Reply to: Where should I go on holiday?

[TheFaQQer]

Do a Caribbean Cruise from Fort Lauderdale with the Royal Caribbean. 7 days on the Western or Eastern Caribbean. I'm doing one in September, and am looking forward to it.

MrsF doesn't want to go on a cruise - she doesn't like water and doesn't like boats.

When I moved to America, we went across on the QE2, so I keep trying to persuade her to try going, but it's not happening.

Anyway, it's all booked now - although I still have enough points for another trip, but don't have anywhere to palm the kids off to for another week. Oh well.

[TheFaQQer]

Maine is cracking, in fact, the route up from Boston to New Hampshire and beyond is great, look out for Gloucester and Concord, or even up as far as Saint John in New Brunswick.

Cape cod is fun too, as are the boat trips out to Nantuckett and beyond. Some cracking whale and shark watching trips too.

Quite envious, sounds a lovely trip.

Have fun.

My parents lived in Connecticut for a couple of years, moving back to the UK just before I was born - they have plenty of ideas of places for us to visit!!

Apart from driving from Pennsylvania to Vermont one winter to go skiing, and from Pennsylvania up to Toronto for relatives when we lived there, I've not been to New England before. Really looking forward to it - unfortunately (assuming I'm in contract) it means that I now only have three days opportunity to work in a four week period, but that's why I work for myself

Waiting for the guide books to arrive to look for some places to go - spent last night looking at ferry crossings to Martha's Vineyard as it seems crazy not to go when we are there!

[pmeswani]

Do a Caribbean Cruise from Fort Lauderdale with the Royal Caribbean. 7 days on the Western or Eastern Caribbean. I'm doing one in September, and am looking forward to it.

[Zoiderman]

Got a flight after much trying to Newark, then we're renting a car and driving round New England for 9 days.

Girls are spending the time with both sets of grandparents, MrsF and I get a holiday to recover from the two weeks in France. Everybody wins

Now I just need to plan some kind of route and book some hotels.....

Maine is cracking, in fact, the route up from Boston to New Hampshire and beyond is great, look out for Gloucester and Concord, or even up as far as Saint John in New Brunswick.

Cape cod is fun too, as are the boat trips out to Nantuckett and beyond. Some cracking whale and shark watching trips too.

Quite envious, sounds a lovely trip.

Have fun.

[oscarose]

Morecambe – good for catching crabs.

HTH

[Scrag Meister]

Hawaii is great, been there twice while I was working in CA, rule it back in!

WTFS

Lovely place, reliable weather, empty beaches.

I guess it depends what your into, viewing cityscapes, lying on a beach, exploring.

[amcdonald]

What about a nice relaxing staycation to Bridgwater ?

[TheFaQQer]

In that case to NYC & Boston with a cheeky day at Martha's Vineyard or Cape Cod.

Got a flight after much trying to Newark, then we're renting a car and driving round New England for 9 days.

Girls are spending the time with both sets of grandparents, MrsF and I get a holiday to recover from the two weeks in France. Everybody wins

Now I just need to plan some kind of route and book some hotels.....

[EternalOptimist]

How about a theme week
fly to Red stick then travel up the missippi by paddle boat for a week, then fly out from the north

you could stop off at jazz festivals, visit graceland, BB Kings

read some Mark Twain, get some cotton bols

[northernladyuk]

Hadn't considered much of Canada. Not drinking alcohol, though, a trip to wineries might be wasted (which we obviously wouldn't be).

Added to the list....

Then the Rockies are a good alternative to combine with Vancouver.

[Zoiderman]

Hadn't considered much of Canada. Not drinking alcohol, though, a trip to wineries might be wasted (which we obviously wouldn't be).

Added to the list....

10 hour flight, although Vancouver is one of the best places I have ever been to. Jericho Beach amazing views of the city, Stanley Park Black Squirrels and city skiing on Grouse and Seymour. Top place.

[Zoiderman]

What about a left field trip to Newfoundland, or New Brunswick?

Iceland? Plenty, plenty fun.

Palermo (Sicily)?

Cape Verde?

[TheFaQQer]

Vancouver + Okanagan wineries

Hadn't considered much of Canada. Not drinking alcohol, though, a trip to wineries might be wasted (which we obviously wouldn't be).

Added to the list....

[northernladyuk]

Vancouver + Okanagan wineries or Vancouver Island is manageable in 1 week.

Or Bridgwater.

[Pondlife]

The distance is the main problem - there are so many places that I want to go to, but for a week I need to be realistic.

At the moment it's looking somewhere like NYC - I wanted to go to Washington DC again, but that's been vetoed because there's "not much to do there" (WTF???) If we hadn't been to Alabama last summer, we'd probably head there again for a week, but I don't fancy it so soon.

In that case to NYC & Boston with a cheeky day at Martha's Vineyard or Cape Cod.