slo’s FRIDAY 3/10 poll - Vacation(s) 2023

[slo]

This is my last poll until Monday 3/20.
I should still do a St. Patrick’s Day poll to see if we could get that one to 12 pages to beat last years 11 pages (the most pages in the history of me doing these polls - LOL!)
I’ll still be around - just not at the crack of dawn - LOL!


Are you taking a vacation this year?
Did you already go?
Are you taking multiple vacations?
(multiple choice)


For Me…..This is the first year that I’m going on two vacations in one year - I’ve never done that before.
This trip is to Melbourne, FL and in June it‘s to WDW.
I’m feeling very blessed to be able to do this this year

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

2 booked - cruise at the end of this month and into April, Greece for 2 weeks in June.
We'll do some long weekend trips later in the year, just nothing definite planned yet.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

No vacations for us this year. Our daughter graduates from college next year, so we’re planning a family trip for May, 2024.

 

[Meriweather]

First one this year will be March 27.....Netherlands river cruise
Then April 30....DLR
May 27.....British Isles cruise
Aug 31.....Alaska cruise
Nov 9.....Southern Caribbean cruise
Dec 3.....DLR

all are booked

 

[antmaril]

So far, trips planned for May and September this year.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

DH and I get very generous leave from our employers. So we take 2 - 3 vacations per year.

We always do spring break in Florida. That's usually April. 3 weeks until Universal and the beach!!!!!!

In the summer, we either do a two week amazing trip or two smaller one week trips. This year I think we're going to do a week in Oregon and then a week at the beach here in Maryland or Virginia.

 

[Smugpugmug]

I have two trips booked - Hilton Head Island in August and a West Caribbean cruise in December. This will be the first cruise for me in about 10 years. It's an extended family trip and they wanted to do a cruise.

I'm also doing a long weekend in September for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal. Just waiting to buy HHN tickets.

 

[Kevin O'Brien]

I'm going in April next month to Florida to Disney and a day at Crayola experience fun factory and a Bahamas cruise on the new Disney Wish cruise ship going to Nassau, Bahamas and Castaway Cay.

In August I'm going to Legoland Windsor by coach my package includes coach travel with a stop to service station on the way and on the way back, Legoland theme park, coach picks us up at Legoland and takes us to hotel in Heathrow for 1 night stay with evening meal included, next day breakfast and coach takes us to Legoland Windsor and picks us up at 3pm them complete the journey home.

 

[OHmomof2]

I voted Other…

Just came home from WDW this past Sunday.

October trip to OBX.

Multiple long weekends throughout the year where hubs and I get in the car and go wherever we feel like it.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Sadly nothing for this year - just dreaming about a trip wishing things in my life would change so I could maybe take a cruise - Disneys not going away so it will be even sweeter when I can go !!
I hope you all have a Great Time on your trips they all sound so wonderful !!!

Slo
Have a wonderful time ! You & your DH enjoy this y’all work way too hard !!! Have a drink for me and give Katie a big hug !!

Edit
I’m going to miss the polls but would suggest one on 3/17 on FOOD to see how that goes

 

[georgina]

Someone on another thread said as retirees we don't technically take vacations, but we do travel! Just got back from Florida, Viking river cruise in April, St Lucia in May/June, family trip to Wisconsin in August, probably Orlando in November

 

[Micca]

Trips planned for April and October. We'll also go to WDW a time or two but not sure when.

 

[scbruno]

Disneyland trip planned for June we also have a ski trip planned for Christmas break

 

[jo-jo]

First one this year will be March 27.....Netherlands river cruise
Then April 30....DLR
May 27.....British Isles cruise
Aug 31.....Alaska cruise
Nov 9.....Southern Caribbean cruise
Dec 3.....DLR

all are booked

wow and what's DLR.

 

[Dan Murphy]

At this point, one, mid July.

 

[NAB]

Already did a cruise in January

Have a fifth wheel and going to Nova Scotia this summer

Another cruise in October for our anniversary…Hawaii

Family cruise that we haven’t done with the kids in a long time in Dec

Any of these could change except the family one. The kids would go without us they got their time off work already…lol

 

[PollyannaMom]

I voted March, summer (June) and fall (October) - but the summer and fall ones are just when DH tentatively picked his other weeks off. Trips are not actually booked.

We just got back from Florida - visiting family and then Universal.

We usually drive to upstate NY for a short trip in the summer.

For fall, we are looking into Nashville and Dollywood, but may do something shorter and closer.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I just don't know. My dad's in hospice in Maryland; I'm in Chicagoland. He's doing somewhat okay now, and several family members and friends are planning trips to visit them over the coming weeks. I'll likely go out sometime in early April (unsure now). I've been working from their home a lot over the past two years.

Don't know how much time I'll need when he passes, so I'm trying to save my vacation time as a "just in case." DH is missing going to the UP and specifically asked if we can go this year, but frankly, I'm afraid to plan. Murphy's Law says as soon as I plan a trip, it'll get all messed up.

DD's supposed to graduate from college in December, and our gift is a chicks' trip to Ireland in 2024. DH and my next trip together to Europe will be Italy, so there's planning that as well. As soon as we're not paying for DD's college, it'll be fairly easy to save for the trips.

 

[Kitty 34]

Flying down to visit middle DS, his wife and their two doggies in Charleston, SC the first week in May.

We will do our annual Mackinaw City trip in August sometime with other sons and grandchildren.

Have a nice trip, Slo.

 

[design_mom]

Two trips this year. I wish they were farther apart but this is the way it worked out (juggling college schedules etc, and thankful the kids still want to go).

We’re doing WDW in May. Our first visit since 2015. And a beach trip in June.