£5k - where?

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I inherited £5k from a relative when they died with the caveat that it should be used for travel.
Her NOK said of course I can ignore her wishes. But tbh I'm in a position where I actually DO want to follow her wishes.

So, looking for a bit of inspiration really!

Where would you go?

For how many people, and what ages? What do you like doing, and where have you enjoyed to visit before?

I left out who and what we like and where we've been before on purpose so I maybe just get some suggestions that I hadn't considered iyswim.
So really just wondering where YOU would go, not your ideas of where I should go necessarily.

But no kids, just me and dh

It totally depends on how long you want to go for, what time of year, do you want to stretch the 5k or do you want to blow it in a fancy hotel for three nights?

Your question is somewhat pointless without that info.

A river cruise through Austria, etc.

DH and I went 1st class interrailing last year. Several countries, lots of variety. A brilliant and memorable trip.

A road trip around Sicily including getting the ferry out to the Aeolian Islands, ending with at least a week on Stromboli watching her erupt! My favourite place on Earth ❤️

Luxury holiday to Seychelles.

I really want to tour parts of America - Boston and Nantucket, Washington DC, New Orleans, Denver/Salt lake city - so I’d pick one or two of those areas. But, I’m aware my holidays aren’t what most people opt for.

California road trip

I have always wanted to do the trans Siberian express, might not be the best plan at the minute though.

I’d do USA multi city trip , NEW York and Washington or Chicago and NewOrleans

@ooooohnoooooo that sounds like my kind of inter railing - did you plan it yourself ? Or go with a suggested itinerary ?

Ah ok, no children still helpful!
I'd do a road trip in California

I’ve never been to Australia/ New Zealand and a trip there is very much on my To Do list when I have spare time & finances. Also a Pacific Islands cruise. And a Vietnam trip. The list is actually quite long…
My favourite (possibly) past ‘special’ trip that I would recommend was to Japan.

Sri Lanka
costa rica
west coast of USA, San Fran, Big Sur etc
Marrakech
Spanish coastal road trip

Canadian Rockies road trip!

If you can take the time, I'd go either to Australia/NZ and travel around, or to the US/Canada and do that.

I think I’d pick a multi centre holiday in Thailand as I haven’t been there, or possibly visit India.

I would say some of the suggestions so far would cost more than 5k.

Canada - lake Louise etc
New York / Chicago / Boston
Antarctic (drake passage cruise)
Safari (South Africa)

So many possibilities!

Holiday to the Seychelles here too but sadly I don't think 5K is enough. With that id prob go greek islan hopping or phillipines/vietnam

Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica. Visiting pyramids, cloud forrest and volcanos.

Costa Rica and Cambodia would be top of my list.

Lots of these posts seem to be talking about holidays that could easily cost double the budget.

China by rail.

St Pancras - Brussels - Cologne - Moscow - Ulan Batar - Beijing

I agree, I had to go back to read OP, thought maybe i'd mistaken 5k for 15k...! 5k doesn't go far these days some of the suggestions are waaaay off the mark unfortunately!

Vietnam is pretty great and for £5k you can live it up as it’s affordable, also you can see a lot.

Someone suggested new york but it’s so expensive your budget may not get you far. We spent around that sum in 4 days in december excluding flights. I reckon you’d want more for your money.

New Zealand is also amazing and beautiful. So special.