Planning Leisurely Vacation for Fun. Anyone else doing this?

No. just no.

I'm dreaming of the solar eclipse, April 8, 2024. Visible from southern Ontario. The first total solar eclipse visible from Canada since 1979. You GTA people are so lucky you can make a day trip of it.

I'm interested in going to Asia but they will not open up most likley until well into 2021

with the response (or lackof) in US and Europe, don't feel comfortable or even want to think about going.

though I am thinking about place like Cuba in Jan/Feb though am concerned they letting Europeans in but at least not americans or spring break crowd. but will be a last min booking if I do go in Jan/Feb

QuicKi7 wrote: ↑ I'm not looking for anyone's opinions or suggestions

Should just lock the thread.

Only in my head. I just can't open any travel websites for research yet...

QuicKi7 wrote: ↑ ...
I'm just curious to know if anyone else is also planning their leisure vacation for fun? If you are, where are you going and why? I'd love to hear it!

Btw, anyone else love planning vacations? It's like a mini-vacation in your own home!

Absolutely...

Not.

Planning is the most annoying part of the vacation, for me. Only do the planning, and don't actually go? More like a mini-self-torture in my own home.

Kiraly wrote: ↑I'm dreaming of the solar eclipse, April 8, 2024. Visible from southern Ontario. The first total solar eclipse visible from Canada since 1979. You GTA people are so lucky you can make a day trip of it.

Oh! That's a really interesting event to see! I wouldn't have thought of that before, but I'll add that to my list.

StatsGuy wrote: ↑though I am thinking about place like Cuba in Jan/Feb though am concerned they letting Europeans in but at least not americans or spring break crowd. but will be a last min booking if I do go in Jan/Feb

What do you find interesting about Cuba that makes you want to travel there?

Arrgh wrote: ↑ Should just lock the thread.

The portion you quoted is taken out of context.

Here's the full quote: "Planning a vacation is half the fun in the entire vacation experience so I'm not looking for anyone's opinions or suggestions of where and what to visit."

I'm interested in learning about where people want to visit themselves, not where they think I should visit. The process of finding a vacation spot is part of the joyous journey in vacation planning. The journey is the fun part.

boyohboy wrote: ↑ Absolutely...

Not.

Planning is the most annoying part of the vacation, for me. Only do the planning, and don't actually go? More like a mini-self-torture in my own home.

Lol, I'm just a planner at heart. Planning anything is a fun experience.

We travel a lot.
And being retired, we are missing a big part of the stuff we looked forward to our entire lives.
Getting thru our Travel Bucket List

We were too depressed to think about travel Spring thru Summer

Now with the second wave upon us ...
We are finding day dreaming about future trips is a good way to stay optimistic

Plus for us Planning a Vacation, is almost as good as going
It’s one of the things we enjoy cuz we learn stuff
And it builds anticipation

So YES we have recently started to open all those many emails we get advertising far off places or adventures

Lol, even the ones from cruise companies

And although realistically we might not get back to actually doing any trips until 2022
When it rolls around ...
We’ll be able to hit the ground running
As we’ll have a lot of the research already done

The list we are currently exploring ...
Looking at flights, accommodations, and activities / itineraries include...
Bermuda - the UK - Italy - and another Caribbean Cruise
Although admittedly the last one, the cruise may be a pipe dream for a long time to come

Not sure which one we’ll do first
That’s something that our research will help us with after we’ve studied all 4 possibilities

I love planning my travels, and mine is already to go! As soon as everything is back to normal I'm already heading to Japan.

Normally, the planning part of the trip energizes me and motivates me to get a number of things done before our trips. E.g. for our last trip, which was going to be a little challenging for my age group, I hit the Y for a few months to build up the energy I was going to need. I also finished up some dental work and got spare glasses etc. so that those things would not bother me during our trip. I really miss not having that motivation this year.