Who has already booked for 2026?

[SunnySangria]

And where are you off to?

Just browsing all the usual sites and haven't committed yet so looking for inspiration!

Just me and DH and DC12.

We’ve got Madeira in February and Iceland in June.

Are you doing the Balcony Walk at Jebel Shams? Can highly recommend if not.

I really want to go to Corsica. Can I ask if you booked a package and if so, who with please? If not, can you say which accommodation you will be staying in? Feel free to PM if you prefer.

Me!😊
A UK based week (which we always do) is already booked 🙌
Thinking of a week in Switzerland and going to see a friend in France, too 😊
Dh has loads of BA points, so with any luck one of the trips will be fairly inexpensive 🤞

Actually gone a step further and booked 2027! I saw a good deal for a place we really liked the look of in Mallorca.

St Lucia in January, Iceland for Easter, Crete in the summer and Croatia in September.

Cant wait

Thanks for the tip! I haven't actually planned anything but I'll certainly look into that.

Oh yes, as soon as I got back this year I got it booked.
Ibiza in June, first time for both of us and this year we will be children and grandchilren free

Sri Lanka as an adults trip and Dominican Republic for our family holiday.

Only booked the highlands at may half term so far. Need inspiration!

What hotel have you booked in DR please? I stayed at Grand memories splash and we had an amazing holiday. Next door to the Royalton in punta cana.

sounds lovely, can I ask where?

Don't want to be exact, but it's with Jet2 (Black Friday offer) and in the south east area which is my favourite. The calas round there are stunning!

Brilliant thank you, I know where you mean!

Needed something to look forward to so have booked flights to Italy, into Pisa and out of Rome and will do Tuscany in the middle - can’t wait it looks beautiful and I haven’t done much of Italy

Skiing in January, AI for a week (Turkey) in August and a week self catering in France first week of summer hols. I have a girls trip to Greece booked for June and DH and I have booked a weekend to Dublin just the two of us in April. Can’t wait!

I never went on holiday when my children were younger but now they’re all adults and can pay for themselves it’s financially possible.

DD1 is an archaeologist so we’re going to Easter Island while we’re in Chile and Cairo / Petra are obvious choices.

By both DH and I doing a fair amount of overtime. Both of us are also lucky enough to have the opportunity to regularly get offered extra work outside our usual jobs that adds a decent amount to our travel pot. We didn’t have any foreign travel at all when our DC were all younger but now they’re a bit older and I’m back to working full-time we have far less costs in childcare and more disposable income.

We can afford to budget for holidays as we have no dependents now and mortgage is paid. We don't eat out often, never buy takeaways, don't buy each other gifts anymore for Christmas and birthdays. Travel is what we prioritise so save for it.

I save every month and then that’s my holiday money for the next year when it “matures” and interest is paid in. I can’t touch it during the year.

I drive an 11 year old hatchback and live in a tiny cottage. I rarely drink alcohol and go out to eat about once a month. No takeaways. All my clothes are from Vinted. It’s just a priority for me.

All the trips sound wonderful. We’re retired and I’m loving the freedom to travel a lot! We have Barbados booked for March 2026 for 16 nights. We go every year and booked 11 months ago as soon as the BA reward flights are released.

I will book Italy for the summer, but I’m waiting for some concert tour dates to be released.

We’ll go to Centre Parcs with family at some point. I’ll probably go away with some friends. In the autumn my husband and I will have another holiday. We’ve just come back from Madeira.

We are going to Norway in Feb half term and AI in Turkey over summer. We have a 13 year old so AI works for us, we've chosen a massive hotel with lots of activities and a teens club where they go out on bike rides etc. Currently looking at New York for October half term but not 100% on that yet.

A lovely fresh start xxxx

We have a summer holiday booked to Italy! Amalfi Coast. Then we’re going to do Disneyland Paris again - either for my son’s 6th birthday in the summer or for Halloween 😊

We have Florida booked for the summer (1 week Universal parks, 1 week Caribbean cruise). And we have a Center Parcs break booked.