I was out riding today and letting my mind wander over some future travel plans, when I came up with a fun idea - to let the winner of the 2026 World Cup be where we take a trip sometime over the next year. Right now, the top eight "favorites" (by bookies) are France through the Netherlands (list below). While only Brazil would be a new country for us, there are plenty of non-favorites that are still in contention and could upset the mix! Having an upset winner might make us pick a new country to try out - Japan, I'm looking at you!
We've already got plans for Spain and Portugal again next year, so that may make things easy. And I'd like to get to Belgium and the Netherlands sooner rather than later. Mexico is currently also on our short-list plan already.
So, anybody else want to use this sort of thing to decide a future trip?
France +360 to +420
Spain +500 to +550
England +550 to +600
Argentina +800 to +850
Portugal +950 to +1000
Brazil +1000 to +1200
Germany +1200 to +1300
Netherlands +1400 to +1800
...and the host nations that can't be ignored:
United States +3500
Mexico +5000 to +5500
Canada +15000 to +17500