etc.

Basically I think we are lucky to have found such a perfect place for the type of holiday we want. I've been on lots of holidays that seem perfect but when you get there they are just a bit lacking in something. I work hard all year and this is my only break so I want the holiday to really live up to my expectations.

DP, however, feels that we should go somewhere new to 'experience it' and try new things. I've been to a lot of European beachy resorts so I don't feel the need to try new ones just for the sake of it, they are normally pretty similar, except this place in Portugal which really stands out.

Also, all we will be doing is sunbathing and drinking, so I don't see why we should risk ending up in a shithole just for the

[AnyFucker]

soap, you are not really helping

I have 6k tastes on a 3k budget, I am afraid. I wish these kids would grow up and stop clinging onto us, fgs. Why does the 17yo want to even come with us, she will spend all the time on her phone yakking to her bf about how "bored" she is

[AnyFucker]

Begonia, I looked at a few in Cyprus...whatcha found ? It's not chav central is it ?

[thebody]

Naaaah, only go abroad for the weather. Me and dh are lazy arses as both work too freakin hard all bloody year to have nasty surprises.

We have one fantastic holiday cottage we go to in wales( cottage is a joke as its freakin huge) been going there since oldest was 4 and he's now 23.. Lovely owners who are friends now.

Abroad we go to same hotel in Cyprus, brill food, relax and just lovely.

We just can't be arsed to be disappointed in our precious holiday.

[landofsoapandglory]

AF I've just paid for DS1 to go to Malia with his mates on a post A levels holiday! DH said he doesn't want to come on a beach holiday, he wants to go on a walking holiday, so DS2(16) has suggested we go somewhere together!

[AndABigBirdInaPearTree]

(only read first page)

I'm sure someone has suggested this, but just in case, why don't you take it in turn to choose, you have even years he has odd years. You will always choose that place and he will choose somewhere different.

[Bearbehind]

I'm with you potatopotato but luckily my DH is too. We've booked to go to the same place twice this year (we do stay in different hotels) and we'll have been 10 times in 6 years which I totally agree is disgraceful given the number of places in the world there are to see. The trouble is holidays aren't cheap and we only get 4 weeks a year so we can't bring ourselves to risk somewhere not coming up to the same standard.

[AnyFucker]

hey, soap take my two as well to keep you and your ds company

erm, Malia ? Put a few packs of condoms in his suitcase.

[BegoniaBampot]

Anyfucker, I'd forget AI on that budget. Better to go to an OK SC or apt with kitchen and feed yourself and eat out or you'll be in the worst AI with likely crap food and dishwater drinks. Don't risk it.

[AnyFucker]

< sigh >

Is 3-3.5k not a lot of money then ? It seems like it to me.

[AnyFucker]

I have found something nice. Am not going to tell you though, because you might all book it

[Hullygully]

oh COME ON

You meanie

[Hullygully]

I think it's a lot of money as well. I wouldn't pay that for four people for two weeks.

[AnyFucker]

I am not even looking at 14 nights, Hully. It's 11 nights.

< flips bird > TravelAdvisor agrees with me...

[AnyFucker]

Seriously, haven't decided yet, but might have found a good compromise on a greek island. Close to airport (cannot be bovved with another 2 hour journey after a flight), small and friendly but stuff going on (sports/quizzes/waterpolo etc). Busy (but not crazy) town/nice beach 20 mins walk (or by free courtesy bus) away.

[Trills]

You wouldn't pay £3k for 4 people for 2 weeks?

I might, depends what was included.

If I could persuade DP to join in and pay half I might pay £3k for 2 people for 2 weeks, depending on what I got for that.

I'd be expecting people to being me nice alcoholic drinks in hollowed-out pineapples for that though.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

Hully How old are you? Or how many holidays a year do you take? You seem to have been bloody everywhere.......

[BegoniaBampot]

Well hope it's nice. No Idea where we are going yet this summer. Decisions, decisions!

[AnyFucker]

It's booked.

< gulp >

[IamtheZombie]

Which island, AF?

PM Zombie if you want to stay all mysterious publicly.

[AnyFucker]

It's all right zombs

Not being mysterious really, just didn't want someone to come along and say "oh no, you haven't booked that have you, it's really horrible" and burst my little bubble

it's Zakynthos/Zante, not the rowdy part

[IamtheZombie]

Ah, OK. It's just that we discovered Kos a few years ago and go back every year. At least once...

[AnyFucker]

have been to Kos

I hope it will be similar (but a sandy beach, found the place we went to on Kos didn't have great beaches)

I like a sandy beach and shallow water, just right for lying in

[IamtheZombie]

We don't have to take children into account, so we stay in a small family run no one under 16 hotel in Kos Town. It's just far enough out to have a field of goats next door but we can be at the Dolphin roundabout in 10 minutes max. And that's shuffling along at Zombie speed.

Best of both worlds for us.

[AnyFucker]

My teenagers would hate that. Happy(ish) teenagers, happy parents, innit

I am pretty sure they would actually prefer bungy jumps, waterparks, nightclubs, foam parties, funfairs and all that jazz...but there is only so much I can tolerate

[EchoBitch]

This year i am going on holiday.
First proper one apart from camping in The Purbecks (20 minutes drive away and never more than five nights) for 21 years.
I am going on a train trip around Scotland and going on the 'Harry Potter' viaduct no less.

I can't wait.