# Where would you vacation for $2,500? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129 "2010-11-18T19:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/21 "2010-11-18T20:59:47Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > I don’t get it??? Seriously. But that happens often. > > My brother and I did a 7 week tour of the continent. We only passed through “Wein” on the way to Prague. Our experience there was mostly the train stations. Everyone was so rude. It was dirty. The coffee sucked. For the rest of our trip we kept talking about that shithole, known as Wein, Austria. We were enlightened by a few sniggering englishmen that we were referring to the city of lights. :smack: It was pretty hilarious in retrospect. “The Third Man” is a noir film set in postwar Vienna. It doesn’t portray the city kindly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/22 "2010-11-18T21:00:18Z")
Let me know if the police give it to you; I know someone who found $15K, unmarked, in a bag, and turned it in, just like that. After 90 days, it would be hers, if no claimants arrived. They (SFPD) lost it. She said, if she ever found any money again, she wouldn NEVER give it to the cops! They apologized, but it wasn’t theirs, and they wouldn’t give it to her. She didn’t sue. I know that it exists, because several others in the store had seen it, but it disappeared. I still wonder if she would have won a lawsuit. She had a receipt… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/23 "2010-11-18T21:06:49Z")
I would visit the tropical areas of the Northern Territory of Australia. I’d dip into the drier areas for a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/24 "2010-11-18T21:09:37Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > “The Third Man” is a noir film set in postwar Vienna. It doesn’t portray the city kindly. 🙂 Then we are not alone in our disdain! 😃 We felt like real idiots when we realized our mistake. But I truly loved Prague. We stayed at a very nice hotel, near the castle. And ate some truly exquisite meals. And it was by far the cheapest place we stayed. We had zero issues with language barriers. Great shopping. Great beer/bars. Great museams (including a very bad ass communism museam). Huge thumbs up! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/25 "2010-11-18T21:13:10Z")
> [@gurujulp](#): > > Let me know if the police give it to you; I know someone who found $15K, unmarked, in a bag, and turned it in, just like that. > > After 90 days, it would be hers, if no claimants arrived. > > They (SFPD) lost it. > > She said, if she ever found any money again, she wouldn NEVER give it to the cops! > > They apologized, but it wasn’t theirs, and they wouldn’t give it to her. She didn’t sue. I know that it exists, because several others in the store had seen it, but it disappeared. I still wonder if she would have won a lawsuit. She had a receipt… Sorry to hear about your friend. I’m pretty confident I’ll get the cash if it isn’t claimed, though - Arlington PD is pretty darned good at what they do. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/26 "2010-11-18T21:25:15Z")
Easy. Thailand. $1500 for Airfare, $1000 for 3-4 wks depending how much you want to party hard and live large. I’d just pick a, not as developed yet, beach and get me a little thatched bungalow with an attached bath, and a seaview. Lie on the beach, collect some shells, eat a lot of seafood and fruit, get a killer tan, swing in the hammock, read a lot of books, eat a ton of thai food, snorkel, rent a motor bike a couple of few times and drive about, make some awesome and interesting new friends, couple of nights dancing and drinking till sun up and come home feeling like a new human being! If I ever win the lottery, it is from just such a spot that I will decide where to go next! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/27 "2010-11-18T21:51:46Z")
I don’t care about the $2,500 holiday question (sorry!) but kudos to you for turning the money in. Please do update us on whether or not you get it. I don’t know if I could be so good if it were me. (Sad face.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/28 "2010-11-18T21:54:39Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Hey, does anybody know if Thailand has elephants? I mean, it seems like a neat place, but if there aren’t any elephants, I can’t say I’m all that interested. I think it does. I can’t remember though. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/29 "2010-11-18T21:56:54Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I think it does. I can’t remember though. Yes it does. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/30 "2010-11-18T22:07:08Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Sorry to hear about your friend. I’m pretty confident I’ll get the cash if it isn’t claimed, though - Arlington PD is pretty darned good at what they do. Would that be the Arlington, Virginia, police department? Which road did you find the money by??? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/31 "2010-11-18T22:07:17Z")
That’d just about cover a week or so in Antarctica. I’d go there whilst it still looks normal and for the unusual nature. How many people do you know who have been to Antarctica? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/32 "2010-11-18T22:29:14Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > That’d just about cover a week or so in Antarctica. I’d go there whilst it still looks normal and for the unusual nature. How many people do you know who have been to Antarctica? Seriously? People can do that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/33 "2010-11-18T22:30:34Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > That’d just about cover a week or so in Antarctica. I’d go there whilst it still looks normal and for the unusual nature. How many people do you know who have been to Antarctica? A friend of mine went to Antarctica last December. His pictures are _spectacular_. It’s not a place I had ever considered going before, but now I really want to go! So that would be high up on my list. The other places I’d most like to visit would be Iran (I’d wait for spring for this one) and Tanzania. I’m super super fascinated with Iran, and thus far have not worked out a way to get there, but I’m sure I could if I had a couple thousand bucks lying around. And I’ve never been to Africa and I really want to go! Tanzania looks amazing. But I’ve also been wanting to take a nostalgia trip and visit Bulgaria and Israel, though. So it would be a tough choice. I’m not sure I could swing both of those in one trip for under $2500, though, it would depend on airfare. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/34 "2010-11-18T22:53:48Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > The other places I’d most like to visit would be Iran (I’d wait for spring for this one) and Tanzania. I’m super super fascinated with Iran, and thus far have not worked out a way to get there, but I’m sure I could if I had a couple thousand bucks lying around. I’ve always wanted to go to Iran too. I even went so far as to find out the price of a visa from the embassy a few years ago. I suspect it would be difficult for a single woman to travel there, so if you’re interested in a male travel partner to go there, get in touch. I’m serious - I’m fascinated by it. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/35 "2010-11-18T23:19:23Z")
Earlier this year, I spent two weeks in Morocco for about that amount (half was with a tour group, half was on my own). Istanbul would be my choice. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/36 "2010-11-18T23:30:50Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > Loved loved loved Prague. Nothing I didn’t like about it. Tel Aviv was totally kick ass too, if you are a bit more adventurous. > > Hated hated hated this little shit hole called Wein, Austria. Found out later it was Vienna. :smack: Still hated it. [nitpick]I think you mean _Wien_, Austria.[/nitpick] Sorry you didn’t like it. I’m more of a nature guy, but what about heading to Scotland? Fly over, rent a motor, do a whisky tour, visit Edinburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/37 "2010-11-18T23:40:17Z")
Would the Antarctica trip be just a cruise, or do you land on the continent (or at least, one of the ice shelves contiguous with the continent)? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/38 "2010-11-18T23:55:38Z")
You could cruise to Hawaii, with airfair included, for $2500. At least, that’s what I’d do. 🙂 Good luck on whatever you choose to do. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/39 "2010-11-19T01:17:21Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I’ve always wanted to go to Iran too. I even went so far as to find out the price of a visa from the embassy a few years ago. I suspect it would be difficult for a single woman to travel there, so if you’re interested in a male travel partner to go there, get in touch. I’m serious - I’m fascinated by it. I will! I’m unemployed right now, so it’s not going to happen any time soon, but I will keep you in mind. I’ve even taken Persian, so I can say such useful things as “my name is Kyla” and “I like cheese”. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129/40 "2010-11-19T01:21:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Would the Antarctica trip be just a cruise, or do you land on the continent (or at least, one of the ice shelves contiguous with the continent)? When my friend went, he flew to Buenos Aires, then to someplace really far south in Argentina, and then he took a boat. They slept on the boat, but during the day they would land and wander around. Let me see if he has pictures up in a public place. Okay, I don’t know if this is open to the public, but his Facebook album is [here](http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2691930&id=2220351). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129.md?page=3)