Do you think some people are almost addicted to holidaysvand holiday planning?

[Travelfairy]

I think I am one of these people 🙈

I always have to have something to look forward to. I love travelling, not just holidaying. I love big road trips, exploring places off the beaten track etc but my kids tease me for booking a holiday on a holiday. I do this almost always 🙈 we are just back from a huge holiday touring around Canada. I already have a trip in Sept with DH & DD in Oct. Just squeezed in a short family break in Ireland before both of those for August bank holiday in Ireland (where we live).

Now looking at NYC for Dec 🙈 sometimes I wonder am I trying to escape my day to day life 🙈🙈

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A cruise is a good way of clocking up countries.

I also get running out of time to visit countries panic.

I love planning but it’s more the researching options, I’m actually mean with money so often book really late

I should add though I’m am planning ahead a 5 week road trip to the Arctic if anyone wants to help plan that … definitely a lot more intricate as the chain hotels with English language websites drop off and I know a few words of Finnish and no Swedish or Norwegian

Me too I love the anticipation usually get super excited four weeks pre departure! I’ll take my case down, start holiday washing and folding, setting out toiletries, writing lots of lists! Such a buzz. Also it really softens the journey home and first week back at work if I know I have another trip booked. Then again I don’t splurge on anything else really, shop in Aldi, Tesco or Sainsbury clothes, hobbies are outdoor exercise, swimming, library and park walks so I guess I don’t feel guilty for spending money on travel and I doubt we will regret it if we reach old age. Enjoy, life is for living!

I think the opposite I think that are living life to the full, enjoying new experiences and open minded. I’d rather be sat around a table with the people posting on here than a bunch of boring homebody moaning brits.

Yes, me too! Just love holidays, like to have the next one booked before I go in one.

I feel very happy. Just love holidays.

Good I’m envious she gets to do all that on one salary - think what they could do on two !!!

Loads on YouTube about the artic circle toad trip - check it out xxxx

Kind of, instead of spending masses on holidays every year it’s all being saved to move abroad permanently. Holidays are fun but we want to spend our holidays coming back to visit family here and living in nice place instead of escaping to one.

This 100%
we have 5 booked at the moment - Sept (DH has 2 in Sept), Xmas, then next year June, Sept and Xmas so far. There will be a few weekends away thrown in too… just looking at a caravan weekend in March where we can take the dog and DSC can come/bring a friend if they want to.

We really should put some colour on the walls (new build, been here 3 years) but it really doesn’t bother me having white walls but not having holiday’s to look forward to really does. Some of them DSC will come with us some will just be DH and me.
If it wasn’t for Brexit we’d be looking for an apartment in Europe for retirement.

I agree I think it’s a hobby for some people.
I wish I was more like that because it just feels like admin to me. More research, more decisions!

Me! There are worse vices though...😎

Despite loving holidays I actually wouldn’t want to move abroad. I have a fab life here and would miss my friends and family too much.

Yes, I think so.

I don’t have it.

I was a Third Culture Kid as a child and lived in 5 countries on 3 continents by the age of 10. I got my fill it it. My own children have only had one house, one school and UK holidays (bar one).

I love where I live. I love my settled life.

So far this year we've been to Belize and a walking trip in Yorkshire. Got another walking trip to Portugal in September and will probably go to Finland some time in November or December. Next year we know we'll go to Finland in June but don't know the dates yet, Ecuador is booked for November. Will do a spring city break, yet to be determined and will choose from a short list in the Autumn (will probably depend on what's good value when we make the decision) and I'm eyeing up a couple of options for an Autumn walking trip, most likely either Spain or South West coastal path unless I win the lottery.

Holidays, trips, weekends away are very invigorating I find!

I think people who do this are lucky enough to have sufficient spare money.

There are plenty of others who are unsatisfied and unhappy with their lives, but barely have the funds for one holiday a year, let alone several plus multiple weekends away too.

How do you get annual leave off work so easily.

I have to put in requests for annual leave and it will be refused 2 out of 3 times, because other staff booked it off first.

We can purchase additional leave on top of 32 days plus bank holidays in my current job.

In 30 years of working in all sorts of roles I've never once had leave refused.

This is my life too - all the lovely holidays and none of the stress as I just pick from DH’s carefully curated shortlist (once we have jointly agreed on a broad destination and budget!).

Thats odd because everyone i know has to request to book off annual leave on a system. And it has to be approved.

Otherwise five people in one team could request the same week off, and there would be no one there to do the work.

Many of friends have not had annual leave approved.

Well i hope you know how lucky you are, and that doesn't happen in every job.

I am thinking of my last three jobs.

Job 1. We had to submit an online request for annual leave. It would only be approved if no one else had booked that date off already

My last job - the same. I submitted a request for a week in august. It was declined as too many other staff had already booked that week off.

My current job is the same. We apply and it is often denied

My username is a clue - it's part of my identity now. I spent decades unable to afford foreign holidays (well, other priorities, I suppose.) Now I can afford it and i also feel that time is running out so I'm trying to make up for lost time and fit in as much as possible while I can.

It goes in phases but right now I'm in a planning phase and it does feel like an addiction. I have two major trips already booked for next year plus two planned but not booked yet, and two planned for 2027 but aren't available to book yet.

@Kellyklara I’ve never had leave denied to me either. I can see the team calendar so know how many people are off when and choose my dates accordingly. The earlier the better obviously but so long as 50% of the team are working we’re good. We are a team of 12 so 6 people can be off at once. I’ve phoned my boss before to request the day off on the actual day and it’s been fine.

I get 34 days a year plus bank holidays plus the days between Christmas and new year and we can carry over up to 5 days from the previous year.

Anyway, back to the op, I do love holidays but Dh and I absolutely hate and refuse to waste time faffing about online planning and researching. Hate it so much. Usually go to a travel agent, give them our budget and let them advise us. Never had a bad holiday. Or otherwise we just book a villa, flights and car hire ourselves if we want something other than a hotel. Again always had great holidays and found plenty to do.