Trip to Corfu on my own

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DH and I have agreed that when the confusion about travel is sorted and if we are allowed to travel that we can both have a trip away with friends for a long weekend. I'd love to go to Corfu, went to an adults only hotel 10 minutes from the airport a few years back with best friend but she can't come this year as she's a 6th form teacher and due back mid August. I'm thinking to go the week after school restarts as DH can work from home. I know the hotel and the area. It's a small hotel so can't be crowded. Would you do it?

Sounds amazing but then I have young children and the thought of 24 hours by myself is amazing.

If you are referring to the covid risk then I would imagine you will probably be exposed to it, if it get it not is a different matter and if it makes you ill is also a lesser chance. How much risk are you happy with?

I would love to go away on my own

Yes I bloody would. Oh my days, sitting by a pool not having to speak to any one. Reading, sleeping, walking, swimming - sounds bliss.

Thanks, I'm going to do it once I know the date school goes back. DH works FT from home at the moment and his employer has made it clear that will continue until at least Xmas so he can do the 5 minute walk to and from school without issue. I just desperately want some silence ... 😳

Yes I would

DH is fully on board with me doing it and has said he'll even pay towards it if I want him to so I can find a more luxury hotel with a sea view rather than being fobbed off with the 'single traveller rubbish view' room that might happen. I'm worried some of my friends will be a bit 'why didn't you ask me?????' and just not understand why I wanted a few days on my own ... but maybe after lockdown they'll all understand? I know if I mention it to anyone they'll ask me to change the date/change the venue/change the hotel etc. and I don't know if I have the energy for it.

dont mention it to anyone and if anyone asks why didnt you ask me, just say it was a last minute thing

This is my idea of heaven going alone.

I am very jealous and yes, you should go!

Thank you all. I've found what looks like a fab hotel, it's got good flights from my local airport and I'll book come end of August hopefully (just in case Greece goes tits up to us Brits in the meantime). I'm really pleased by how supportive DH is being, before lockdown I don't think he realised quite how stressful full-time WFH (which I do anyway) while dealing with a 9 year old, school, clubs etc and a dog was. He goes/went to work everyday at 6am and got home at 7, and would help as soon as he was home. He's been very honest about finding it hard and not quite realising how hard it was. He's worked incredibly hard over lockdown too so we both need a break but agreed separate breaks near as his idea of a break is mountain biking and mine is lying in the sun looking at the sea 🌊😂

Sounds wonderful. It's a special birthday this year for me and I've missed a lot of things due to lockdown so thinking of going somewhere by myself for a couple of nights as it's tricky to go together and DH with teen and dog.

I did a response but it doesn't seem to be showing. Anyway, I'm off 26 Aug for 4 nights (3 full days realistically after initial travel day). DH has been very supportive and has plans for him, DS and DDog.

This will be amazing. I absolutely love Corfu, the people and the food. Enjoy!

Have a lovely time!
Very envious!

Sounds wonderful, have a great time & hope it all goes smoothly.

I guess one ‘bonus’ of the last six months has been the realisation from others that when you work from home it’s not the complete & utter doss people thought it was. I’ve worked full time from home for the last 13 years with both a dog and a now 12 year old at home during holidays and after school. The problems of being left ALONE to focus without the interruptions when you’ve got a deadline or DDog going barking mad at an Amazon delivery while you’re on a Client call or friends who ask last minute if you could pick up their kids from school too and have them for a couple of hours etc will now be more familiar to others!

Yes that's very much it !! I've worked at home, alone, for years. Have two clients so my two laptops set up and did school runs before and after, dog sleeps nearby etc. Now that DH is working from home and DS was home everything became chaotic. I miss the quiet time I had to concentrate. This is my reward to myself to get some quiet time (hopefully) 😊

I go away in my own once a year and so does DH although he usually goes with friends on an activity type break. I’m into hiking and usually build that in to my break. It’s a gift we give each other as it’s essential to us to get away from work, kids etc. And frankly from each other every once in a while!

Happy holidays!

I hope you are having an amazing time!

It sounds great in theory but we met a sole female guest when my friend and I were on holiday last year and she just seemed a bit sad.

Probably depends on the female guest though I guess @lovelemoncurd? We met a solo female traveller 2 years ago in France and she was a really outgoing soul who regularly holidayed separately and seemingly happily from her husband. She’d made friends with a couple of locals just by chatting, gone round for a family dinner, was getting out and about and having a grand old time. I totally agree though if you were on your own in the like of a family centred All Inclusive it would probably make anyone feel a bit of a sad loner.

I'm having a lovely time thank you. I'm happily reading a book or my phone during meal times. The meal area is busy and you don't feel inclined to hang around anyway. I've booked breakfasts for early morning so it's a hire empty when I eat.l , ll have been to Corfu Town today for an explore and a lovely lunch and am now on the beach in the shade with a plastic glass of cheap wine 😊 My only complaint might be they they seem to treat lone travellers as 'less' despite the extra cost of travelling alone. I deliberately paid extra for the best style room yet am nowhere near the best area of the resort ... I get directed to a tiny table for two next to a pillar even though there are better tables for two available. I may send a message about it when I'm home but it's not enough to ruin it for me.

Looks lovely! Glad you're enjoying yourself.

Glad to read its going well. My last ever package holiday was there (in 2002) when I went by myself. I hope you enjoyed Corfu Town.

God, I'd love to be there right now.

lovelemoncurd, can I ask, why did she seem sad? Did you talk to her or just watch from afar? I def sow some odd looks but I ignored mostly and the staff were fine to me.

Corfu Town was amazing (I sweat so much though, more fool me for not taking my hat!).