Vacation V Staycation Costs

However having seen the huge ships now in use with thousands of passengers queuing to embark (and presumably disembark) timed meal sittings etc we have not been tempted to try another.

+1...A couple of years ago we watched two cruise ships disembark at Sorrento.....listening to the language of the passengers as they queued to board their Amalfi Coast trip coaches and ferries to Capri....it became obvious it was not a pleasant experience...

Corners posted....... "But I just love being away on holiday, doesn't matter where and location doesn't affect the enjoyment factor one little bit.

Whilst I can accept that it is nice to get away somewhere, if all your locations give equal pleasure then can I suggest that you need to broaden your range. Whenever I find myself on my death bed, I won't be remembering my week in the Peak District with equal wonderment as our holidays at Disney World when the children were small and a later year touring the East coast of the USA with our now grown up son. Many other cracking holidays spring to mind and very few unforgettable ones are in this country.

 

When people take UK holidays on the south coast they'll be able to see all the laid up cruise ships, it's quite a sight. Some of the cruise companies are planning to do greatly reduced smaller cruises around the UK. There people out there who've travelled all over the world but don't know the British Isles, this is an opportunity for some! 

MikeyA wrote "I think I would hate a coach holiday even more - all that waiting around for the last old fogie to appear and get back on the coach, at least the liner wouldn't wait! "

Bu they do, at least up to a point. What gets me is that rather returning in a taxi with a sequel of brakes and tyres, the miscreants saunter along the pier as though they have all the time in the world with no apparent sense of embarrassment.

The last cruise we went we were on the P&O Britannia which at maximum capacity has 3647 passengers! Did it feel crowded no, was there problems disembarking no. I think people who have not experienced such things seem to form a misrepresentative impression of what it's like. At one port we had to be ferried ashore by tender, perfectly well organised and great fun. It was pretty inclusive in price as well as the only thing we had to pay extra for were drinks with bottles of wine costing no more than in a decent pub restaurant. Included in the price was parking at Southampton and an onboard spending allowance so when we came to settle up at the end of the cruise it probably cost an extra£20/30 for the two of us. Excursions can be expensive but in our short cruise experience we decided rather than go mad to be more selective. There are usually free shuttle buses into the Port town, in many places you can just walk. We tended to spend the morning ashore and return to the ship for lunch, very civilised.

David

 

need to broaden your range

I don't pass judgement on your holidaying habits, I wouldn't dream of doing so but yet you do that to me? 

My range is all I want it to be thank you. From 'over here', to most of Europe (which I'm still be able to wander in and out freely) and as far as Peru and north America.  

For you holidays are perhaps locations first? And it would appear that it has to out of the UK for it to be a cracking holiday? And that's fine, no judgement and do as you wish. Where as for me they are firstly people and family centred and over here has produced just as many fantastic holidays as 'over there'. It's being with friends and family, not location.

Again no judgement or advice, but personally I don't grade my holidays, life is too short, just enjoy every minute.  

Make now the most precious time, now will never come again

 

 

I don’t think I am ever likely to forget standing within a few metres of this and even going under the falls and looking through an opening at the back of the water curtain. The ground literally shaking and noise overpowering. 

However we have had equally enjoyable holidays in the Peak District, 45 miles from home. Just different.😀 

Edit Oh it was in a MH, so sort of on topic.😂

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I enjoyed thundering barely in control on the back of a big hunter across Dartmoor. My OH woke up, his tent buried in snow up Spain’s highest peak, had to come back down and shuffle round the Alhambra with the rest of tourists doing Spain, but he recalled the thrill of the snow more! Looking down the Corinth canal while the bridge under my feet shook (minor earthquake) was “different”. Sadly we never made it to Petra (at least not yet), Israeli’s decided to kick off around Ramallah, so it was “whoa, get out of there”.

All different, all enjoyable. We all enjoy variety😁