Last/next/dream holiday

[No17CherryTreeLane]

Need inspiration.

Where was your last holiday?
Where is your next holiday?
Where would be your dream holiday?

Wow @YertleTheTurtle that would be my DCs dream holiday!

Last: weekend break in Valletta with DH. Lovely!
Next: two weeks in the US visiting family first and then beach in a place we've visited before and love.
Dream: driving trip around Sicily ☀🍋🍹🍉
Best: Japan in cherry blossom season 🌸

@TeamGeriatric and @YertleTheTurtle
Who did you book your Namibia trips with please?

We are going with Exodus, not travelled yet obviously, but have used them for trips before we had kids, so optimistic it will be brilliant.

Last: Switzerland
Next: camping in North Wales
Dream: Switzerland was pretty much the dream, but do want to go to Norway

Last holiday was an unexpectedly completely relaxing break in the Lake District in a self catering cottage with DH and the dog.

Next holiday - Turkey - to stay in a cave hotel and go ballooning.

Dream holiday - oh so many. Planning South America as long holiday post retirement in a few years. Thinking about Vietnam in February - if we can get a dog sitter....

Great, thank you, I'm going to seriously take a look this evening.
It would pretty much be dream trip status for us, especially the kids.

I didn't use a company, I booked and planned it all myself. Picked up a pre-booked car at the airport and drove across to the coast. The only thing I used a local guide for was to drive into the dunes because a) I didn't know where I was going, b) I didn't know enough about driving in the desert and c) it can be dangerous because there's 'unofficial' 1-way systems in place to stop 4x4s hurtling up opposite sides of the dunes and crashing head-on at the top. Oh - and we also did dune surfing with them which was fun.

Note - I grew up in southern Africa so had an advantage of local knowledge, so you might be better off arranging it all with a company like you mentioned you were planning to do...

A lot of people do do self drive in Namibia, I think I was just worrying about punctures and the like in the middle of nowhere. Maybe next time we will be up for some self driving.

We loved South Africa (although it was many years ago). Incredible scenery and culture, safari’s, beautiful beaches and fantastic food and wine at rock bottom prices. Amazing standard of accommodation too.

Also many years ago we had a great trip to Vietnam travelling up and down the country by train/car.

Chile, Jordan and Orlando are great family trips and can be as adventurous as you want to make them.

Closer to home we always have fantastic trips to the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District. It just needs the right gear.

We also really like Ibiza and Lanzarote.

Namibia is quite an easy country to self drive through. We went up from S Africa towards the skeleton coast, Windhoek, Fish River Canyon, Etosha National Park. It’s adventurous but not too challenging as there are quite a few tourists driving the trails.

Majorca for me. DH and I had sooo much history there in the Alcudia region. It was my first ever holiday abroad with my parents when I was 11 so there's that. Also, DH's parents owned a lovely apartment there for many years so we did visit it quite a lot.

Sadly, DH and his parents are all no longer with us (DH died in March this year) but the DDs (now all adults) and I have hired apartments in the same complex in September and are really looking forward to it. It will be fun, a trip down Memory Lane and a step on the road to starting to heal from a terrible year 2026 (my mum also died just 3 months after DH). Very much looking forward to it. We need it.

My last holiday was in February when I went to Tenerife with DH for what turned out to be our last holiday together because he died in March.

My eldest DD, her partner and I are planning a trip to Australia in around October 2027 to visit my SIL (DH's sister) and her husband. SIL visited us all and went to DH's funeral, so it will be nice to visit her next year for a holiday visit instead.

Last: a week staying in Florence but visited various places

Next: a week in Carnac, Brittany

Dream: lots but probably Australia/New Zealand

Best: San Diego & ComiCon

Last: Budapest in May with dh, amazing city and we plan to return.
Next: London in late November for a couple of nights.
Love North Wales and Northumberland in the uk.
Best was New York with dh and dcs a couple of years ago.
I have a couple of would love to visit places Egypt to see the pyramids.
Boston & Salem.

Last: Belgium & France
Next: Spain
Best: Iceland or Las Vegas (already booked to go back next year)
Dream: India (Always wanted to see the Taj Mahal) (we have booked for next year)

Very fortunate to afford to travel as much as we do but dont really go out or drink and prioritise holidays

Was in Orlando beginning of year, next holiday, was trying to book Lanzarote for a break near winter but just a bit more expensive than I hoped and there seems to be the best place for winter sun. Dream holiday, I'd really love to go to Lapland, it's just so expensive doing a package, tried pricing up separately, but accommodation is hard to choose from, don't know what I should and need to book, don't know anyone who went so can't ask .

Last: Vietnam
Next: Brazil
Best: Almost impossible, but island hoping Indonesia, or… - no that’s cheating!

Dream: Antartica

Last holiday (today), Florida and a cruise to Bahamas, next holiday (next week), Corfu.

Favourite holidays
Cape Town
Mekong river cruise
China.

Last: South Africa
Next: India in early 2027 (but still have Canada, Hungary, London, Germany, Northern Italy and Spain for work before then…)

Best: Malaysian Borneo and Scottish Highlands
Dream: Either the Rockies or Patagonia…

Used to be Vietnam and Cambodia but that’s now in the planning so doesn’t count!

Last was a couple of weeks ago and was two weeks in a Villa in the north of Corfu with the DH plus DS20, GF 20 and DD18

Next is a week in Lake Garda in September just me and DH

Dream is for next year to hopefully do two weeks in Vietnam just me and DH.

Were you in the Kalami/San stefanos/kassiopi area by any chance?

@squirrelchops2yes our villa was up in the hills above Kassiopi and we visited Kalami,Agios Stefanos, Kerasia and the bigger resort of San Stefanos (NW)

Last- Vietnam and Thailand
Next Brazil
Dream- many! Colombia, Galapagos, Guatemala are up there

Best- lots for different reasons- Sri Lanka for food and people, Peru because it was so different, Japan, Borneo- orang utans 🥰, and Thailand will always have a special place in my heart as the place I went to travelling and made me fall in love with travelling!

Last holiday Northumberland, one of our best ever! Next holiday is to the lake District. Dream holiday is to take my kids in an RV through New Zealand

Dream holidays would be Egypt for all the ancient sites, Peru for Machu Picchu, Costa Rica for wildlife and going back to Japan which was my favourite holiday ever.