Dream vacation ideas?

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ValerieMartini2Olives
ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
edited February 18 in Chit-Chat
Next year, I plan to take a once in a lifetime vacation.
I always wanted to go on a cruise, but in the past few years, there have numerous issues wifh cruiselines so that option is out.
I don't particularly want to leave the country, but it IS a dream vacation. I always wanted to go to Germany.

If you could take a dream vacation, where would you go and why?

ETA: I am looking at around a $2000 budget for 2 people for air & hotel and a week's time length

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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Italy for a month. Staying in a private villa and genuinely living the culture. Maybe work a vineyard.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I'd love to visit Australia.

    There are tons of places I would like to go, though!! A few more to name...Sweden, Spain, and the UK.

    My late in-laws lived in Germany for years and loved it there. At the end of their lives, it was all they could talk about even though they hadn't been there in over 30 years. So just for that, I would love to see it one day.
  • mlanders22
    mlanders22 Posts: 140 Member
    Somewhere on a beach with warm, clear water. Where cell phones and iPads are not allowed.
  • nickowastaken
    nickowastaken Posts: 751 Member
    Thailand, Vietnam and Laos
  • seashell709
    seashell709 Posts: 123 Member
    I second that!!!
  • MainahGirl
    MainahGirl Posts: 282 Member
    Norway. My dad is from there and it's gorgeous. He is from Lom, where the beautiful Fjords are. Breathtaking! I wll get there once my twins graduate!
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    My dream vacation would be a trip to the Land Of the Rising Sun.

    Japan is only one plane ride away from where I am. I've been there briefly a long time ago, but I want to go again. Tokyo is a huge city that's one of a kind. It's on the cutting edge with a good mix of futuristic things and traditional. From Tokyo I'd go to the countryside and stay at a ryokan (Japanese style quaint inn), visit Kyoto, ride the bullet train, maybe see the cherry blossoms in bloom.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Great ideas!
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I would want to DO something that I won't be able to do when I'm 80. Go hiking in South America or white water rafting or something. Not that I don't like relaxing on the beach, but I don't consider that "a vacation of a lifetime." There's nothing special about it, for me.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Dream vacation, somewhere good in a WARM climate that has nature around it and friendly people... has plenty of activities and things to do... (and ideally on a resort)

    Of course with you guys, $2000 dollars for 2 people with everything included for a week.. that is a low amount to go overseas.. but you could try Mexico or some all inclusive type places and see if you can get a deal.
  • Boobookittyfq
    Boobookittyfq Posts: 454 Member
    Greece... That is all
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    No cell phone service.
    No internet.
    Warm and sandy...beaches.
    Swim up bar in the pool.
    Good hand-rolled cigars.
    Good diving/snorkeling.
    Tiki hut on the beach with liquor and food if I am too lazy to get cleaned up for the restaurant.

    NO PEACOCKS!

    I really enjoyed Martinique - a little bit of France in the French Caribbean Islands.
  • BigBellyGoAway
    BigBellyGoAway Posts: 781 Member
    Spending a few years in the Navy, on three different ships, I've been to most of the places one would desire to go to, so my dream vacation is a week in a hotel room with no kids and room service. :laugh:
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    Of course with you guys, $2000 dollars for 2 people with everything included for a week.. that is a low amount to go overseas.. but you could try Mexico or some all inclusive type places and see if you can get a deal.

    I agree. In the current economic climate, $2k is not a lot of money to go overseas for a dream vacation. Now if you're planning to stay in hostels or backpack, it might be ok. The tickets alone might eat up most of that money.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    id go hang out in Vancouver or Montreal for a while

    or

    go for two weeks up to Muskoka at my uncles cabin on his private lake ahhhhhhh yes
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    For 2000, I am looking for yes a dream vacation, but not a I am going to sink huge into debt vacation. The ideas heard were great.
  • ooBombshellBeautyoo
    ooBombshellBeautyoo Posts: 232 Member
    A secluded island where my hut sits in the ocean water- like Figi
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Italy for a month. Staying in a private villa and genuinely living the culture. Maybe work a vineyard.

    Working the vineyard would give you spending money for daily food/drinks. Meeting people would get you around to visit places. $2000, would get you to Italy, but you would have to work. But that is the idea I had. I WANT to live there, not just vacation.
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  • _Calypso_
    _Calypso_ Posts: 1,074 Member
    Maldives!! One day I hope to go.

    Also would love to go to Greece!

    I've been on 2 cruises and LOVED them. You get to see and do so much without huge expense. Love the Caribbean!! We frequent the USVI.... great vacation if you're on a budget!
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    Strictly based on your budget and assuming that means travel/air and accomodations, I would consider a resort on the Riviera Maya (Mexico). You could get a stay at an all-inclusive and travel to swim with the turtles, see ruins, and swim cenotoes. PM me if you want reccomendations - I go about 3 times per year.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,786 Member
    We plan a nice vacation every year, sometimes two a year. Sometimes we cruise. Most times we leave the country. Go to all-inclusives. Or, sometimes, stay in country and just pick places we've never been, but, the one constant that makes these vacations what I consider "Dream Vacations" is that I am with my wife and daughter (s). I enjoy seeing the world through them.
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