patrick<BR>5 months at a time!? Surely you have already won the lottery! What a great life!

I doubt it, but I'd love to give it a try &amp; find out! As others have said, I'd sure travel in a better way (such as first class) whenever possible. I might, but frankly, think it would take an awfully long time to get me to be &quot;fed up&quot;.<BR><BR>BC

I would still travel with much anticipation but I think some of the fun would be gone because I would live in a couple of houses in my favorite places, Alaska and France.<BR>The thing that I would enjoy so much is only traveling where I could take my dog along in a first class manner. I would hire a dog nanny to travel with me and help spoil my dog every second. <BR>I hate leaving my dog behind. My husband usually only goes on 1 trip a year with me. He stays home with the dog while I travel 2 or 3 more times. He doesn't have the travel passion or time off that I have so it works out okay.<BR>It would be wonderful to take my dog to dinner in Paris. <BR><BR>

Anon - Re 50 Places, you must have missed HK. It was in there, although at number 22, certainly not as high as I would have rated it. HK and Greece are the two places that I don't think I could ever tire of going back to, no matter how much money I won. Speaking of Greece, what happened to that? Not even the Acropolis rated a mention.

Elaine<BR>Yes I did miss HK in the top 50. I took a quick phone call. Glad it was there. Funnily enough I absolutely love Greece as well. Can't understand why the acropolis wasn't there. It was always a &quot;must see&quot; for me.( and even when I saw it I went back to it another twice!!!)<BR>I would just love to travel as often as possible. Patrick is someone I really envy! <BR>Patrick<BR>I am assuming you are now retired. I hope I have the money to do the same amount of travelling when I retire. I don't have any children so am managing to put back quite a bit for my non-working years. As I'm well into my 40s now I would hope that if I did win the lottery I wouldn't have enough time to get fed up travelling!!!

I'd use that money to send some of the fodorites on extended travel, the ones who spend their days facing the screen, and always talk about this or that dream they have. I'd like to help make it happen for 20 or so, and it would be fun to select the winners, just to witness those smiles as they switched off and started packing. I hope you ALL win that lottery, and when you get back, please post about your experiences. If I win, get ready to go.

x<BR>what a nice thing to do! Do you really mean it?

yes, anon2, I really do mean it!! In fact, I left something out - when possible, I might like to be permitted to tag along and enjoy their fun and pleasure. I've thought about how I'd spend money if I had a fortune - and always with travel it has involved collecting close friends and taking them off to see the world, all expenses taken care of, for 2-3 weeks, until they wanted to come back home. I see people posting here who wish to go - why not help make it possible for them. They are among the most interesting folks I have the pleasure of chatting with. I think most would make fabulous travelling companions. I must say, to be frank, I never win anything. I am lucky in other ways. So, I hope YOU will win. And I am already packed, lol.

It has been great reading everyones responses! ( and great to daydream!)<BR>x<BR>please remember me when you win! What a lovely thing to do for people!

Anon,<BR>That wins the nicest post of the day! You sound like one special person.<BR><BR>D

I have posted this before. While many retired people have &quot;invested&quot; in a cottage at the lake, or a condo in Florida, or a house in the mountains, my &quot;investment&quot; for retirement is 5 months of traveling, often in Europe. Although I must admit after this horrible past year, I had to reduce to 3 months. I'd much rather travel than have a second home or cottage somewhere.

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In short, &quot;No!&quot;

This is for Patrick.....<BR>I agree with you, I do the same thing but for less time, so far I can't afford it for 5 months ( pretty soon I hope), Hurrraaayyyyyy....

how sad if you did get fed up! But then if you did tire of it, you could always send some deserving causes off on holiday instead. Wouldn't that make you feel good?

Ah! I wouldn't get fed up. I'd probably establish a second home in France or Italy, maybe a beach place in the Caribbean or Hawaii, and a classy condo or co-op in NYC. You need some comforting places to retreat to when you just want to chill out.

Yes! uhoh, that would be perfect. Homes in different countries. Then no packing, the clothes are there. <BR>Let me see, I guess a flat in Mayfair, a villa in Tuscany, a nice apt in NYC. Sounds good to me!

great post! What imaginations you have!

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Gee, I don't know. But it would sure be fun to try it and see if I would.