Why so expensive? Indeed. While I'm absolutely looking forward to next week's trip to New York City...I'm not exactly thrilled about having to carry around my vaccination card everywhere I go, possibly including public toilets, but I'll gladly take that risk.
Outrageously so. I believe it's a ploy by the travel industry to squeeze all the money they can get out of every traveler. The ironic thing was, my medical provider emailed my negative result last Sunday before my sailing date, and I would have been fine. Hindsight is 20/20.
Had a great time in New York City…on my way home now. Saw a lot of baseball Saw COME FROM AWAY (for the fifth time) Visited a dear friend Spent on the average of $75 a day on beer What’s not to love?
I'm still thinking about where to go next year. I'd love a return to Toronto, but I'll have to see what the current border status is.
Scotland - three weeks of hiking & camping, little B&Bs, and one reportedly haunted castle* - for my honeymoon... Once the world gets its shit together, that is *Aren't all Scottish castles haunted ?!
Think I've decided where to vacation next year: - New York City - Toronto - Seattle - San Francisco - A trip to the new Texas Rangers ballpark (Globe Life Field) in Arlington, TX
This sounds wonderful! I did a trip like this when I was a student (and more tolerant of hostel bedding) and it was amazing.
I did the hostel thing as well, and it was awesome - my back was more tolerant then, too ! - but this time will be lots of camping where the bedding might be a bit better, haha... I saved my pennies for the B&Bs, but I think hiking the Highlands and sleeping under the stars will be the very best part of the trip
I stayed in a B&B when I reached the Orkneys and to my 25 yo grad student self it was one of the greatest luxuries I'd ever experienced (the other was staying in a cheapo hotel in Paris rather than a hostel). I'll never forget that vacation! I'm so excited for you!
I'd like to resume traveling... but not quite yet. I want to go back to London and go to the French Riviera. I'm afraid if I make either of those trips I may never return! (both are possible relocation moves for me in the future)
London and the French Riviera are wonderful places from which to never return ! If you relocate we want all the details ! I'm not traveling yet, either - except for zero-contact hilkng & camping trips - but can't wait until The Plague is over and I can get my heinie on a plane to somewhere far, far away...
Wow ! The Orkneys - you really went north ! I don't think I would have been brave enough to do that solo at 25, but the idea of getting there by ferry now sounds exhilarating ! It's just the North Sea, right ? No problems there, haha... This is such a great thread ! I'm making wish lists left and right and spending my future retirement money as fast as my imagination will let it...
I'll most certainly divulge the details, but don't hold your breath.... I've got another 10 years or so at the job I'm at. I'm a planner though; can't help dreaming about it!
Planning my trips for this summer. It breaks my heart to say this but I don't think it's safe for me to go across the border. I love Toronto and Montréal and would love to return there but I just don't think it'd be a good idea right now. What if I test positive and get stranded? The risk is just too great. That said...planning on New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore, Philadelphia. Plus a trip to Arlington, TX to see the new Rangers ballpark.
We’re on a PTO staycation right now. We go movies , get donuts for breakfast and do absolutely nothing.
We have a trip to Hawaii in a couple of weeks that we started scheduling last June/July. Nervously watching Hawaii's COVID cases skyrocket. While we have travel insurance, it covers only a few conditions for cancelling the trip. Pandemic isn't one of them, although quarantine is. Mother-in-law had a stroke early Christmas morning, but she's on the mend.
In April we're heading back to DisneyWorld for the first time since February 2020 right before COVID shut down the parks. We'll also be staying at Universal Studios for the first time, staying in their Jurassic World suites to celebrate Ians B' Mitzvah. He's a huge, huge Jurassic Park fan, so he's super excited for it. Then in July we will be heading down to Washington DC. The wife has a meeting and we will be tagging along. We'll hit all the museums and things that you do in DC. I'm looking forward to seeing the Museum of Science Fiction for the first time. Thats what we have planned as of now.
I guess it's going to be Austria again this year. Vacation in Greece is too expensive, although I wanted to go to the beach instead of having mountains around at my destination. No travel booked as of yet, but soon. I'm looking forward to it, as I desperately want to leave my daily life behind for several days. My vaction is planned for June.