Woohoo...Countdown is on!

Hazel_B

So, I just bought my rail passes for my trip to Spain on my lunch hour. This trip is coming up faster than I realized!

Where and when is your next trip?

ekathleen684

I have about 4 in the works for the next few months, who knows if I'll do any at the moment. Depends on flight loads.

Orlando in the next two weeks
Alaska possibly with FI's family somewhere in the fall
Boston with my mom before Halloween
Chicago somewhere between December 18th and December 25 for the German Christmas festival they have every year.

deburnin

Next definite trip is to Disney World in August 2011. Sooo excited! We go with my old dance studio where my siblings still dance every two years. We get an awesome discount because we're such a large group and we'll hopefully be going during the free meal plan weeks so that'll save even more money. First meeting is in October. I can't wait!

BF and I are hopefully going to do either a weekend snowboarding or spa getaway (or combination of both) for our anniversary in January, but that really depends on job situations.

aperitisa

Booo...no vacations in the near future for me except a couple of out of town weddings.  But I'm a bridesmaid in one of them, so no free time. 

Buuuuuuut....I'm already excited for our honeymoon next June!  We set the dates yesterday with both of our bosses..  It looks like we will be gone from June 18- July 10!  I can't wait!

Hazel_B

Apertisa - That's a nice long honeymoon! any thoughts of where you might go?

PaigeMcC

Hazel that's exciting!!!

I'm going to Boston (and area) on Saturday! Wo0t!!

Maybe Disney in Jan/Feb...hehehe

catemeg

I'm off to Cancun for work in late September, and spending the weekend there with my colleagues.

Then BF and I are off to Europe in October - going to Vienna, Munich, and Paris.  So excited!

This weekend we're going down to Key Largo to go snorkeling and for a sunset cruise on a catamaran.  I love swimming and sailing, so I'm really looking forward to it!  My BF won't swim when there is seaweed, so beach swimming is out, and we don't live in an apartment complex with access to a pool so I haven't been swimming in quite awhile.

We also will be going to Universal Orlando for my birthday in December.  We're also trying to work in a trip to Busch Gardens since BF gets a free ticket due to his military service, and I'd get Florida Resident discount, so we'd pay only $60 total for both of us for a day.

leia1979

I'm going to Disneyland!

Seriously. September 16 and 17. I just bought our two-day park hopper tickets on Monday.

bajediva

Such fun things you gals are up to. I'm due to head to the USVI towards the end of next month to perform, and hopefully, depending on BF's schedule, I'll be up to SanFran to visit him before that, on my half-term break.

Hazel_B

I'm just curious about how people travel. Are people hotels/motels only or do people do camping and hostels if possible?

catemeg

Both BF and I were big backpackers and stayed in tons of hostels, so it depends on the trip.  For work trips, we get put in nice hotels.  For our trip to Europe, we're getting hotels because they're the same cost as both of us staying in a hostel (plus the added privacy and security benefits).  We're not splurging except one night - most of the hotels are $40-60/night, with the one B&B in the Champagne region of France being $120.

We're planning a trip to Oregon next summer to camp out and try out a bunch of microbreweries.  We also want to go to Colorado to visit my brother and his girlfriend and go on a multi-day hike with them.

So basically, anything!

dwest2201

FI and I haven't been on vacation since we started dating... we've traveled on weekends for weddings here and there and went camping on the river but thats it.  We won't have a "vacation" until our honeymoon in May and then we will be taking a long weekend to a lake house in July with his family so it will be worth the long wait to have a couple of good ones next year!

leia1979

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_woohoocountdown?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:db2fa10e-de30-4bac-b8a3-ce9723700d88Post:91c70ce3-6ea9-497d-a215-5f5eb62f5bed">Re: Woohoo...Countdown is on!</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm just curious about how people travel. Are people hotels/motels only or do people do camping and hostels if possible?
Posted by Hazel_B[/QUOTE]

We mostly motel it. The only time we camp is when we specifically go camping, and I've never stayed in a hostel.

Narwhal

Sometime in late September I'm flying down to Florida for a weekend.  I'm pretty excited about that.

I'm actually looking into European tours right now.  BF and I are talking about sometime either this summer or next.

Hazel_B

I've never really been able to do hostels when I'm in the US, few and far between from my experience, so always end up in hotels/motels.

However, Europe, Australia, New Zealand has always been hostels. While Asia has been more guesthouses.

deburnin

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_woohoocountdown?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:db2fa10e-de30-4bac-b8a3-ce9723700d88Post:91c70ce3-6ea9-497d-a215-5f5eb62f5bed">Re: Woohoo...Countdown is on!</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm just curious about how people travel. Are people hotels/motels only or do people do camping and hostels if possible?
Posted by Hazel_B[/QUOTE]

<div><font face="Arial" size="3" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span">It really depends on the trip. For the most part it's been hotels. We rented a beach house with my family when we went to NC. When we studied abroad we visited a friend who lives in Germany and stayed at her house for the last week of our trip. </span></font><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span">We haven't gone camping, but I really want to.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span">
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span">Oh and motels creep me out. I refuse to stay in them. Too many horror movies are set in motels and so many just look like shady places. *shiver*</span></div>

bsidebella

My next big trip is in February for BF's sister's wedding in St. Lucia! It's in 170 days or so - we don't know exactly when we're going or when we're coming back (it'll probably be a long weekend), but she's getting married on the 20th.

I'm super excited - his father is paying for just about everything except airfare (BF offered to pay for half of mine) and I've never been to the Caribbean. BF has never even been out of the country! He needs to get a passport.

heyimbren

I don't have any trips coming up

But to be fair, I've been on four vacations in the past year. So I guess it's time to relax... at home.

If anyone wants to bring me, I can fit in a suitcase.

I've only ever stayed in hotels/motels as far as I can remember.

jemmini6

I'm going to Hawaii a week from Friday!!  BF wants to go to Belize next.  I also think his grandma wants to do a trip with everyone to France next summer to go visit family.  I think in France we will stay with his family if there's enough room, but if not we'll do a hotel.  Too bad his uncle sold his place in Paris though because now we'll definitely have to do a hotel there.

catemeg

Oooh Belize!  That's on my list... as is Guatamala, especially after Ana told me how beautiful it is!

zipis1

I'm driving down to LA this weekend for another Dodgers game. This time it's Dodgers vs. Giants, and with BF being a Giants fan and me a Dodgers fan, it's personal

katanne9

Woo hoo!

Nantucket! DH and I are going in early October.

[Deleted User]

We're trying to decide on a date for our Ireland/Scotland/England trip sometime next year.  We'll also be taking an Alaskan cruise sometime next year.  And probably throw in a weekend getaway to San Diego sometime before the wedding to de-stress.

Oh, wait, were we talking real life or dreamland?  Cause those were my dreamland vacations.  Real life: no where, not even a honeymoon at this point (probably no HM till our 1st or 2nd anniversary).  I'll stick with my dreamland vacations for now.

tafft1

Counting down to our honeymoon/vacation to Anaheim/San Diego for Blizzcon and Dinsyeland for 7 days. DH keeps asking me "Is it October yet ?" - it's going to be an amazing week of celebration. We are going to hit Disneyland , California Adventure and have booked several restaurants to have dinners at already. In addition we are going to Medeival Times - I have never gone and am excited for that too !

deburnin

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_woohoocountdown?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:db2fa10e-de30-4bac-b8a3-ce9723700d88Post:f74cb463-6eaf-42e5-b7e9-90894486d06b">Re: Woohoo...Countdown is on!</a>:
[QUOTE]Counting down to our honeymoon/vacation to Anaheim/San Diego for Blizzcon and Dinsyeland for 7 days. DH keeps asking me "Is it October yet ?" - it's going to be an amazing week of celebration. We are going to hit Disneyland , California Adventure and have booked several restaurants to have dinners at already. <strong>In addition we are going to Medeival Times - I have never gone and am excited for that too !</strong>
Posted by tafft1[/QUOTE]

<div><font face="Arial" size="3" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span">Medieval Times is a lot of fun. I would definitely suggest signing up for their mailing list if you haven't already. They're always send out buy one, get one free codes. :)</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12px;" class="Apple-style-span">
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tafft1

Thanks for the tip I will look into that !

GreenPepperBurger

Bermuda in May (as you can see by my siggy)!