I want to go back to the same place hubby wants to try somewhere new

[greenbananas29]

So I'm creature of habit, we have been going back to the same place same hotel and even same room as it's the perfect location for the last 5 years.
Looking to book for next year and hubby decides it would be nice to try so where new.
This makes me anxious 😂 I hate the unknown and I love that I know what is nearby where we usually stay, it has everything we need so I think why change it when we know we will have a good holiday there?!
Hubby said maybe time for a change this next holiday just to see what's out there, and that we've exhausted the area around the hotel we normally stay at.
I can see his point but I'm apprehensive to book somewhere completely new and not know what we are going to get, and I feel like I would be comparing to our usual hotel!

I can't imagine going repeatedly to the same resort... just so dull 🤷🏻‍♀️ but each to their own! If it's a chain, try a different country but same hotel group, maybe?

I think it's more than his turn to choose. If my partner didn't share my desire to discover new places, I would be going on holiday with someone else.

I'm completely with your husband, but I understand your anxiety. To help with it I suggest that you think of a couple of things that made you enjoy the previous location/ hotel, and see if a new place has something similar. That way you get to visit a new place but feel a safer too.

I'm with you - if it ain't broke don't fix it. However I can also see dh's pov. Would your finances allow for a weekend away somewhere new? Then if it's great you can go for the week in the summer, if not back to what you know.

I don’t do the same country two trips in a row, let alone the same resort and room????

look at it this way, how many amazing places are you never seeing, many better than where you go now, by staying at the same p,ace. The world is huge.

You need to live a little

if you have youngish kids, then travel is really a working vacation. Predictability makes it easier. I would want the routine to continue. If it is just you and your husband, I would agree to try something new. I have ASD and changes in routine are difficult, but I would still try. That doesn’t mean you have to agree to a radical change. If your idea of a holiday is a nice resort, then agree to a different resort, even in a different country. You don’t have to suddenly take up helicopter skiing.

@greenbananas29 I am going to suggest you start a new thread entitled 'if I enjoyed xxxxxxx, where else do you think I might like ?'

I have seen a few threads like that . You might get some helpful responses suggesting another resort that you would enjoy rather than people putting you down for being you and not them .

Oh come on.its only like having a holiday home.you wouldn't be berating the op for going back their every year you know like people do time and time again.rhis is basically ops holiday home! Fair enough.
And I don't see where she even hinted her husband has put upç/forced/made to go for 5 years.theyve both gone happily it seems and it's now he wants a change which is also fair enough.but let's not put our own script on this.

Reaching possibly but cpuld you do both.

I always said I would never return for the same holiday twice but we found a lovely place that we have been to several times. However, we have been to other places in between. I think after five years on the trot it would be fair to try somewhere else. We actually sometimes do a two-centre holiday - one week in a new place and then the second week in our favourite location but we drive and self-cater so it might be easier that way.

Reaching possibly but cpuld you do both

That’s what we do. We have been been visiting the same country for years. We don’t stay in resorts or hotels.

We also go elsewhere.

The hotel you love was new to you once and you coped. Please don't make holidays a boring home-from-home experience. If change makes you anxious just do a lot of research. Familiarise yourself with some new areas - what things there are to do there, places to eat etc. Expand your limits. It's very good for you.

The current perfect place was an unknown 5 years ago. Yes a change may not be as good but it could be even better. Do your research, ask for recommendations and show your DH he does get to have a say.