BudgetQueen, I'd like to know your secret! How can you work full-time and be on vacation so much? Do you work while traveling?

Feb: London
May: Pennsylvania
May/June: France
early July: my place near Hilton Head.
mid-late July: France
August: Pennsylvania
September: back to my place near Hilton Head
October: London
Nov: Belgium
Dec: Pennsylvania for Xmas

2010: Not sure yet. A friend is running the Paris marathon, and a group of friends are going to watch so I may hop over for a long wkd. I'm taking my parents to England in July for a few weeks. Other than that, I don't know. I'd like to visit northern California, maybe this year...

2009:

February - Scottsdale, Arizona
March - Orlando/New Smyrna Beach, Florida
June - Traverse City, Michigan
August - Niagara Falls, Canada
August/September - Seattle, Washington/Alaska Cruise
October - Traverse City, Michigan

2010: No plans yet.

BudgetQueen, I'd like to know your secret! How can you work full-time and be on vacation so much? Do you work while traveling?


I am extremely fortunate. I get 8 weeks paid off per year, and swap off the other 4 weeks for the average 12 weeks I take off per year.

No, I do not "work" while traveling.

2009:

Jan- Park city for Sundance film festival
Feb, March, April, May- Park City
May- London for a week on my own due to irresistible airfares.
June- Baltimore for school reunion.
July- Park City and San francisco.
Aug-Park City
Oct- Chicago; Park City/Boise/Sun Valley, Ketchum Idaho road trip.
Nov, Dec- Park City

2010: other than Park City, nothing planned yet.

March - April California
May - 3000 mile road trip - love them - Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisianna, Alabama, West Virginia, Indiania and back to WI.
June - Minneapolis

2010 - Hope it is back to Europe - maybe Finland again and Bulgaria.

2009
Feb - London
April - NYC
May - Miami
October - Maryland for cycling race, NYC
November - DC

Next year:
Jan - VA Beach
April - Philly
June - Miami
October - MD again (same cycling race)

My one "big" trip in 2010 is hopefully Finland and Russia for a milestone birthday celebration,but work is holding the strings to vacation while I'm rolling out a big project in Q1 and Q2 of 2010 so I haven't booked yet. Then there's always the quick theater/museum overnight or day trip to NYC that tends to pop up randomly and maybe a quick trip or two back to London to visit family of my SO.

Now somebody needs to put all this in a spreadsheet so we can see at a glance if any of us will be crossing paths.

How many days do you allot for the 3000-day odyssey, <b>BratsandBeer? </b>

<i>Now somebody needs to put all this in a spreadsheet so we can see at a glance if any of us will be crossing paths.</i>

No need for spreadsheet. Here's the <b>Fodorite Calendar</b> which was created by BillT last year. Folks don't seem to be too keen on updating it though... :(
http://www.my.calendars.net/fodors

2009- We went to Hawaii - Oahu and Big Island.
2010 - Los Angeles, Big Sur, San Francisco, Yosemite, Death Valley, Zion, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Palm Springs. That's the plan anyway! (Taking our youngest son and his wife on their first trip to the USA)

2009:

Costa Rica
Seattle and Alaska cruise
Cape Cod
day trips to DC and NYC

2010:

Sarasota & Orlando, FL, plus spring training in Clearwater

Italy

I usually plan our trips around 18-24 mos. ahead, but 2011 may hold less travel for us b/c my husband isn't earning FF miles as quickly as he used to.

We went a couple of times to San Antonio and Austin since they are close by. I also took a day trip down to see the whooping cranes near Aransas Pass. We also went to visit family north of Philadelphia. Then in the summer we went to Montreal, Quebec City, and Tadoussac for a vacation. I am thinking of taking a driving trip across TX next summer, out towards El Paso, the Davis and Guadalupe Mountains, and maybe on to Tucson, Arizona.

<i>
No need for spreadsheet. Here's the Fodorite Calendar which was created by BillT last year. Folks don't seem to be too keen on updating it though... </i>
http://www.my.calendars.net/fodors

Of course a calendar is the best tool! What a good idea!

The farthest in the future I noted was April in Paris in 2010 for Madison.

2009(cities and countries/states)

Paris
Munich/Rome
Central Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra, Evora etc)
South of France/Drome, Netherlands/Belgium,
San Francisco/Vermont
Seattle, Vancouver
Spain (Madrid, Bilbao, San Sebastian etc) and Atlantique Pyrenees, France.

2010:

Thailand/Philippines/Vietnam
Dolomites/Venice
Croatia/Slovenia/Bosnia-Herzogovina
BeNeLux/Paris
Japan
a few domestic flights in the East Coast.

2009
Las Vegas, Nevada (3 times)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) (3 times)
San Diego, California

2010
Oahu & Maui, Hawaii
New York, New York
St. John's, Newfoundland
other ideas but the above are definite

Happy travels and Happy Holidays everyone.
Sadie

Hey, everyone,don't forget the Fodor's GTG in Santa Fe in September!

Lee Ann

Feb 2009 - Singer Island, FL
Apr 2009 - Edinburgh, London and Manchester (Man U match)
Jul 2009 - Bermuda
Jul 2009 - Penn State/Central PA Arts Festival
Jul 2009 - Baltimore and Annapolis
Aug 2009 - Caribbean cruise and Singer Island, FL
Oct 2009 - Philadelphia
Nov 2009 - London and Barcelona
Nov 2009 - Washington DC

2010 - ? probably some college scouting trips

2009 -

1) Six week RTW trip that included Switzerland (Kandersteg, Zermatt & Lauterbrunnen), Las Vegas, Phoenix/Flagstaff/Grand Canyon/Sedona and Colorado (from Australia).

2) South Australia (Adelaide, Barossa, Clare Valley, McLaren Vale, Coober Pedy, Flinders Ranges)

3) Colorado - Colorado Springs/Denver/Estes Park (from Australia)

4) Denmark/Mt Barker/Walpole/Albany, Western Australia

2010 -

Colorado, Singapore, Phuket, NW Western Australia (Ningaloo Reef, Shark Bay, Coral Bay, Kalbarri), Tasmania, South Island New Zealand

Hopefully...

2009:
Australia
Los Angeles (several trips)
Lake Tahoe
local travel, mini-trips

2010: undecided