Where would you go with £10k

[Blacksquirrel]

If you had a one off £10k to spend on a holiday. Family of 4, DS13 & DD8 where would you go?

What do you like doing?

I'd be straight back to Belize: friendly people, great weather (outside hurricane season), crystal clear sea, the meso- American reef ,to swim, dive and snorkel, among tropical fish, turtles, rays, dolphins. Great food. Mayan ruins. Caving, zip lining through rainforests, cave tubing.
Palm trees, blue skies, live at a human pace.

If I could get it all for £10k I'd go to Japan. Amazing history/culture, cities, beaches, mountains. Been to other parts of Asia, but not Japan. Think it'd be absolutely amazing - once in a life time. I'd love to go.

I'd probably go to Japan again in a shot, or a safari. But it really depends how you feel about long haul flights and/or your 8 year old in tropical places. If neither of those bothered you Id consider maybe Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Australia or the Carribbean. Last summer I took my teens on a road trip round California which was great.

The younger one is probably a bit young for a safari.

I didn’t enjoy Japan. USA for me.

I would go to Borneo or Costa Rica

At that age mine would have loved Universal Studios in Florida along with a trip to Busch Gardens and Kennedy Space centre. You would comfortably do that and have change from 10k.

NZ, to visit my brother

I'd love to do west coast of USA. San Francisco , Los Angeles, Vegas .. and go to the original Disneyland in California 😊

I’d go back to Florida! We had a great time there last year and I’m currently planning another trip for maybe 2019

New Zealand! But only because DH and I have already been to Japan.

It's a smaller budget but probably NZ.

We would hire a van and tour Europe. Or we'd go to the States and travel round visiting various friends and family.

Oz probably

New Zealand or Tokyo, or both XD

i would swim with dolphins, do some water sports, visit an aquarium and a Zoo and.. stuff

Have also heard great things about Australia.

Hawaii

Seconding Borneo or Costa Rica for amazing nature and wildlife, and fabulous beaches. Kids will love it and you don't spend loads of money once you're there. We did East Coast USA with our kids at that age and they also loved it - NYC to Adirondacks, Boston, Vermont, Rhode Island and down to Washington DC. 3 weeks, a fab trip, but SO expensive!

Around £10K will get you a fantastic tailor made two week trip to South East Asia or Sri Lanka with Selective Asia or similar companies. Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka are all great places to travel with kids.

Last Christmas we had a few nights in Miami, a 7 day cruise, a few nights in the Keys, then 4 nights in New York on the way home. It came to just under £10000 for 5 of us ( 2 adults, 3 teens), including car hire and spending.

Ne Zealand via Singapore for a felong day's for theme parks. NZ scenery and outdoor activities so amazing.

*few days theme parks

Japan is on my wish list so maybe there.

But I do love the Maldives so an island resort would be amazing. The children could enjoy snorkelling on the coral reef and a range of water sports, dolphin watching etc It's extremely peaceful there too so the ultimate place to relax.

Definitely agree with Sri Lanka - it's so beautiful and so much to see and do. The people are amazing also

Cuba, South Africa or Sri Lanka.

Enjoy the planning and your trip.

A tour of some of the sub-Saharan game reserves - Kruger in South Africa; Chobe in Botswana; Serengeti in Tanzania; Masai Mara in Kenya...
There is absolutely nothing like driving through the bush and spotting the amazing wildlife. And some of the lodges in the reserves are fantastic.

I'm surprised people are so complementary about Sri Lanka- great food and great people but I found it disturbingly poor and too busy.