What type of holiday maker are you ?

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Weird. I enjoy going to the Lakes at some point every year if I can. Fantastic place and I always get a sense of peace there. Why would I not go back because I've been there before?

Not remotely interested in sitting on a beach or by a pool going bright red either.

But do you go to other places as well?
Nothing wrong with having a favourite place that you like to go back to, but if that is the ONLY place you ever go to, i struggle to get that mentality. As Spenny says theres a whole world to explore.

I have a mate who's a bit like that, has his one resort he goes a couple of times a year & no where else. Thinks its hilarious when I go off & do something a bit different beyond the standard resort in the med.

 

[Lambchops]

Horses for courses - away with the missus and we love a city break last few have been Milan, Budapest and Vienna. Similar with the lads to get pissed for 4 days - Dortmund, Prague, Munich and Krakow this year. Family holidays its always a beach holiday - kids love the beach and its class getting in amongst it with them and seeing them enjoy themselves for a fortnight

 

[maygo]

Imagine thinking Turkey has no culture

 

[offmenut]

There is alot of world to explore....never understand people who go to the same place/resort year after year after year.

Proper wrang uns

Most folk who say this go to a different all inclusive resort in a different country and experience fuck all different anyway.
Nothing wrong going back to St Lucia or tenerife or somewhere to spend 14 days in a generic hotel.
Folk who do that want to get away and wind down and chill and relax.
If you're on about going to explore different cities and cultures, like a few nights in Madrid or Istanbul or Venice or Prague then I see your point. I'm day 4 in barca atm, got a couple more nights to go, and have seen loads of the city for me I'd rather go to a different city next year.

 

[EchoMan]

Direct flight from Ponteland.
Interesting places to mooch around.
Good bars and restaurants.
Nice hotel with a pool.

 

[Lexingtongue]

Wouldn’t go to Turkey/Egypt/Tunisia if you offered me a free holiday there.

Other than that I’m pretty open to short or long haul.

I was very dismissive of Turkey until I went earlier this year and it was great. Istanbul is incredible and Cappadocia very interesting. There's just an abundance of history and diversity in the country that I was ignorant of.

Imagine thinking Turkey has no culture

Massively surpassed my expectations when I went earlier this year. Very rare that this happens to me these days. Would go back in a heartbeat.

 

[SPUFF]

Most folk who say this go to a different all inclusive resort in a different country and experience fuck all different anyway.
Nothing wrong going back to St Lucia or tenerife or somewhere to spend 14 days in a generic hotel.
Folk who do that want to get away and wind down and chill and relax.
If you're on about going to explore different cities and cultures, like a few nights in Madrid or Istanbul or Venice or Prague then I see your point. I'm day 4 in barca atm, got a couple more nights to go, and have seen loads of the city for me I'd rather go to a different city next year.

Agree. Spend a lot of time commuting n running around cities so having a week off n trying to entertain 3 kids of different ages n tastes would be an endurance test.

I really must try malta like, op has it sounding like monte carlo ffs.

 

[TopCat]

Massively surpassed my expectations when I went earlier this year. Very rare that this happens to me these days. Would go back in a heartbeat.

Been to Turkey 4 times and going again next month. Yes it's cheap and cheeful (not as cheap as it used to be mind you) but it's a great place to go for a break this time of year. Resort holidays aren't really my thing so we have use of a big villa over there and it makes for a really nice week or two away.

 

[Secret Visage]

Follow the crowds loving the In place to go.
You avoid fellow Brits and go to non holiday resorts ?
Can't stand the likes of Turkey, Bulgaria etc where people go because it's CHEAP.

Bulgaria's capital is absolutely toppa. Visit number 5 for me later this year.
Trams from the 1940s are still the main mode of transport, despite them having a relatively new underground, lots of old buildings if you're into that sort of thing, lovely wide open parkland in the city centre itself. All of this mingling in with a growing influx of western high end shopping on Vitosha Boulevard.I'd go as far as to say it's my favourite place that I've visited. Never been to the coastal resorts, but may do next year.

Love Poland as well, but have never visited the main "tourist" resorts.

Oh and I'm off to Benidorm in two weeks time with a load of friends to lie around a pool all week then get pissed, so I guess I cover all of your bases.

 

[ShieldsBlackCat2015]

I am a very easy holiday maker. Any landlocked or non-landlocked nation of any size with an internationally recognized state flag and anthem that has ever competed at any of the modern Olympics and that has ever made the news for any reason is a place I would love to go to.

As someone who has never flown before and gone outside of the borders of mainland UK for a proper holiday (I did go to Holland with my late Granddad to his place in The Hague in 1999 but that doesn't count) I was jut bowled over by the beauty of Jersey. Gorgeous countryside. It the sort of place you like is a place that is full of council houses, derelict offices and industrial estates then you are out of luck. Jersey is fully of gorgeous old buildings with history. It's full of fascinating attractions like Elizabeth Castle. No main roads there. It's nearly all country lanes. I missed it so much when I landed at Newcastle Int. Airport on Saturday August 3. If the feeling of truly missing something is defined by a sense you had something really lovely but it is gone and you can't get it back then that is what I felt. That's why I have kept as a memento the boarding pass for my return journey and the metro ticket as well as a receipt for something bought.

My lass wants to take me to see two of her friend's one of whom lives in Germany and the other lives in Austria in Vienna. Both would have do go something to better what I saw in Jersey. I mean they would have to be something really special.

 

[Secret Visage]

Off to Thailand at the start of October

DNASH?

 

[ivanthereasonable]

There is alot of world to explore....never understand people who go to the same place/resort year after year after year.

Proper wrang uns

Maybe they've got more miles on the clock than you and have done their exploring, found heaven and want to repeat the pleasure. Would be strange to find a place/type of holiday that suits you down to the ground, then not go back.

For me;
In. Good weather.
Countryside and nearby small towns and villages.
Bars and Restaurants.
Cycling.
Camping.
Pools nice if possible.
Out.
Crowds.
Cities.
Sightseeing.
Heavy traffic out and back.

 

[Tezza]

I am a very easy holiday maker. Any landlocked or non-landlocked nation of any size with an internationally recognized state flag and anthem that has ever competed at any of the modern Olympics and that has ever made the news for any reason is a place I would love to go to.

As someone who has never flown before and gone outside of the borders of mainland UK for a proper holiday (I did go to Holland with my late Granddad to his place in The Hague in 1999 but that doesn't count) I was jut bowled over by the beauty of Jersey. Gorgeous countryside. It the sort of place you like is a place that is full of council houses, derelict offices and industrial estates then you are out of luck. Jersey is fully of gorgeous old buildings with history. It's full of fascinating attractions like Elizabeth Castle. No main roads there. It's nearly all country lanes. I missed it so much when I landed at Newcastle Int. Airport on Saturday August 3. If the feeling of truly missing something is defined by a sense you had something really lovely but it is gone and you can't get it back then that is what I felt. That's why I have kept as a memento the boarding pass for my return journey and the metro ticket as well as a receipt for something bought.

My lass wants to take me to see two of her friend's one of whom lives in Germany and the other lives in Austria in Vienna. Both would have do go something to better what I saw in Jersey. I mean they would have to be something really special.

What?!

 

[Secret Visage]

Why bother going abroad when the U.K. has so many fine places to visit?

Am not usually a holiday in the UK person, but am giving Whitby a go for a weekend in December.

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[Lambchops]

I am a very easy holiday maker. Any landlocked or non-landlocked nation of any size with an internationally recognized state flag and anthem that has ever competed at any of the modern Olympics and that has ever made the news for any reason is a place I would love to go to.

As someone who has never flown before and gone outside of the borders of mainland UK for a proper holiday (I did go to Holland with my late Granddad to his place in The Hague in 1999 but that doesn't count) I was jut bowled over by the beauty of Jersey. Gorgeous countryside. It the sort of place you like is a place that is full of council houses, derelict offices and industrial estates then you are out of luck. Jersey is fully of gorgeous old buildings with history. It's full of fascinating attractions like Elizabeth Castle. No main roads there. It's nearly all country lanes. I missed it so much when I landed at Newcastle Int. Airport on Saturday August 3. If the feeling of truly missing something is defined by a sense you had something really lovely but it is gone and you can't get it back then that is what I felt. That's why I have kept as a memento the boarding pass for my return journey and the metro ticket as well as a receipt for something bought.

My lass wants to take me to see two of her friend's one of whom lives in Germany and the other lives in Austria in Vienna. Both would have do go something to better what I saw in Jersey. I mean they would have to be something really special.

I suspect you'll drop your strides and rip your spine out in Vienna in you think Jersey was good

 

[SPUFF]

Been to Turkey 4 times and going again next month. Yes it's cheap and cheeful (not as cheap as it used to be mind you) but it's a great place to go for a break this time of year. Resort holidays aren't really my thing so we have use of a big villa over there and it makes for a really nice week or two away.

Again we hated it about 20 year back.

Last few year been paing about 3.5k for some very ordinary places in canaries. Decided to take the plunge n turkeys on another level now, really upped their game havent they.

Cant really diss folk who refuse to try it as I did the same for 2 decades. Next up is titanic deluxe.

Am not usually a holiday in the UK person, but am giving Whitby a go for a weekend in December.

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Golfer mate? Course is buttons in december n very scenic. Love whitby.

 

[Secret Visage]

Again we hated it about 20 year back.

Last few year been paing about 3.5k for some very ordinary places in canaries. Decided to take the plunge n turkeys on another level now, really upped their game havent they.

Cant really diss folk who refuse to try it as I did the same for 2 decades. Next up is titanic deluxe.

I was talking to someone who got back from Turkey yesterday and they reckoned the prices have risen quite a bit, reckoned 18 lira for a beer.

 

[SPUFF]

I was talking to someone who got back from Turkey yesterday and they reckoned the prices have risen quite a bit, reckoned 18 lira for a beer.

Im one of those lazy, scruffy, 3 all inclusives a year tramps to the smb mate so that wouldnt really apply.

In late 90s like we came off the beach, 2 pints 2 cokes n a decent spag bol each. £3, gave the bloke a fiver n he was close to tears. I think theres very few places that cheap now. Saying that my mates settled in Slovenia n he reckons it is there.
Edit: thats still only £2.55 like which is cheaper than 80% of the uk.

 

[TopCat]

Again we hated it about 20 year back.

Last few year been paing about 3.5k for some very ordinary places in canaries. Decided to take the plunge n turkeys on another level now, really upped their game havent they.

I first went to Turkey in 1998 with my parents and in 1999 with my (then) girlfriend. The place was cheap and cheerful,you couldn't spend your money - 50p a drink, meals were a couple of quid.
Went again in 2003 with a uni mate and noticed the prices were more aligned to UK for food and booze

Went again 3 years ago all inclusive and was actually quite disappointed in the food and drink - that may have just been that particular resort or the fact it was all inclusive which (in my experience) tends to be a bit shit unless you go to one of those "premium" resorts

Next month we have use of my Sister-in-law's family villa which is a f*cking palace compared to anywhere else I've been in Turkey. It'll be a mix of eating out and BBQs and I don't expect it will feel any different to holidaying in The Balearics or Mainland Spain.

In terms of the OP's question - I much prefer the road less travelled (we had a villa in the Tuscan mountains last year) but we have to find a balance for the kids. We trekked round Italy last summer and they were bored as fuck at times (ungrateful little shits) and all they wanted was to splash about in a pool

Pre kids we did St.Lucia, USA, Italy. Since having kids we've done villas in the Balearics/Spain and resorts in Turkey.
Now my sister lives in Canada we generally holiday there now which has a mix of things that satisfy us all

 

[SPUFF]

Yep anyone dissing family choices are mental.
Holiday types change massively with kids. Do you think i really wanna do the f***ing conga every night!