Holidays

Looby_Blue said:
Not sure tbh. Kids are getting older now so dont really go for the happy clappy amatuer entertainment stuff, spent most of it in their room charging their phones. The Mrs said she enjoyed but I think shes putting on a brave face.

I think its the last holiday we go on with the kids (they're 17 and 19), me the mrs will start going to places we want to go to, not some half arsed compromise thinking it keeps the kids happy.
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Weve never taken the kids to happy clappy places to be honest.
I hate forced fun and if someone tried to drag me off my sunbed for Dads Darts or aqua aerobics id end up getting a bit nasty with them :)

We are going to crete next week in a small family owned ‘hotel’. Small pool bar.
The kids (11 and 8) will sure spend time on phones etc but will play together loads in the pool, unheard of at home.
Its the one time of the year they get on.
They dont know such things as kids clubs exist
 
Looby_Blue said:
Not sure tbh. Kids are getting older now so dont really go for the happy clappy amatuer entertainment stuff, spent most of it in their room charging their phones. The Mrs said she enjoyed but I think shes putting on a brave face.

I think its the last holiday we go on with the kids (they're 17 and 19), me the mrs will start going to places we want to go to, not some half arsed compromise thinking it keeps the kids happy.
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17 and 19 with mum and dad, both boys ?
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Weve never taken the kids to happy clappy places to be honest.
I hate forced fun and if someone tried to drag me off my sunbed for Dads Darts or aqua aerobics id end up getting a bit nasty with them :)

We are going to crete next week in a small family owned ‘hotel’. Small pool bar.
The kids (11 and 8) will sure spend time on phones etc but will play together loads in the pool, unheard of at home.
Its the one time of the year they get on.
They dont know such things as kids clubs exist
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Enforced jollility, hate it.
 
doots said:
I've never done it but I believe the roads are much better and plenty of stops (aires?) for caravans and motorhomes.
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Roads in France are superb but note you can only overnight a campervan in designated spaces, no wild campervanning in France.
 
MCFC Wirral said:
I think I’m all done for a while so I’ll start looking at Armenia in November and then nothing until March / April 2024.
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Me and the Mrs are looking at Armenia, and would ideally want to do Tbilisi in the same trip.

What flight routes would you recommend to Armenia or Georgia mate? I don't think there are direct routes from UK.

Thanks.
 
Looby_Blue said:
Dreams Sapphire resort Cancun. Doubt i'll ever go longhaul again, getting too old for it and every **** just wants your money. I said to the mrs, next holiday is max 3 hours travelling time and preferably a villa so I dont have to endure other human beings.
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Thanks for the heads up ! Sounds like hell on earth. Any hotel with "buffet" dining gets a no from me as it's basically just a free-for-all. As for the need to wear grown up clothes in those temps in order to get through the restaurant door it's just unbelievably stupid. Hope you recover.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Heard nowt.
Wont buy into the panic and hysteria .
If im informed its safe to go ill be on that plane.

I appreciate there are issues but even in rhodes plenty of holiday makers are having a lovely time
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Wouldn’t worry mate, not saying the Greek authorities weren’t ready, but their entire summer is at risk and they’ll be all over it. The fires are this summers ‘great white shark spotted off Cornwall’ story for the media to sell more papers
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
Wouldn’t worry mate, not saying the Greek authorities weren’t ready, but their entire summer is at risk and they’ll be all over it. The fires are this summers ‘great white shark spotted off Cornwall’ story for the media to sell more papers
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just listening to a piece on the radio. As humans we react to emotional news , as we are emotional animals. But we react more to bad news to good.
So yeah, i wont worry, capable of making informed decisions and will see what happens.

People love a drama as you see on here daily ;)
 
Bluesince1979 said:
just listening to a piece on the radio. As humans we react to emotional news , as we are emotional animals. But we react more to bad news to good.
So yeah, i wont worry, capable of making informed decisions and will see what happens.

People love a drama as you see on here daily ;)
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Should be ok,as long as your hotel ain't burnt to the ground of course
 
CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor said:
Me and the Mrs are looking at Armenia, and would ideally want to do Tbilisi in the same trip.

What flight routes would you recommend to Armenia or Georgia mate? I don't think there are direct routes from UK.

Thanks.
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I’ve not booked Armenia yet but I think Rome and Athens were two initial ideas.

For Tbilisi, I went via Istanbul. Thoroughly recommend a gem of a city.
 
Looby_Blue said:
Dreams Sapphire resort Cancun. Doubt i'll ever go longhaul again, getting too old for it and every **** just wants your money. I said to the mrs, next holiday is max 3 hours travelling time and preferably a villa so I dont have to endure other human beings.
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Went to 'Dreams' in Cancun years ago. Right at top of the strip and surrounded by beach. It was mint.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Heard nowt.
Wont buy into the panic and hysteria .
If im informed its safe to go ill be on that plane.

I appreciate there are issues but even in rhodes plenty of holiday makers are having a lovely time
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heard a travel expert yesterday say that crete could be one of the islands to benefit from the fires on corfu and Rhodes with tourist's going there I think there always on red alert this time of year
 
MCFC Wirral said:
I’ve not booked Armenia yet but I think Rome and Athens were two initial ideas.

For Tbilisi, I went via Istanbul. Thoroughly recommend a gem of a city.
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Thank you for that. I've found via Milan for Armenia, might make a stop off there as said I'd take her there again at some point.

I liked Istanbul for the final but she travels on a Greek passport so they'll probably treat her like shit in the airport, so will probably swerve that route.
 
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