Vacation V Staycation Costs

Posted on 19/03/2021 11:08 by MikeyA

Overseas holidays are starting on the 21st May - not all holiday destinations involve driving into Europe. Whether you think that, having had a second vaccination the risk is still too severe, is a personal decision. We have made the decision that it is not.

Posted on 19/03/2021 11:07 by Rufs

Home is where the heart is and loving our staycation, cant say it is free because we live here and have to pay all the normmal expenses, but it is great

Posted on 19/03/2021 11:15 by

 I would have more reservations about several hours in an aircraft personally. I loved our trips to Cuba but the aftermath of 10 hour flights on my chest did make me wonder which was the better option.

Posted on 19/03/2021 12:25 by allanandjean

Hi David, Another comparison I have made, more in hope than expectation, is between Caribbean and European all inclusive resorts.

The main reason is that the thought of a 10 hour flight, mask on, is not that appealing however, as I suspected, having discussed this with 'travel advisors' , you get far more for your money in the Caribbean.

Looking at October its £2286 for a Greek 5 star AI, at an Ikos resort, and  the Dominican Republic is £1612 at, what  I am told is, a comparable hotel,both are top rated on Trip advisor and we have stayed at the DR hotel.

Did look at Tenerife, for some reason my wife wants to try it, I was told that there are really no directly comparable hotels-it was impossible, back in 2018, to find a hotel that would guarantee a walk in shower as most were still the 'over the bath' type!.

I have not made a comparison with a trip with the van, maybe Spain would still be OK weather wise, but if I went direct with BF the fare alone would be quite a chunk of the £1612 gone so likely to be far more, overall and while I am a whizz on the BBQ, and wash up, its not quite the same relaxing stress free holiday that the AI would be when the only decisions you have is which of the many restaurants shall we eat at, shall we go for drinks before we eat  and what wine shall we have.

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Posted on 19/03/2021 12:52 by eurortraveller

Wow, some of you guys are extravagant !

We paid about £12 for a good clean room at the Maya hotel restaurant in Agra. Breakfast on their rooftop and then a bicycle rickshaw to the Taj Mahal. 

Posted on 19/03/2021 13:48 by Rufs

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Sometimes, dolphins are illegally captured and sold to parks around the world.

Many of the dolphins who are deemed less “attractive”—and, therefore, less profitable—are slaughtered during the capture process and sold as meat to unsuspecting consumers"

My pockets, unfortunately, are not deep enough to stop this trade in Dolphins, but i sure did have a great time off the coast of Indonesia doing a Dolphin survey way back in the late sixties