To not understand why people go abroad on holiday in the summer?

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My social media is full of people on holiday abroad at the moment. It's glorious here and I've got a few days off work so I've just been for a walk round my village and will spend the afternoon in the garden reading in the sun with a couple of glasses of something.

Britain is lovely in the summer - I'd far rather go abroad later or earlier in the year when the weather is not so good here and make the most of the weather here while we have it.

I've never really understood the desire to go abroad while it's nice here. Anyone else with me?

Becuase the weather in the UK is not reliable (our UK holiday during covid was fucking awful thanks to a big storm in early august. We had to leave our "glamping" holiday to go to my inlaws to dry out and heat up).
Because the school holidays mean that if you want to get away for any period over a week it more or less needs to be then.
Becuase there are places in Europe I'd like to go that are nicer in the summer than in e.g. Febuary half term.
UK holidays often work out much more expensive.
There's more to a holiday than just the weather - facilaties, food, culture, etc.

There's more to a holiday than just the weather

Yet it’s the first thing you mention. In any case we went to Italy in August one year and it rained for five days, you can’t rely on the weather anywhere.

Of course you can get rain anywhere. Statistically there are some places hwere your chances of good weather are much better than others.

Anyway, this summer we are going to scandinavia. Statistically worse weather than here. But loads better now than in October. And primarily we are going because we want to get out the UK for our holiday for cultural, food etc reasons. To see a bit of the world, you know.

Statistically there are some places hwere your chances of good weather are much better than others.

And then Mother Nature comes along and puts two fingers up to the statistics. 😂

well yeah, that's a possibility anywhere. But its ridiculous to say that it's not worth going somewhere else which satistically has better weather just because there might be a freak weather pattern.

All inclusive, lounging by the pool with an unlimited delivery of cocktails does not exist in this country.

Britain in lovely weather is still Britain. If you can't imagine why people would want to leave it, I suggest you haven't thought about it for more than 10 seconds.
Plus it often pisses it down for half the summer

@Blossomtoes nooooo we are off to Italy for a long weekend (family over there) I'm praying for sun so we can play in the pool. We are going back to Egypt in august almost 100% chance of 7 days of 35+ not a cloud in the sky. We have Mexico booked for October which is earlier than I would normally like to go but highly likely we will get 10+ days of sun out of 14

THE WEATHER EVERY SINGLE TIME!

Thank God, it’s my idea of hell. A villa with a pool, a fridge full of nice food and wine and nobody else within miles is my choice. It’s easy to find the equivalent of that here.

I think the reason why this thread exists is so that people who don't go abroad can state how much more eco they are than those that do.

There is a distinct eco onepmanship on mn atm.

Anywhere in the UK - agreed

but Turkey? Cyprus? August.
You really can’t almost certainly guarantee that will be blazing hot and sunny every single day. Check our historical weather data for these countries if you do not believe me!

“Can guarantee”!!!

It flies over my head.

Two abroad holidays to Europe a year, possibly 3? And otherwise try to be as environmentally careful as I can be (recycle, choose to walk pretty much everywhere, avoid buying food in pack again blah blah blah) - so I completely ignore chuckle to myself when I read the posters going on about their eco credentials for not flying

But i would have to buy the food and unpack
i would have to meal plan, prepare, cook, clean up, replenish

i would have to make beds, keep on top of mess and plan what to do during the day (a villa with a private pool in the UK?!)

I LOVE the week I book by the coast in the UK but as a single parent…. Nothing delivers the unparalleled heaven that is a five star deluxe all inclusive abroad. It is bliss. And also - I kick back and chill with my children like no other time because we are all “equal” ie - none of us are doing a thing!

@Blossomtoes

Blossomtoes · 27/04/2022 21:20
Off to Malta next Thursday - £2,000 for two of us for 5 b&b.*

did you enjoy Malta?!

You’re so, so wrong. This post is coming halfway through a Mediterranean holiday. It’s so amazing to be somewhere completely different where the last two years feels like a bad dream. The sun on your face, fabulous food, a glass of wine at lunchtime, feeling the stress drain away. It’s beyond wonderful.

and here you are again @Blossomtoes

i don’t get it. On this thread waxing lyrical about the uk and how weather not all that important but clearly… you very much have a penchant for 5 star accommodation with “the sun on your face” abroad!

@wexone well not anymore since I wrote this a month ago and to be honest I've moved on from then 🤣 Wasn't all that interesting in the first place on hindsight, I was just a bit grumpy at the time I think!!

And no comment on fact that you start a thread baffled at people going abroad…

but a few days later saying how hellish you garden is because of neighbours

oh and another thread where you are saying how wonderful if it to be on holiday abroad You’re so, so wrong. This post is coming halfway through a Mediterranean holiday. It’s so amazing to be somewhere completely different where the last two years feels like a bad dream. The sun on your face, fabulous food, a glass of wine at lunchtime, feeling the stress drain away. It’s beyond wonderful.

this really tickled some of us!!!😂

we were hanging on for a response!!

Schools finished yesterday here. It’s grey and rainy high of 17 here, I’m wearing a cardigan. Its miserable. It’s similar next week. It’s not hard to understand if you’ve got 1 week off work wearing a cagoule on the beach isn’t everyone’s idea of a decent holiday.

Well it’s 17 degrees and raining at home and 33 degrees with a light breeze not a cloud in the sky in Italy soooo….plus the art/buildings / food / different culture and landscape. What a daft question!

This thread has been hugely entertaining! Some posters falling over themselves to present camping in a field as preferable to a week in the med, and insisting that their children prefer it!!! suggesting board games and walking in the rain in wellies to enjoy the great British outdoors, and probably the best laugh, preferring Yorkshire to the Maldives 😃
Then the OP complaining about her noisy neighbours so she can’t enjoy her lovely English garden finished me off!