Who's Booked 2018 Summer Holiday
Discussion
Clearly if you are wanting to be specific on particular dates, flights or location you may need to book early. But what is the consensus on booking early (to try and get some sort of early bird discount) or book late and get a late booker discount? Or doesn't it make a differemce these days?
Personally I'm usually confirming things about 3 months out so maybe not getting the benefit of either approach.
Personally I'm usually confirming things about 3 months out so maybe not getting the benefit of either approach.
Yep, Canada 2 weeks to be fair we go every year but this time we chose to do the motorhome thing so I booked the biggest RV we could get to allow us to get closer to nature than we do normally.
Hotels and travelling hours in each direction was taking its toll.
It has taken 12 years for me to convince the wife to do it. I blamed it on my 50th next year and I won.
I have already worked out the 2000km route and the stops and campgrounds smile
AB - BC - AB
Hotels and travelling hours in each direction was taking its toll.
It has taken 12 years for me to convince the wife to do it. I blamed it on my 50th next year and I won.
I have already worked out the 2000km route and the stops and campgrounds smile
AB - BC - AB
Edited by Allanv on Wednesday 11th October 20:55
Geffg said:
Booked 3 weeks in Florida for august 18.
Actually booked it in February and the villa was booked may 2016!!
Taking me that long to pay for it and still won't have saved enough!! But what the hell, only live once!
We have used a similar strategy for Florida. Actually booked it in February and the villa was booked may 2016!!
Taking me that long to pay for it and still won't have saved enough!! But what the hell, only live once!
We went to Florida this time last year and booked it 11 months in advance (When the flights became available), however, next trip will be June 2019 and I'm already thinking about saving for it. Interesting how early you booked your villa. We may deploy that tactic again.
In the mean time, we booked a holiday village in Turkey for June 2018. Just a week with some friends and their kids. We will have number two at that point and they will four months old, so god knows what that will be like.
Allanv said:
Yep, Canada 2 weeks to be fair we go every year but this time we chose to do the motorhome thing so I booked the biggest RV we could get to allow us to get closer to nature than we do normally.
Hotels and travelling hours in each direction was taking its toll.
It has taken 12 years for me to convince the wife to do it. I blamed it on my 50th next year and I won.
I have already worked out the 2000km route and the stops and campgrounds smile
AB - BC - AB
That sounds amazing, would love to do something like that, Hotels and travelling hours in each direction was taking its toll.
It has taken 12 years for me to convince the wife to do it. I blamed it on my 50th next year and I won.
I have already worked out the 2000km route and the stops and campgrounds smile
AB - BC - AB
Edited by Allanv on Wednesday 11th October 20:55
Melman Giraffe said:
For the first time i've booked early so we have something to look forward to, So in 2018 we return to France (Euro Camp)
La yole
St jean-de-monts
Vendee
As usual i cant wait
I had a trip for 2018 booked since last year. Doing a cruise up to St Petersburg on Cunard Queen Elizabeth in May.La yole
St jean-de-monts
Vendee
As usual i cant wait
I went to St Jean De Monts when I was a kid, staying in a Keycamp mobile home (think they got acquired by Eurocamp?). Some good holidays.
bakerstreet said:
We have used a similar strategy for Florida.
We went to Florida this time last year and booked it 11 months in advance (When the flights became available), however, next trip will be June 2019 and I'm already thinking about saving for it. Interesting how early you booked your villa. We may deploy that tactic again.
In the mean time, we booked a holiday village in Turkey for June 2018. Just a week with some friends and their kids. We will have number two at that point and they will four months old, so god knows what that will be like.
We do the same, Villa and flights get booked as early out as possible. We used to book the park tickets even earlier before they added the expiry period to them, used to save a few hundred (for a family of four) doing that. We went to Florida this time last year and booked it 11 months in advance (When the flights became available), however, next trip will be June 2019 and I'm already thinking about saving for it. Interesting how early you booked your villa. We may deploy that tactic again.
In the mean time, we booked a holiday village in Turkey for June 2018. Just a week with some friends and their kids. We will have number two at that point and they will four months old, so god knows what that will be like.
Next year is pretty much booked and paid for apart from a sailing holiday we are planning in October half term (booking after we've been sailing this year), we've got:
Long weekend in St Ives over Easter
Long weekend in Wales over May Day weekend
Download Festival and Le Mans in June
Week in Devon start of school summer holidays
Bloodstock and End of the Road Festivals in August
We were planning on going to Japan again over Easter but then my son decided to go to America with school over Easter and my daughter did not want to go (they are in the same year as they are twins). As they have AS exams we can't go before the summer holiday and we already had a ton of stuff booked so scuppered.
Yep!
Cape Verde booked for January 2018
2 weeks in kos booked for June 2018
11 nights Greek island cruise in August 2018 with celebrity cruises
Hoping to get a week in somewhere with friends but not sure where yet, we tend to try and get away somewhere new once every couple of months.
Can't wait!
Cape Verde booked for January 2018
2 weeks in kos booked for June 2018
11 nights Greek island cruise in August 2018 with celebrity cruises
Hoping to get a week in somewhere with friends but not sure where yet, we tend to try and get away somewhere new once every couple of months.
Can't wait!
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