# Where are you vacationing this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429 "2009-01-15T14:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/1 "2009-01-15T14:37:10Z")
It’s -22 degrees celsius today in beautiful, wintery Ontario…in five weeks we leave for Cuba. Perhaps looking at an Alaska cruise in September. Where are you headed this year for vacation(s)? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/2 "2009-01-15T14:46:33Z")
Sweden; to meet friends and family. Not sure when and for how long, but I’m going. [rant]Damn, it sucks not knowing where I’ll be working next and hence not being able to plan more.[/rant] ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/3 "2009-01-15T14:49:10Z")
The SO and I are currently discussing whether we want to go to London or to Vegas. I’ve never been to Europe and he has never been to Vegas so I am starting to make a list comparing the two. For example: London-We could see lots of historical sites and visit **Illuminatiprimus** but we have to ride on a plane for 8 hours. Vegas-24 hour a day gambling and excellent shows but our parents will call us every 20 minutes to make sure we aren’t getting married on a whim. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/4 "2009-01-15T14:50:31Z")
I’ll be going home to Spain at least twice and want to take a week here in Scotland as well. Mom says she may be coming to visit, which would eat up the week here. I’ve got problems with the idea… on one hand, she’d love many things about the place; on the other, I don’t know what would I do to keep her entertained while we’re in my house. I don’t have a TV but even if I did, she doesn’t speak English. And she’s got a lot of health problems which include many dietary restrictions which she breaks when traveling and then pays for. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/5 "2009-01-15T14:53:47Z")
I’m going to Colombia for spring break! I got my new passport in the mail earlier this week and I am ready to go. Especially because the high today will be 5F/-14C. Yeah. A change of scenery will be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/6 "2009-01-15T15:00:17Z")
If we go anywhere this year, which is doubtful, we’ll go skiing at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. We’ve been there a couple of times before. However, if we do go, I’m lobbying hard to make a side trip to Estes Park to see or stay at [the Stanley Hotel](http://www.stanleyhotel.com/), which inspired Stephen King’s The Shining. We only go skiing because my husband enjoys it so much, whereas I can take it or leave it, so I figure I ought to shoehorn in something that’s interesting to me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/7 "2009-01-15T15:09:50Z")
If it still looks like we will both have our jobs over the next couple of months, I’m lobbying for Turkey, probably Istanbul and Izmir. Otherwise, we will table pretty much any plans at all for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/8 "2009-01-15T15:12:04Z")
We’re planning a trip to Cabo this year. Probably a three day weekend in palm springs and maybe one or two other mini trips like that. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/9 "2009-01-15T15:17:45Z")
12 day cruise to see the TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN! 6 minutes, 37 seconds of totality! The longest total eclipse of this century. In the western Pacific Ocean. Leaving from China, with stops in South Korea and 2 stops in Japan. Seeing the eclipse in person is one of the things on my “Bucket List”. Taking my youngest son with me as a college graduation present (Physics major going to graduate school in Astronomy in the fall-so it is a relevant present) , and one of my sisters. Making the final cruise payment today, as a matter of fact! ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/10 "2009-01-15T15:32:34Z")
Probably Iran and Malaysia ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/11 "2009-01-15T15:39:57Z")
…vacation? What would that be again? Actually we are hoping to take a trip this year. I think it would be our first family trip. It’s not hugely exciting, but we want to take the kids to Disneyland and see friends down in Southern CA. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/12 "2009-01-15T15:42:39Z")
> [@pudytat72](#): > > Seeing the eclipse in person is one of the things on my “Bucket List”. Taking my youngest son with me as a college graduation present (Physics major going to graduate school in Astronomy in the fall-so it is a relevant present) , and one of my sisters. Making the final cruise payment today, as a matter of fact! Interesting gift. Who are you giving your son to? 😉 I know what you actually mean. That portion just parsed oddly in my half awake mind. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/13 "2009-01-15T15:44:00Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > …vacation? What would that be again? I’m right there with ya. We just took a trip to NYC in December, which is the first vacation I’ve taken in several years. I doubt that I’ll be able to afford another one this year, or probably next year either. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/14 "2009-01-15T15:45:28Z")
Haven’t decided yet. China (to run the Great Wall Marathon), Italy (if a couple of friends tag along to reprise what we did last summer in Spain) or Eastern Europe (doing train-hopping). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/15 "2009-01-15T15:50:22Z")
I haven’t been on a vacation in years. I don’t like to vacate alone and since I’m single and all of my friends are married, I’m stuck. I do have friends who go to an isle off the coast of Maine for a two weeks every year. But they don’t do anything there but drink, hike and play cards. I drink some, I don’t play cards and I hike here often enough that I don’t want to go there to do it. I want a vacation where I \*do \*things. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/16 "2009-01-15T15:51:53Z")
We’re planning on taking a couple of weeks off in May to see The Boy’s relatives in BC. If we can find a good deal on tickets, we may also try to throw in a bonus side trip to Hawaii for a week, since one of my good friends now lives there and has been bugging me for a while to come for a visit (most flights seem to involve a layover in Vancouver anyways, so it only seems natural). And then in December, one of my closest girlfriends is getting married in Mexico, so we’ll be spending a week at a resort in Cozumel. Between those two trips, I’ll have no money and no extra vacation days to spare… but I’m sure it’ll be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/17 "2009-01-15T15:53:44Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Interesting gift. Who are you giving your son to? 😉 > I know what you actually mean. That portion just parsed oddly in my half awake mind. You’re right! He is not the present. The present is for him. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/18 "2009-01-15T16:15:12Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I haven’t been on a vacation in years. I don’t like to vacate alone and since I’m single and all of my friends are married, I’m stuck. I do have friends who go to an isle off the coast of Maine for a two weeks every year. But they don’t do anything there but drink, hike and play cards. I drink some, I don’t play cards and I hike here often enough that I don’t want to go there to do it. I want a vacation where I \*do \*things. You may want to try vacationing alone, actually. It doesn’t work for everyone but I must say that I love going on a trip by myself. I get to see the shows/attractions/exhibits/etc that I want to see, eat at the places I want to eat, sleep in as late as I want, and do all sorts of other stuff that would normally be something that would be left to a compromise between two or more people. If you can swing it I highly recommend Vegas as a place to go on your own. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/19 "2009-01-15T16:15:29Z")
**Priceguy** , trains are pretty terrible (by which I mean they often don’t exist, not that they’re not comfortable) in Eastern Europe, esp. in the Balkans. The Yugoslav wars did a number on the rail system. Just a thought before you book a flight. **Eva Luna** , skip Izmir and head to Cappadocia. Seriously, you won’t regret it. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429/20 "2009-01-15T16:28:28Z")
For the past several years, I have been taking at least one international vacation per year, so right now I’m casting around for ideas of where to go next. I haven’t been to Asia or Africa yet, so some countries on those continents are high on my list of possible destinations: Tanzaniya, Tunisia, Turkey, and India. Other than that, I’ll be going to Sunset Beach, NC, with my family, just like we do every year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-vacationing-this-year/481429.md?page=2)