Where's everyone off to in 2019?

dennyk

Thinking of doing a long weekend in Alicante in early March, then doing a trip to Rome and Florence with some family from the US in late April/early May. Haven't decided where to go in the fall yet; thinking either Belgium or Romania. Probably do a long weekend or two somewhere in Ireland as well.

KevinK

Indonesia (Bali, Flores and Komodo), East Timor, Philippines, Singapore New Zealand and then back to Ireland in March.

Have a couple of trips to Malta planned for later in the year.

DoozerT6

I haven't been anywhere, nationally or internationally, for over three years. It was fours years before that. My place, the parent's place, and back again. That's it. I just can't be arsed going on a holiday alone. I did it once, it's not for me. I don't have anybody to go anywhere with either.

I know that doesn't add anything to the thread, but....anyway.

I hope you all enjoy your trips. Fair play to ye

Strumms

So far this year I just booked my regular get away to Nice for my birthday in August, me and the other half. In addition we will be heading to Brazil where she is from for a few weeks just exactly when still being talked about.

Living Off The Splash

Booked Ryanair's new Bordeaux destination €25 per person each way for April. Will stay 2 days, then move to Bergerac for 2 days then on to Sarlat for 2 days. Hotels booked. Just discovered that they have closed the train track to these for upgrade in 2019. Now have to bus it. Journeys will take twice as long.......

Then in May heading to Austria. Munich to Salzburg to St. Gillen. A few days in each. Hotels booked. Again €25 flights.

Waiting for flights to Luxembourg and then on to Trier to fall back for late August.

Waiting for flights to Porto to fall back for late September.

Maybe flights to Alicante and then on to Altea (favourite Spanish location) for late October.

fdevine

We were going nowhere until last night when a too good to say no to deal came up. Now going back to Duinrell for a week in mid-June. €700 for 5 of us.

MarkY91

Going to Israel in may.

Not long back from Bali and the Philippines.

ryanmac1990

I am planning on going to Finland for Easter by myself starting off in Helsinki and then working my way around. I am also planning on traveling to Norway and Sweden as I have developed a real interest in the Nordic Countries. I was also in Lapland when I was 11 so I am familiar with there.

lbc2019

Been to Santander, and Manchester. Edinburgh/Glasgow next then Moscow/Minsk

supermouse

Off to Tonga in April, cannot wait! After that I hope to get in Sri Lanka before moving back home to Ireland in August time. Mmaayybbee Iceland before Christmas too if i can find time/the winning lottery ticket ðŸ˜

audrey2014

Rome in 2 weeks for a friend's birthday. Have Vegas and Florida booked for May. Hubby off to Japan for RWC Simon going to Hawaii ðŸ˜

bigpink

This thread makes me sad and jealous lol

Tina82

Vegas in april and hoping to bring the kids n their first sun holiday in september .... cant wait !!

Greg81

Back from road trip around Australian East Coast. Next in line: Warsaw, Brussels, Istanbul, Wroclaw, road trip from Halifax to Toronto. No plans after June yet.

dartboardio

Calpe for 2 weeks in June then flying directly to Ibiza for 11 nights. Taking 5 weeks off work. Cannot wait

Sabre0001

Had hoped to go to Tallinn, but the chosen weekend (for a gig) was the same as Slane. Going to Prague instead.

Hoping to get to London and Amsterdam/Nijmegen for a weekend.

And the big one is the Rugby World Cup. Very excited, but also terrified at how much it could all cost. Friends were there last year and one is over there right now so getting plenty of inspiration for things to do (there's too much, basically!)

coleen

dartboardio wrote: »

Calpe for 2 weeks in June then flying directly to Ibiza for 11 nights. Taking 5 weeks off work. Cannot wait

Hi I am interested in Calpe. I am looking at booking a flight to Alicante and I am looking at a place that I can get to easily on public transport.
We like walking cycling sightseeing and nice restaurants with a few bars.
Does Calpe have a Spanish feel to it ?

dartboardio

coleen wrote: »

Hi I am interested in Calpe. I am looking at booking a flight to Alicante and I am looking at a place that I can get to easily on public transport.
We like walking cycling sightseeing and nice restaurants with a few bars.
Does Calpe have a Spanish feel to it ?

Hi, there are regular buses from Alicante airport to calpe. If you rent a car it’s about an hours drive on a motorway. There is lots to see in Calpe I have been many times, and yes it’s a beautiful large town. It’s unspoiled completely, there is miles and miles of a prom, then a port, and an absolutely beautiful old old old town!

The majority of tourists are a mix of German, Spanish, Swedish etc not many irish and it doesnt have that ‘ballymun in the sun’ feel to it that some package resorts have at all.

Highly recommend it. There are some great hotel deals, if you drive I’d check out Imperial Park resort it’s kinda hidden away up the mountains with beautiful villas and tiny restaurants spotted everywhere. If you wanna know any more just let me know

4Ad

Flying into Pula in Croatia, but heading to Slovenia for 12 days approx.
I have no return flight booked yet, hope to fly out from another city.

Hoping to go running up and down hills and mountains around Triglav !

davepatr07

Not long back from Iceland, Montreal and Quebec City in March then Vietnam and Malaysia later in year Sept/Oct.

Some interesting places listed here by others, will take note.

c6ysaphjvqw41k

Lake Garda for two weeks in July and a friends wedding in Portugal in June. Also going to Disneyland Paris in September. We normally would only go somewhere for a week during the summer instead of two but there's so much to do around Lake Garda.

Living Off The Splash

coleen wrote: »

Hi I am interested in Calpe. I am looking at booking a flight to Alicante and I am looking at a place that I can get to easily on public transport.
We like walking cycling sightseeing and nice restaurants with a few bars.
Does Calpe have a Spanish feel to it ?

I didn't like Calpe. We were staying next door in Altea. Really lovely with old town rising behind main seaside promenade. Stony beach though in Altea, sandy beach in Calpe.

You get bus from Alicante airport direct to Benidorm bus station. Then hop on narrow gauge railway for onward journey to Altea.

dartboardio

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

I didn't like Calpe. We were staying next door in Altea. Really lovely with old town rising behind main seaside promenade. Stony beach though in Altea, sandy beach in Calpe.

You get bus from Alicante airport direct to Benidorm bus station. Then hop on narrow gauge railway for onward journey to Altea.

Altea is lovely, as is Javea. Javea has beautiful little cocktail lounge bars dotted on the beaches.

The railway journey I loved, we hopped on it one day in Calpe and went to loads of lovely little towns, villajoyosa aswell

JohnCleary

Turkey

Spain

Germany

US

Thailand / Philippines or Thailand / Burma
OR
Just Phillipines or Just Burma
.. all depends on flights
(Been to Thailand many times since 2012 so happy to skip it)

PressRun

Malaysia in March for definite. Maybe Bangkok in April. Would love to try and get a few days in Tokyo also, before it gets very hot.

For later in the year, I think a trip in Europe, maybe Croatia.

shar01

Did Japan for the 4th time last year. So envious of the folks heading off for the WC.

So far have booked Gdansk for end March and Venice for start May.

Big trip this year is Fussen-Munich-Salzburg-Budapest.

Hoping to do Karlovy Vary & Prague around Christmas.

Muahahaha

Klonker wrote: »

Just the one big one to Peru and Bolivia for five weeks in August/September with the OH. Really looking forward to it.

Try to go one step further to San Pedro de Atacame in northern Chile. A lot of the salt flats tours end up here and it is a cool town with great scenery like Valle de Luna (Moon Valley). San Pedro is also known as one of the best places in the world for star gazing and there's nighttime tours facilitating this.

johnire

Madrid

Azerbaijan Armenia and Georgia

Madeira.

In that order! :-)

BobbyBobberson

Muahahaha wrote: »

Try to go one step further to San Pedro de Atacame in northern Chile. A lot of the salt flats tours end up here and it is a cool town with great scenery like Valle de Luna (Moon Valley). San Pedro is also known as one of the best places in the world for star gazing and there's nighttime tours facilitating this.

Absolutely agree. We went from San Pedro across the salt flats and its a great little town. Star gazing, sand boarding,some great food. Bring cash as machines can run out. Loved it.

willowthewisp

Really undecided as to where we will holiday this year. 2 adults and 2 kids (7&3).

Last 2 years we went to a fantastic resort in The algarve. Salgado Dunas suites, https://www.salgadosdunassuites.com/en/

Great rooms (suite style with bedroom(s)) and living area, Kids club, nice food on location , clean, family oriented etc..

Would like something similar but somehere else like Spain , France or Italy as 3 years in a row would be a bit too much.
Any tips travelers?

BobbyBobberson

Australia, New Zealand and Bora Bora.

Have tickets for WC in Japan also but nothing booked.

dark crystal

Off to Sicily for the first time in April. Can't wait!!

nirvana78

I'm a bit late to this, we already started with a day trip to Edinburgh for the rugby. Our first cruise to the Mediterranean is in early June, followed by two weeks camping in France end of June into July and then 4 nights camping in Hidden Valley Wicklow to finish up in August.

nirvana78

shar01 wrote: »

Did Japan for the 4th time last year. So envious of the folks heading off for the WC.

So far have booked Gdansk for end March and Venice for start May.

Big trip this year is Fussen-Munich-Salzburg-Budapest.

Hoping to do Karlovy Vary & Prague around Christmas.

I was in Fussen last year, it's lovely. We took a quick trip over the Austrian border to a water park, something like the National Aquatic Centre. It had an outdoor jacuzzi and heated pool. It was snowing and the snow capped Alps were right in front of us with two castles on the top. It was an amazing experience.

calistro

Taking the Cork - Santander ferry and then driving to southern inland Spain for a month.

nirvana78

calistro wrote: »

Taking the Cork - Santander ferry and then driving to southern inland Spain for a month.

Have you done this sailing before? If so what's it like? The longest sailing I've done is Rosslare to Cherbourg!

calistro

No, first time. 2 to choose from, 28hr & 34hr I think. Going for the longer one as it arrives in Santander early morning which means I can make the long drive in one day.

corks finest

calistro wrote: »

No, first time. 2 to choose from, 28hr & 34hr I think. Going for the longer one as it arrives in Santander early morning which means I can make the long drive in one day.

Sensible

corks finest

Was sending kid to my daughter in Perth-he won't go wants to spend it together as next year serious study starts- he wants Spain now I want Romania (worked there on/ off for 12 years,hi ma is Romanian) I'm allergic to Spain he's allergic to Romania ,,do could end up in portmagee

theguzman

I am planning to travel to the interior of Brazil later this year, a week in New York and a bit of beach travel around the Philippines islands later in the autumn.

coleen

dartboardio wrote: »

Altea is lovely, as is Javea. Javea has beautiful little cocktail lounge bars dotted on the beaches.

The railway journey I loved, we hopped on it one day in Calpe and went to loads of lovely little towns, villajoyosa aswell

Thanks for all the list of places. They all sound lovely so will have to take a look at which suits us.

HalloweenJack

Got four trips lined up so far this year:

Off to Oslo for a few days at Easter, have a weekend in Brussels visiting some friends of mine and going to Paris at the start of December for my fiancee's 30th.

By far the trip I'm most excited about is the one we're making to Japan in August. Myself and my fiancee have both wanted to go there for a long time. We had always said it would be the destination for our honeymoon 'cause we imagined it'd be very expensive but we looked into it and its actually more affordable than we imagined so we decided to go for it before we get married in 2020. We already have the trip mapped out: a few days in Tokyo, two in Kyoto, one in Nara and one at Mount Fuji. We're there for about ten days in all so there's only so much we can fit in.

It'll be a first time for me in all of these places so I'm looking forward to all of them but Japan is definitely the one that stands out.

Any tips for Japan or Oslo? I'm pretty much sorted for the other two.

Truckermal

Heading to Munich for 5 days then Portugal in August followed by Munich for Oktoberfest!

dartboardio

Truckermal wrote: »

Heading to Munich for 5 days then Portugal in August followed by Munich for Oktoberfest!

Would love to go for Oktoberfest. Ill definitely return to germany in december though. What a beautiful place to be in at christmas time!

nlrkjos

Sturgis Bike rally next August, then ride down to San Francisco 3 weeks of bikes and fun and beer...and maybe a few fringe benefits.

Truckermal

dartboardio wrote: »

Would love to go for Oktoberfest. Ill definitely return to germany in december though. What a beautiful place to be in at christmas time!

Ya I'd love a Xmas trip there too it's really reasonable too and much cheaper than any of our own city's for food and drink.

Living Off The Splash

coleen wrote: »

Hi I am interested in Calpe. I am looking at booking a flight to Alicante and I am looking at a place that I can get to easily on public transport.
We like walking cycling sightseeing and nice restaurants with a few bars.
Does Calpe have a Spanish feel to it ?

I prefer Altea to Calpe. Much nicer Old Town. We flew to Alicante, got local bus from airport to Benidorm bus station, then small narrow gauge train to Altea. This is the same train that goes onward to Calpe.
When in Altea we got a taxi to Calpe. Cost €20.

From Altea, you can walk along the coast to Albir. Lovely walk.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I'm in New Zealand until October and hoping to visit Fiji and Australia for a few days here or there as they're both relatively close. Definitely stopping somewhere new on the way back to Ireland aswell, maybe Thailand or Hong Kong.

waughharry31

I'm gonna be heading on a historic castle tour. Something I've always wanted to do, and I've got a little bit of the old christmas bonus left over! Fingers crossed.

Daisy78

Turned 40 at the end of last year and celebrated by going to London in January for a long weekend for culture/food/shopping. Twas great.

OH turns 40 in June so planning a long weekend in Ireland to celebrate that.

Then Bordeaux for a couple of days in July. Nothing else planned. Would dearly love to go back to Japan again. Was there about 15 years ago and always planned to go back. Awesome place and lovely people. And for anyone heading along this year to see the rugby please venture beyond the 7/11 for food, Tokyo and other big cities have an amazing food culture.