So I'm off to Kos on Saturday...

[DUMBO100]

I was thinking of booking my honeymoon in Santorini but this recent story plus the extreme prices have put me off and I'm now looking at Mexico instead

[BrabusMog]

I've not been to Santorini but I'll post up feedback when I am back - I have been to Mexico a few times, so hopefully I can give you some advice based on my trips. I'm proposing when I'm in Santorini, starting to mildly brick it now

[rohrl]

DUMBO100 said:

I was thinking of booking my honeymoon in Santorini but this recent story plus the extreme prices have put me off and I'm now looking at Mexico instead

You will definitely be killed to death by drug gangs or corrupt paramilitaries if you go to Mexico.

[Ayahuasca]

DUMBO100 said:

I was thinking of booking my honeymoon in Santorini but this recent story plus the extreme prices have put me off and I'm now looking at Mexico instead

Mexico? If you are not kidnapped for random and then beheaded to death you will be caught in the crossfire and killed to death. Where in Mex are you going?

[croyde]

ZOLLAR said:

audidoody said:

What happened in Dunkirk in 1945?

5 year anniversary perhaps?

[BIGDAI]

Got back from Chania (Crete) on Tuesday. Crisis? What crisis? Hotel was at 100% occupancy & there seemed to be lots of cash flowing around.

[Sarkmeister]

BrabusMog said:

I've not been to Santorini but I'll post up feedback when I am back - I have been to Mexico a few times, so hopefully I can give you some advice based on my trips. I'm proposing when I'm in Santorini, starting to mildly brick it now

I proposed in Santorini a couple of years ago on the terrace of our apartment in Oia. Lovely place to choose. Hope it goes well for you (don't carry the ring around in your pocket with your loose change all evening like I did).

[BrabusMog]

Sarkmeister said:

BrabusMog said:

I've not been to Santorini but I'll post up feedback when I am back - I have been to Mexico a few times, so hopefully I can give you some advice based on my trips. I'm proposing when I'm in Santorini, starting to mildly brick it now

I proposed in Santorini a couple of years ago on the terrace of our apartment in Oia. Lovely place to choose. Hope it goes well for you (don't carry the ring around in your pocket with your loose change all evening like I did).

Cheers! I've arranged in advance with the hotel for them to hold it for me at the reception as my missus always deals with the safe/cash etc when we're away, I'll be pretending to go for a beer whilst she gets ready for dinner and grabbing it from them then.

[dabofoppo]

Hotel Hermes in Kefalos best place Iv ever stayed .

[FarleyRusk]

telford_mike said:

Just back from 2 weeks in Nidri (Lefkada - Ionian islands). No problems with ATMs, and you'd never know there was a financial crisis at all.

When Greece falls out of the Euro and Target2 then ATMs will all be turned off. If they weren't off when you were there, then it might be that Greece hadn't fallen out of the Euro yet!

[kiethton]

Thanks all, now the issue is getting there...

O'Leary's plane has been sitting on the Tarmac for over an hour so we've got about an hour to make our connection in Athens assuming same flight times...going to be tight!

[DUMBO100]

BrabusMog said:

Sarkmeister said:

BrabusMog said:

I've not been to Santorini but I'll post up feedback when I am back - I have been to Mexico a few times, so hopefully I can give you some advice based on my trips. I'm proposing when I'm in Santorini, starting to mildly brick it now

I proposed in Santorini a couple of years ago on the terrace of our apartment in Oia. Lovely place to choose. Hope it goes well for you (don't carry the ring around in your pocket with your loose change all evening like I did).

Cheers! I've arranged in advance with the hotel for them to hold it for me at the reception as my missus always deals with the safe/cash etc when we're away, I'll be pretending to go for a beer whilst she gets ready for dinner and grabbing it from them then.

Cheers guys and best of luck with the proposal BrabusMog,I proposed to my Mrs in Paris last year and had to smuggle the ring through security without her noticing.I spent the whole day bricking it, gladly she said yes.

I haven't ruled out the Greek Isles for the Honeymoon so I'm interested to hear feedback but a resort/hotel in Playa Majores in Mexico had been recommended to us and being all inclusive I didn't expect to leave the resort often,reducing the chances of kidnap or murder.

[davepoth]

croyde said:

Whether you agree with the article or not, I'm puzzled why people, who have managed to cross the border into Turkey to escape the war in Syria, are travelling the length of the country to risk a sea crossing over to Kos and the other Greek islands.

Surely once they are coming from Turkey they can't be considered as refugees fleeing from a war zone.

Edited by croyde on Friday 29th May 09:12

If they don't announce themselves as asylum seekers in Turkey then there's no real problem for them - you can't say for certain how they arrived in Kos. If you're forced to leave your home country you might as well go the whole hog and end up in a shed in the back garden of a house in East London.

[Axionknight]

kiethton said:

Thanks all, now the issue is getting there...

O'Leary's plane has been sitting on the Tarmac for over an hour so we've got about an hour to make our connection in Athens assuming same flight times...going to be tight!

Flying with Ryanair...... You deserve all you get!

[cobra kid]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-he...

[TTmonkey]

rohrl said:

It might be a good idea to change your Euros before you go rather than relying on being able to use ATMs there. The Greek banking system may go bang at any given moment.

You could also turn it into a working holiday by hiring a boat while you're there and popping over to Libya to collect some passengers. You should be able to charge $1000 per person.

Kos is nowhere near Libya so that would be a silly thing to do.

[Halb]

Just seen this issue on the One Show. I didn't know of the issue. Though I recalled the name of this thread.

[rohrl]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/g...

From The Telegraph - "Migrants-forced-to-live-like-animals-in-abandoned-Kos-hotel"

[andyjo1982]

Anyone know if much is happening in Rhodes with regards to the immigrants? I have close friends who are going next week. Thanks

[Stevanos]

rohrl said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/g...

From The Telegraph - "Migrants-forced-to-live-like-animals-in-abandoned-Kos-hotel"

If you are going to flee one country (or several) check that the final destination is not a bankrupt basket case I guess.