If money were no object, what would you do in retirement?

[Retiringplans]

What would be the one thing you would do when you retire if money was no object? Either an experience or something you look forward to doing regularly
I am likely retiring early in my 50's & I am restricted in my options due to being a full time carer and have considered all sorts of things from holiday homes to allotments most of which won't be possible with my young adult - I have also considered moving as I grew up near the sea & love it.
This is kind of a wishes & dreams question for a quiet Friday Evening so put it in AIBU

A round the worid cruise, but one I could get on and off for side travel - going to all the places I haven't seen.

@Retiringplans

Do your late husbands family not provide any support? Could they not give you a few weeks respite so you could go to Japan

To be honest in your shoes I would be looking to the longer term care of your adult child. If they are not capable of indepent living I'd be starting to look at supported living. Its far better to move them earlier instead of when you are 82, in a health crisis and have to move them as an emergency.

Can you not do your holiday let thing in the north east ?

Could you look into respite so you could get to Japan?

Travel extensively, buy a nice bungalow, have a gardener, cleaner etc. Buy a boat abroad to sail. Persue my physical sport hobbies, train as much as possible, learn an instrument, do courses.

We plan on swapping our touring caravan for a large motorhome and travelling around Europe. I pray this dream will come true 🙏

I'm retired on a small pension but am so content that if money were no object I would do exactly what I do now with my time.

I'm mid-60s and part-retired, and am lucky enough to have some money but not quite enough. I live out of London,and I love that, but and if money was no object I would buy a studio flat in Soho or Covent Garden and spend a bit of time there. As well as visiting lovely places to eat, I would go to theatre, opera and ballet and not have to stress about getting home afterwards. I'd obviously be able to buy decent tickets for all of the shows I wanted to see! I'd also have membership of Tate and the Royal Academy so I could see all the exhibitions I wanted to without booking in advance. I would, of course, make the flat available to friends and family when I wasn't using it.

@Ted27 I will look at supported living down the line however there is a big difference between 52 & 82. And my child doesn't communicate with anyone other than me currently which makes this difficult, we work with the LA & medical professionals - they are currently late teens & mid to late 20's might present a different picture of what is needed.
I can only dream of support from my late husbands family in 10 years since he died they have had them overnight once & they didn't take my child to school so I was contacted by the school asking where they were

@DorsetMermaid that's lovely are you actually in Dorset?
I went to school near Lyme Regis & love the area

I want to buy a small house with a large garden with a view of a bleak sea in a village with good pub/restaurants (ideas on a postcard please)
I will take courses in stuff I enjoy but am not good at - drawing, pottery, pilates.
I suppose I best get DH’s agreement… but I’ve got a few years yet

@Nothungrycat love the theatre
My current wants are Kabaret at the Kitkat club & Hadestown

This precisely.

Solve global warming.

Travel, always business class

Probably spend the odd month in the Austrian Tyrol or in Tuscany, or doing an Italian language course in Rome.
Walk the South West coastal path and have lots of nice weekends away in the U.K..
Otherwise I’ve travelled and worked extensively abroad already so not fussed about big trips but would devote lots of time to my garden and do some volunteer work, possibly at the local hospital or with Homestart if they take people that age.
And have regular trips up to London to exhibitions and shows.

Travel the world with a butler/ maid in tow.

I really don't get the travel thing.

I'd pay for the very best healthcare, physio, etc available.
Buy a country property for a horse retirement home.
Buy a city flat for easy access to theatre and events.

Open an animal sanctuary.

I work in care, specialise in dementia and absolutely love my job, but we don't have the resources we need. On my wages I'll have to work until I drop but if money were no object, I'd build a proper dementia village, pay staff really well (meaning I could also be choosy about who works there), have sensory rooms and activities for those with advanced dementia, have proper shops etc etc.

Yoga retreat ever month
Lots of facials and massages and spa time
Become a member of the fanciest gym I could find
Lots of coffees / lunches out in interesting towns
Lots of time in Lake Garda and Biarritz

I would have an amazing garden with the bought in help to allow me to continue to enjoy it when older. There would also be chickens, ducks, alpacas and a lovely pond.

DW a hip replacement
Me a stonking Northern soul record collection.
Off to a warm country
Nice house,pool ,nice people around us
Hopefully.

Move to a house with a sea or river view and very private gardens
Spend money making my home and garden beautiful
Travel

I’ve always fancied a flat in the Barbican. Then winters somewhere warmer, summers somewhere cooler. Slow travel adventures, based somewhere for a month or two. But a London base for theatre trips, courses and general moochery.

I would be looking for some respite care for your young adult to allow you to enjoy yourself and have a well deserved break as a carer.