HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Where are you planning to travel in 2005?
 

New Years wishes to (almost) all of you!!! So... where will your travel plans take you in the coming year?

In one week, my family is going with another family to a private villa in Puerto Vallarta. Been there once before, and I CAN'T WAIT.

In March, DH and I are going ALONE to the Polo Beach Club on Maui. Have decided to fly first class (for free, using miles). Again, I CAN'T WAIT!!

How about you?

Please see the recent thread entitled, NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS & TRAVEL, and all the commotion it has "suffered". Good Luck. Mike

Sorry. Didn't mean to step on anyone's toes.

Hi iregeo, this thread will fare better I am sure ((F))

We are just starting to book a trip for March and planning a trip to Japan for later in the year.

Sometime in between, the Yankee still wants to see San Miguel de Allende Mexico, and we will be going back to NYC to visit friends and family.

In
March, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Austria.

Well, next month I leave for four weeks in Italy. I was planning to spend one month in South India and the Maldives in Fall of '05, but in light of the recent tragedy that may change. (Maybe northern India?)

Turkey in May/June! Can't wait!

Hi Scarlett. Special holiday wishes to your Pup!

John, that's my dream trip. I'm hoping to put something like that together for the summer. We'll see...

January: DH goes to Hawaii for a conference without me.

February: DH goes on a guys-only ski weekend (it's okay, it was orchestrated by me for his birthday)

March: The whole family is going to San Antonio and Houston to visit friends and family.

June: Just DH and I are going to Rome and the Amalfi Coast. Yippee!

July or August: Family trip to the Colorado mountains; we'll see family in Denver on the way.

That's all that's planned so far...

Febuary/March - One week in Rome
May - Eight days in Paris
June/July - Cruise in carribean for my sons wedding.
Sometime in there I will travel back to Arizona and Colorado to finish closing up my fathers estate and hope to find some time to fit in another short trip in the fall.
Happy New Year everyone and wonderful travels to all. Jackie

January, 5 days in Paris
April, 4 days in Prague

and, it's looking like I may get to Israel in July--that will be a first-time trip if we pull it off

in between a few short hops within the USA to see family and friends

End of January - 1 night visit with a Fodorite in NYC.
Next day flying to BKK for few days with a stop in Hawaii.
End of February - Manchester and London for a week
End of March - New Zealand for 12 days, Australia for 11 days and Hong Kong for 5 days.
May/June - couple of trips to UK and (possible) Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic and Poland.

Second part of the year? don't know yet but I'm sure it will be just as busy, at least the 4th quarter.

Hi Iregeo, Oh PV, how fantastic, one of my favorite places (shhh do not tell anyone in Italy lol). Do have the most beautiful vacation. Lucky you!!

My plans are at this point, Hawaii in April, Italy in June and Santa Barbara and Portland OR somewhere inbetween.

And of course trips in SF here and there.

Do, please, post a trip report about your trip to PV. A beautiful trip is wished for you and your loved ones.

So far, a long weekend to Fort Lauderdale in February, and a 17 day trip to Scandinavia and St. Petersburg in June (so excited about this one!).

Paris in January and UK in late May/early June. I usually do several business trips a year to Dallas and Houston, which is great because I have family and freinds in both cities. I also plan to attend my sister's wedding in NW Arkansas.

The only sure plan that I have at this moment is my trip to Italy and France in June. I have already bought the plane's tickets and made all the reservations for the apt. in Rome, hotels in Venice, Nice, and Paris.
I will also spend 8 days in Provence to visit my sister that lives in a cute small village, 30 km. from Uzes and my dear cousin in Avignon.
I am thinking to go to Santa Fe for a week during Spring break with my daughter and my grandchildren, but this is not a sure thing.

22 days in China in October 2005.

How profound.

Big trip to Rome/Amalfi Coast/Paris for 2-3 weeks in June, bringing a first-timer who desperately needs a get-away. Can't wait. I wish all fodorites happiness in their travels in 2005 and beyond!

Iregeo, we will be renting a beach shack on Great Keppel Island, Qld (coral reefs fringe the island), we live about 4 hrs drive south of the departure point for this coral island, then later in September, 2005, we will be returning to London, to see our son & daughter in law, and our "first" grandchild. Before leaving London, we are flying from Gatwick across to the greek island of Samos, then staying in a self contained villa, on the southern coastline in a village called Ormos (also our first trip to Greece....we are hoping by late Sept/early October, the tourist crowd will have dropped off...we just want to chill out in a sleepy fishing village, with a beach nearby)

I love these threads... it's so nice to read about all the exotic places travelers will visit.

Jan: New York
March: meeting in Orlando then will spend a few days in Palm Coast
April: land travel or cruise to Hawaii
May: London for 10 days and am taking the QM2 back to the states
Not sure about the rest of the year yet......

Jan: Hawaii (Oahu & the Big Island)
Feb: Florida (Orlando & Key West)
Apr: Houston
May: Maryland & Delaware to see family & friends
Sept: Austin
Oct/Nov: Italy (Rome, Venice, Florence)

Happy travels everyone! :-)

Goshes,

I need to plan more traveling.

We are going to visit family in Florida in Feb and 2 weeks motor trip through the Dordogne followed by a week in Paris in Sept.

Maybe I can take my wife to Watkinsville for a weekend.

((I))

We've been too busy to make plans but are thinking about a short trip to Paris in April - I've never been in April! I'll visit family and friends in Wisconsin and Michigan in July and we'll go to Italy, mostly Sicily, in Sept/Oct. Happy New Year and Happy Travels to all.

Nova Scotia in August and Prague/somewhere else in October.

I wish everyone happy travels in 2005! We're going to Jamaica in February, then Nice, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and London in July.

So far the plans are for a long weekend in April in Florida for a family wedding, a long weekend in Block Island,RI for my b-day in July, a long weekend in Spring Lake, NJ for my Mom's b-day in August, and 19 days in Italy in October for our 10 year wedding anniversary.

Happy travel to all in 2005!

Our plans include a return to New Orleans in June and a three night trip to Austin, TX in July.

Seafood & barbeque. Can anything be better?

Post Ranch Inn (Big Sur) in February
The Sea Ranch (Sonoma coast in California) in April.
Seattle in July for my parents 50th anniversary.
Kaua`i for two weeks in late July.
Happy travels!
-Bill

What fun! All those exotic places.

Copper Canyon in February and 15 days in Croatia in late May. Other than that, will just have to wait and see. Happy travels to all. Geri

I wish you all wonderful adventures in 2005. December 31, 2005 is my retirement date and last day of work EVER and I am promised to a son in Oregon and a son in Florida for a bit of time. If I have my way I will return to Italy because I fell in love with it.
Happy New Year All!

Everyone's plans sound great!

We'll spend 2 weeks in FL in April-May, visit friends in Ft. Meyers & spend a week in the Keys with them & a few days in SOBE too.

Sadly, I fear most of our trips this year will be back & forth to Home Depot, but our house will be looking great!

Hoping for a few trips across the river to NYC for some fun times as well!

Happy 2005! Trish

Jan: A weekend back in Brussels to shop the sales and get my hair cut(hooray!)
Feb/March: A week in Brussels, then 12 days in Vienna, then another week in Brussels (my husband's employer keeps a corporate apt. there we can use)
April: A week in Brussels, then Baden-Baden, then on the road to Appenzell, Switzerland (with a stopover in central Germany to see the relatives), then back in Brussels again for a week
June or September: A few nights in Angers, then driving across central France for a week of hiking and relaxing in Megeve, France, then heading back up to Brussels through Burgundy and Champagne.
November/December: a week in Chicago

2005 travel resolution: Go to London twice a week, one afternoon devoted to something cultural (museum, play, concert, etc.) another to just hanging about (shopping, lunching, poking around a neighborhood, whatever). That will give me dozens of afternoons in London, so I should know something about the place by next Christmas.

You're not going to believe this, but about 6 months ago I was looking into a trip to Thailand for January 2005. I later decided on Paris instead. If I had booked Thailand for January, I would be facing some tough decisions right now. Someone was looking out for me when I chose Paris. But I still plan to go to Thailand some day.

..Thailand in February...and then who knows as I do travel on business and for family..(from June to now..Floridasx3,Mexico,Seattle, Vermont and Ct., Geneva, Osaka, Alaska, Iceland, Paris, Nimes, Senegal and U.K. with minor stops in between)..so hope that I get some business travel to eastern Europe and the Balkans as I would like to scout things out and plan a future vacation...so happy travels 2005 to all and more importantly a healthy and peaceful year.

Ms. Go, Allie Go and I will be visiting the Amalfi coast, Capri and Naples in June. We are all looking forward to it a great deal...especially the week-long stay in Positano.

Probably a few domestic trips as well, such as Bob the Nav's new digs (if it's ever built). And I just got back from Laguna Beach a couple of days ago.

Merry-merry and happy-happy to everyone!

North of Spain for three weeks in May/June

London in January. Washington DC in March or April. North Carolina to visit family sometime in the summer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another trip to Europe in the fall!

Wow, it is a big world out there, isn't it? All of our plans sound so exciting!

LoveItaly - thank you so much for your kind wishes. All the same to you and yours! From your post, I take it that you live in Cal. So do I! Are you in No. Cal. or So. Cal?

PV will be wonderful and relaxing. We are staying at a private villa, seemingly on top of the world. It has 5 bedrooms, pool, workout room, tennis court, views to die for, houskeeper, cook, houseman, bartender (who follows you from room to room!!) and 24 hour security (to keep the TROLLS out.) Best of all, it's FREE!!! (DH bartered legal work for accomodations!)

tropo - Congrats on your first grandchild! What a special time! Where on earth is Great Keppel Island? I've never heard of it. How exotic.

zee123 - mazel tov on your upcoming retirement. Hope you have many happy years of family and travel ahead!

tpatricco - maybe we'll meet at Home Depot! We can have lunch together at the hot dog cart!

BTilke - your travels always sound fun...and FREQUENT. Where do you call home?

travelbunny - how awful the recent devastation to the people in the area you will be travelling to. Are you still planning to go?

Thank you all for sharing and God bless.

Hopefully (crossing fingers) we can finally go on our much-delayed, much-postponed honeymoon. As of last October, we were married 3 years. We keep putting off our 2 weeks in London as expenses and emergencies occurred. However, this year is looking good.

We will also be going to Atlanta and Orlando for scifi conventions (I've got art to sell at each) and Glasgow as part of the honeymoon for the same (Worldcon in August).