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Post by caz2 on Jan 8, 2007 14:53:08 GMT
Has anyone booked their hols for this year yet? We got some brochures the other day for Italy, thanks to Kim's review last year and Portugal and Cyprus. We prefer 10 days to 7 or 14 as it's just long enough, so it can be quite tricky finding a place that caters for 10 days. Kim was your holiday to Italy reasonably cheap last year, as I don't want to pay anymore than £450 pp if I have to, as in the past when we went to Cyprus for 10 days, it was £650 each, just for self catering as well. But yet 7 years ago we went to Barbados for that price. How things change.
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Post by kim on Jan 8, 2007 16:12:37 GMT
We booked on the internet, so I think it was slightly cheaper. We had 14 days half board in a four star hotel, I think it was about £700 each, but this was high season. If you're still interested the hotel was Brioni di Mare in Lido di Jesolo. We went with Thomas Cook, but they only have the hotel every other year and I don't know who's representing it this year. This year in September is a big birthday for me. I do not want a party, I don't feel 50 and hopefully don't look or act it. Instead I want to go away for it for a "once in a lifetime" sort of thing. My mum suggested Hawaii - as in Hawaii 5-0 , but we are thinking about the Maldives - it looks like heaven. The hotel consists of rooms on stilts in the sea!!
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Post by Dee on Jan 8, 2007 17:51:36 GMT
Kim, you don't look anywhere near 50!! Friends of ours are going to The Maldives on Sunday, they go every year and say its fantastic. I must say the pics look gorgeous, white sand and crystal blue waters ahhhh. If only, one day when the kids have grown up. We haven't booked yet this year. I want to stay in a Villa/House with its own pool but it has to have a big garden and be within walking distance to the pubs/restaurants preferably in France because we will be driving. They are just so expensive though. I'll just have to keep on looking I would love to go to Italy but the villas there are even more expensive than France.
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Post by caz2 on Jan 8, 2007 19:04:09 GMT
Thanks Kim. I'll have a look in the brochure we have for Italy, and check to see if any of them do 10 days, then go from there. You definitely don't look 5o, Kim. I am 30 this year, and Dave 40, so we both have big Birthdays coming up ourselves. Maldives sounds beautiful. Don't you have to get a sea plane to places there though with it being quite remote? I can just about cope with flying on jumbo jets, never mind those small flimsey things after the flight to contend with as well. ;D Dee I have always wanted to stay in a villa abroad, with it's own pool. The only thing is we don't hire cars when we are away, and a lot of these villas require transport as they are sometimes in the middle of nowhere. It should be fine for you though if you are taking the car.
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Post by kim on Jan 9, 2007 15:42:28 GMT
I'm not overkeen on flying either Caz - that's the one thing that's putting me off booking the Maldives now - it's a ten hour flight, then transfer by sea plane. We never hire a car abroad either - I refuse to drive on the "wrong side" of the road and Craig has only an automatic license for a couple of years (he was given an ultimatum - learn to drive or I go sell the car and get cabs everywhere!! ;D) A Villa sounds great Dee, your boys are the right age for it too, last time we went away with the girls they were all in their teens and given the choice of Florida or Ibiza - they chose Ibiza Mind you we had a really good time - even though it was very lively!!!
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Post by caz2 on Jan 11, 2007 14:30:05 GMT
We have just booked our holiday. Well we both have a few days off work this week so thought it was the best time that we had to getting around to it. We are going to the Algarve, Albufeira on 4th July to 14th, so for 10 days and it's a half board and cost £550 each. Which is really reasonable for Portugal and it has your meals included, and looks really nice. I have been to Portugal when I was 15, but we stayed at a place called Vilamoura, which is a bit quieter, but hubby has never been so I'm sure he will really like it. The beaches are beautiful over there.
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Post by Dee on Jan 11, 2007 16:47:21 GMT
I've always fancied Portugal Caz but found it expensive when looking at the prices. Portugal is a little too far for us to drive though
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