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To wonder why people go on the same holiday every year?

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malificent7 · 02/10/2019 10:51

Like my dad...bless him. Same holiday, hotel, tours, same experiences. I am fully prepared to get flamed as i know that people find what works for them but it is a vast world out there and isn't is nice to explore?. Hard hat on.
For eg...dad always goes to Rome....amazing...lucky him... but when i suggest Paris he sounds very uncertain. He goes to Rome for the art...but there is tons in Paris. I just feel like he's missing out on experiences before he gets too old to do them.

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LoreleiRock · 03/10/2019 03:42

I don’t get a proper holiday every year because I live overseas so use leave to come home. I could never ever get bored of London, but it is my home town, full of my family and friends. I would not like to limit my actual planned travel to the same place every year.

FizzyIce · 03/10/2019 07:05

Some people just find comfort in familiar places ,especially if they’re in their older years.
We have a few favourite places that we alternate with new and it works well for us

pontiouspilates · 03/10/2019 07:15

We do a mix, travel to different/new destinations a couple of times a year but when we want to totally relax, as soon as the key goes in the lock, it has to be a week in my family's villa. We've been a million times, but there is something about the familiarity that gives us instant relaxation.

Dramaofallama · 03/10/2019 07:18

My parents are the same. Every year they go back to the same small Greek island, they have ventured out twice in the past 5 years to other Greek Islands but always go back to the other. They have been going for twenty years now.
I think they find comfort in going, plus they know the island like the back off their hand and have made many great friends there. They also go to help the local community in whatever way is possible, unfortunately the island itself has been losing tourism for the past 10 years as big travel companies are no longer advertising the small independent apartments or studios but the big all inclusive hotels that sit in the middle of nowhere.

Dramaofallama · 03/10/2019 07:22

*pressed send to quick.
Unfortunately this has left many of the locals in financial ruin as they depend near enough solely on the 6 month of tourism to bring in most of their income. In the winter months many of the locals (mainly the men) will have to travel to mainland Greece or the larger Greek Islands to work on construction to send money home.

Daisychainsandglitter · 03/10/2019 07:25

What @c3pu said.
My DD is autistic and we go for familiarity and comfort which is important to her. She point blank refuses to get on a plane or a train so we just go to the same place in the UK every year. If she's happy, I'm happy.

BikeRunSki · 03/10/2019 07:28

Exactly this

I’ve done so recently- last 4/5 years.It minimises the risk of it being shit. And when you’re using your annual leave, laying thousands of pounds and it’s precious family time that’s important. At the moment I have young children and we feel we need certain things from a holiday. Holidays have become less about adventuring and exploring and more about resting and recharging. For that reason I want to know that the hotel has everything we want, the local area suits us, the tourist attractions suit us etc etc

We’ve been going to the sane place for 6 years. I would like to go elsewhere, asked the DS what they’d think if we went elsewhere one summer. DS (10) said (jokingly) - “I’d kill you.... slowly”.

We tbd to do a city break at Easter - for discovering new places and experiences - and the same summer holiday - there is a lot of relaxation in familiarity.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 03/10/2019 07:30

Personally I couldn't imagine anything worse than going to the same place year after year. 6yo DS and I love adventure, we've been abroad together 7 times so far, all to different places.

But I realise that not everyone is like me and we all like different things. I'm not bothered what other people do if it makes them happy.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 03/10/2019 07:31

Saying that, we do go to Butlins every year because it's easy and DS loves it! But we have a couple of holidays abroad per year and they're always different.

Roselilly36 · 03/10/2019 07:33

We are like this, go to Lanzarote every winter for a week or two if we can! Just love it, been going for 8 years now, we hire an apartment or villa, never get bored of it.

DippyAvocado · 03/10/2019 07:36

I used to wonder this too but now I go on holiday to the same cottage in France every year 😁. We just love it there. The region is beautiful and we already know where the best shops/beaches etc are. The set-up of the house is perfect for us and there are always children staying in the adjoining cottage for ours to play with. Most of all, it is so peaceful and we really unwind there. The last couple of years we have done a week there and a week somewhere new so we can discover new places.

LagunaBubbles · 03/10/2019 07:37

so so boring. They might as well stay at home

What an absolutely totally arrogant statement. It also shows rather an odd narrow minded thought process to, to think if you think something is boring then others should do to.

ChickenyChick · 03/10/2019 07:39

Personally I think there is nothing “exciting” about restlessly going to a different place every time, ticking of the tourust things like it’s a to-do list (“exploring”)

The kind if tourism where you try to consume a different place every time....

I love going back to the same places, it’s familiar and more relaxing

Just let him be OP, personally I never even liked Paris

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