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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Fri Jan 15, 2016, 02:34 PM Jan 2016

If you got a free vacation trip option, which would you choose? [View all]

Here are some I dreamed up (with the help of a travel catalogue):


18 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Cruising in the Mediterranean on a small private ship
4 (22%)
Skiing in the Swiss Alps
0 (0%)
Snorkeling in the Galapagos
2 (11%)
Learning Spanish in a months stay in Seville
1 (6%)
Paris with side trips around towns in France
3 (17%)
Hiking, cycling and kayaking around New Zealand's North Island
2 (11%)
China by train and riverboat
1 (6%)
Walking on the Camino de Santiago
1 (6%)
Exploring Madeira and studying it botanically
1 (6%)
Other (please list)
3 (17%)
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I would go with Paris for the food. Lochloosa Jan 2016 #1
I chose Paris (it would be my option) because it's out of season there and would CTyankee Jan 2016 #2
My only travel dream is Paris. femmocrat Jan 2016 #3
why not go in the off season? CTyankee Jan 2016 #4
I will... someday. femmocrat Jan 2016 #7
Australia gvstn Jan 2016 #5
Spain is on our bucket list... PoiBoy Jan 2016 #6
well, the camino de santiago is on the list...northern spain... CTyankee Jan 2016 #13
I know someone who did the camino walk for 30 days. Fabulous trip. But you do need to be mnhtnbb Jan 2016 #34
I've been to Spain and loved it discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #24
Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville are fantastic. a la izquierda Jan 2016 #43
No Hawai'i or other Polynesia? KamaAina Jan 2016 #8
no room...I was just going off the top of my head... CTyankee Jan 2016 #15
Pssst.... PoiBoy Jan 2016 #20
i already put india, restorefreedom Jan 2016 #54
Italy. Had plans to go before my husband died. Now, no $$$. Paper Roses Jan 2016 #9
I would go to the UK. ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND & WALES. I visited in 2001 and it was fantastic trueblue2007 Jan 2016 #10
Cuba---ASAP, before it's just another tourist trap. (nt) Paladin Jan 2016 #11
No contest, Paris... so much there, regardless of what you are interested in... JCMach1 Jan 2016 #12
Galapagos (nt) bigwillq Jan 2016 #14
Florence, Marseilles, Cuba, St. Petersburg, elleng Jan 2016 #16
St. Petersburg in the depths of March, hmm...might be a tad frosty for me... CTyankee Jan 2016 #17
Gotcha! elleng Jan 2016 #19
Wow. Great article... CTyankee Jan 2016 #23
Oh, the Places We Tell You to Go: elleng Jan 2016 #18
I love the reference to Malta...I've always been captivated by those islands like Malta CTyankee Jan 2016 #21
I've always wanted to visit New Zealand Aerows Jan 2016 #22
Hope you don't mind me suggesting this. If you go to either of those places, of course, the driving BlueJazz Jan 2016 #48
Another visit to Spain and... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #25
that's a deal...I'll pack my travel bag...ready to go in a couple of hours... CTyankee Jan 2016 #26
All the pictures of Croatia's Adriatic coast are gorgeous. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #56
Wahoo, Nebraska. progressoid Jan 2016 #27
is it as exciting as it sounds? Enrique Jan 2016 #45
Australia Skittles Jan 2016 #28
The Western Isles Randomthought Jan 2016 #29
I chose the Mediterranean MuseRider Jan 2016 #30
a lot of this is from an elderhostel trip brochure...I've been on 5 elderhostel tours and CTyankee Jan 2016 #31
Wo yao qu Zhonggua. nt edgineered Jan 2016 #32
Paris, especially if the vacation was 1/2 there... 47of74 Jan 2016 #33
Iceland n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2016 #35
I want to go to Madagascar....lemurs and chameleons galore, baobob trees.... Tanuki Jan 2016 #36
A tour of the countries in Asia that I haven't yet seen davidpdx Jan 2016 #37
To Georgia to visit my girlfriend sakabatou Jan 2016 #38
I'd love to go to Tasmania, Hobart specifically, it's supposed to mackerel Jan 2016 #39
London shenmue Jan 2016 #40
Going to Australia to see a 'footy' game live. Tikki Jan 2016 #41
The wildlife of the Serengeti DFW Jan 2016 #42
Paris... a la izquierda Jan 2016 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author IrishEyes Jan 2016 #46
I will never set foot in Austria due to their continued lying about their role in WW2 CTyankee Jan 2016 #47
I'd take the train around the western US and Canada Trailrider1951 Jan 2016 #49
what a trip! Hope you can do it someday! CTyankee Jan 2016 #51
Spain. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2016 #50
Nahanni River NWT Mendocino Jan 2016 #52
india and nepal. restorefreedom Jan 2016 #53
PARIS!!! Nice central location for exploring Westen Europe. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #55
and there you go! CTyankee Jan 2016 #57
I want to go to Bora Bora and stay on one of those huts over the ocean. Initech Jan 2016 #58
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