Where are you going next? How many days to go? (#2)

Return to Orkney and Shetland - 58 days!!

Paris and a Mark Seymour tour of SW France - 152 days

I need to re-do my toiletries for the next trip. I accidentally got shampoo in both the shampoo and conditioner containers last time so they are washed out and ready for hopefully, the right contents!!

What about you?

Flying home tomorrow from Skopje.

2025 trip #1 finishing, next up, London in 60, Peru the week after that. Romania in the fall. A Rick Steves tour in December and a Road Scholar tour to Mexico in February.

We have a rare domestic trip in June, to the beach at Charleston (Isle of Palms). We are not beach people so haven't done a beach trip in maybe 10 years but our daughter is having their first baby any minute now and she asked to go while she's on leave, so to the beach it is! We were supposed to take them to France this past December but she wanted to save her PTO days so this is their make-up trip.

Next, it's back to Italy in 192 days. We are taking my husband's sister who has never traveled outside the US, and his other sister who went with us to Italy in 2023 which was her first trip outside the US. It's a retirement trip for the first - 20 years of teaching deserves a trip to Italy, I think! Always fun to go with people who have never been anywhere. Like seeing everything through fresh eyes!

Returned from 30 days in Sicily yesterday, going back to Italy (Puglia and Abruzzo) in 165 days.

Going to New Orleans tomorrow for the Jazz Festival.
Then Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.

Vienna and Bologna in 2 days!
So looking forward to it as we cancelled our trip last fall due to illness. Raring to go!

Had to purchase an entire new wardrobe as the illness caused a huge weight loss. Done and packed. Yippee!

209 days till departure for super short trip (Monday to Sunday) over Thanksgiving break with my special ed teacher sister to visit her youngest while the student does study abroad in Florence. My third visit to Florence and first anywhere in Italy for mother / daughter. Will mostly self tour but have a private guide (the incomparable Anna Piperato) for a 1/2 day tour that includes the Uffizi Galleries and Vasari Corridor. Staying at Hotel Accademia next to Basilica San Lorenzo and close to the Duomo.

Mother/Daughter trip to London and Ireland in eight days.

Heading to Italy in 167 days. Starting in Venice, then a couple weeks in Tuscany, a turffle festival in Alba and then finishing in Milan.

Just returned a few weeks ago from London and Paris with my two grandkids.

Next trip is in 139 days. I will be heading to Romania in mid September, along with a short trip to Budapest.

108 days until London, Paris, and Disneyland Paris for my niece's (pretty delayed) high school graduation trip. Learning new things about planning for a summer outing with a young adult with very different interests than me. I hope she still likes me at the end! 😂

Heading to the Scandinavia tour in 20 days! Yippee!

Italy for both. One south, one north. I am doing my final trial pack tomorrow before the real one on Tuesday.
5 days - the Puglia & Lazio regions plus Caserta & Matera
125 days - the Piemonte, Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, & Veneto regions

Pam, it’s good you didn’t mix up your toothpaste with some other refilled item, too! ; )

Heading to the UK followed by France in 35 days. We'll be gone almost 5 months in total. Interview for France visa in 12 days. This is different from all our past trips because of the visa requirement.

Thanks Mary for starting part 2, I love reading about where everyone is going.
We have a big move in 36 days and an epic road trip down the Al-Can driving from Alaska to California. My first time in the Yukon!
South Korea, Japan and China for 42 nights in 154 days.
And moving into 2026!! we are signed up for the RS Istanbul tour, then Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan, Greece, France, Germany, Czech, Austria, Hungary (still planning our epic retirement trip)!

Leaving Tuesday for four days each in Vilnius and Riga

Haven't booked anything yet but we have nailed down a preliminary plan for London the last 2 weeks of November. The theme is London and it's Christmas lights. Also joining me and my wife is my brother-in-law and his wife and my Mother-in-law. My MIL is 82 so possibly her last trip. It's the first time outside of North America-except for Hawaii for my BIL and his wife, so lots of different dynamics to work through.

A first for us is a river cruise in 18 days from Amsterdam to Basel.

My wife and I leave in about a month for 10 days in northern England, Wales and London. After our son’s college graduation, yay. Then in late September a Road Scholar trip to Romania, one of the few European countries I haven’t visited. As one of many Federal government employees taking buyout offers to retire, I guess I’ll have more time to plan more such adventures …

Our next trip isn't until the fall, but it is a Rhine river cruise where three of our favorite singer-songwriters will be performing on board during the evenings. Can't wait!

Booked or Nearly booked
Hopeful

• 11 May: Montenegro (fishing)
• 27 June: Vienna and Rome (obligation)
• July/August: Not sure. Some place within about 2 hours by Wizz or Ryan that is not too terribly hot. Maybe Georgia or Armenia; or just sweat it out and take the train to Lviv or Kyiv.
• 21 September: Washington DC, San Antonio, College Station, Houston (family, obligations, class reunion .. dont ask)
• October: Bosnia & Herzegovina (fishing)
• November: Its a toss up between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan or .....
  

Obligation means these arent places I would go if I were in complete control.

Just returned from 10 days in Mexico (a "short trip"). Still sunburned, jetlagged and doing laundry.

Shetland: July 2025 ("short trip"). Leaving in 72 days (Pam, we might see you there!). 98% booked, 90% planned.

Puglia: September-October 2025 ("long trip"). Leaving in 142 days. 100% booked and 85% planned.

Easter Island: November 2025 ("short trip"). Leaving in 199 days. 85% booked and 75% planned.

Fairbanks (for the Northern Lights): January 2026 ("short trip"). Leaving in 254 days. 0% booked, 10% planned.

Philippines and Thailand: March-April 2026 ("very long trip"). Leaving in 324 days. A SCUBA diving trip. 30% booked and 40% planned (and looming large, given the complex logistics). Have outbound flights booked but need to book return flights, accommodations, diving, and internal transportation. Task list for this one currently weighing heavily on me.

Iceland: June 2026 ("short trip"). Leaving in 408 days. Just penciled in right now, nothing booked and subject to change.

Greece: We have multiple destinations vying for slots in the fall of 2026 and beyond. Most likely candidate for September-October 2026 currently is Greece. It'll be a "long trip" (it's gotta be, Greece is logistically and touristically complicated). We'll see about all that.

(We define short trips as under 2 weeks, longer trips are usually 4-6 weeks; once in a long while we do a longer trip of around 6-8+ weeks.)

So little time, so many places...

I've just started a Pilgrimage around all 42 Cathedrals in England and the Isle of Man (with Wales and Scotland to be added in a later phase).

For Phase 3 in a few weeks time I will be buying the most expensive ticket which exists on National Rail- a 14 day All Lines 1st Class Rail Rover, for a huge £960 after railcard discount of over £400.
Pilgrimage does not have to be all about hairshirts, the this case it makes perfect sense logistically and financially.
Today is Day 2 of Phase 2, as Phase 1 was a little warm up, but with serious wow moments at Southwell and Sheffield Cathedrals.

33 days before my flight to Zurich for the Rick Steves 12 Days tour of Switzerland!

72 days before my flight to NYC for a 4 day weekend

149 days before my flight to Cluj Romania for a 2 week tour with Adventures with Sarah.

in 2026 (I didn't count the days):

10 Days in Cotswolds tour with Seymour Travels, April 2026

8 Days in Scotland, Rick Steves tour, August 2026

Returned from 3 nights in Yosemite last Thursday.

Fly to Bay Area to see my beloved SF Giants play in early May. Staying with friends I’ve known since high school. We graduated in 1969. You do the math.

Considering Nova Scotia in the Fall. Nothing confirmed.

One month from today, I return to London to hug my granddaughter (and her parents) exactly one year to the day since I last hugged her.

29 Days until departure

Well, this time yesterday, I had no plans to go anywhere. Currently (5:53 am), I am sitting aboard a flight that is supposed to depart for Rome in about 15 minutes.

There, I have a long layover and will meet my mother-in-law's plane when she arrives a little after noon from Turin. Then we will take a flight together to Reggio Calabria, get a taxi to the port, and take the ferry over to Messina, her birthplace.

Yesterday, her 88-year-old twin sister passed away. Neither my husband nor his brother are able to accompany her, so I am doing the duty. The taxi driver who always took her and her sister around will pick us up when we arrive and shuttle us around wherever we need to go. The funeral will be tomorrow.

I am not sure how long we will stay in Messina or when I will go back to Paris. I hope that it will work out that I can "escort" her back to Turin, spend the night and then I can take the train back home. But we will see what she needs to get done down there these next few days. Maybe we will again end up doing some sort of flight combo. Of course when she arrives in Turin, she has the support she needs so doesn't really need me for that.

I had been wanting to get back to Sicily, but it wasn't exactly these conditions I was envisioning! Cross your fingers for me that my Italian is up to the challenge for these next few days with completely non-English speaking family and acquaintances.

46 days until our trip to Greece and The Netherlands.

58 days until extended trip to Italy, Portugal, Scotland & London (total 40 nights)-partly w/HS grad 👩‍🎓

155 (approx) days until Japan with daughter, son in law and 8 month old granddaughter (in planning stage)

217 days until Montreal and Quebec City (in planning stage)

Going to VA Beach this weekend to visit family/friends - booked.
Maybe Yosemite in a few weeks.
England in mid-September on the way to Asia to see family - booked.
Christmas with my husband's family - booked.
Maybe Scotland in February 2026 - accompany husband on work trip - fingers crossed we stay employed!

Love this thread, excited to see all the different places people are visiting!

15 days until we leave for Copenhagen.
23 days until our bike & sail tour starts.

Mallorca for two weeks at the end of the month followed by a quick laundry turnaround for a trip to Riga, then it's a long weekend in Cork. July and August haven't been planned yet however I like the idea of a summer trip to Sopot. A solo trip to Baku and Tbilisi in September followed by a week in Estepona in October.

Oh, Kim, good luck in your compassion travel and with your Italian. A sad reason for a trip, but it's kind of you to be there for your mother-in-law.

58 Days until I fly out to Paris, spend 1 night, then off to Sarajevo for 28 nights to begin my Retirement Slow Travel & 5 months in Europe. Down to 21 days until retirement.

Kim - hopefully all goes smoothly for everyone. Well done for whomever had to put all the details together so quickly.

We leave for RS “Best of Adriatic” in 8 days with an addition of 6 days in Paris after.

We will be home from our 46 day trip to Europe on Tuesday (had to detour through Fargo).

Next trip- summer road trip starts in 29 days in our camper van. Route 66 to Chicago, Fargo, across ND and Montana to Sandpoint ID (visiting brother), wine tasting in Oregon, then home around July 7ish.

Thanks Patty and CWSocial. We went on Tuesday and came back on Thursday. Talk about a quick and intense trip. This weekend I am laying low. Besides the early and late hours (the Bolt came to pick my up for the airport at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, and i walked back into our apartment after midnight Thursday night into Friday ) and the emotion of the situation, there was also for me the exhaustion of using my rudimentary Italian for three days straight. I am glad I went but very glad it is over.

Now I am working on something much more fun: going to meet my sister-in-law and nieces for a week in Amsterdam in August. No, that is not my preferred travel time AT ALL, but that is when they will be in Europe to pick up my eldest niece from a short three-week “study abroad” program in London — so in order to see them, I will make the effort. Here I go to booking.com looking for the “air conditioning” filter !!! Getting ready to purchase my Eurostar tix too.

• 1 day until Budapest

• 107 days until Copenhagen (first attempt at a solo trip!)

Have a wonderful time in Budapest Mary !! Safe and smooth travels !

Mary, enjoy your upcoming trips. We need to stay in the US through the summer. I have 2 major road trips!

Driving from Anchorage, AK to Palm Springs, CA. In 18 days. First time in the Yukon!
Driving from Palm Springs to North Dakota and back through Colorado ( new state for me) and visiting 5 National Parks in August.

Japan, South Korea and China for 42 nights in 137 days! Whew!

I'm back from Budapest! Once my brain lets the caffeine override the residual Dramamine in my system, I'll need to get a trip report started. (I am technically "at work" right now, which so far has consisted of staring uncomprehendingly at a backlog of emails while looking at my trip photos LOL)

Mary, going back to work after a vacation is so hard. When I was working that was a dangerous time, as I might have quit a job or two on re-entry!
Looking forward to hearing about Budapest, I have 2 weeks penciled in for next year.

One month until we head up to Fairbanks.

Greenland and Iceland in August.

In late October we head to Hawaii.

Iceland again in August 2026 with a girlfriend and then we will meet up with my husband there.

David--If you can push the NL trip to Fairbanks to Feb or March, that is supposed to be better, according to our family there. Plus the World Ice Carving Championship is there starting in late February and is a must! We went in late February and saw the NL every night. If you need suggestions on where to stay, etc let me know.

Italy (Venice and Verona, first time), Portugal (third time), Scotland and home from London (second time) in a month for 40 nights. Yippeee. Can’t wait - I better get some steps/hills in and get off this IPad.

Flying out in a week on 1 June, SFO to Paris CDG. Return is in 9 weeks. All traveling is in Schengen.

The main focus is France and Germany in addition to the side trips and deviations.

I'm back from Budapest! Once my brain lets the caffeine override the residual Dramamine in my system, I'll need to get a trip report started.

Mary, please start writing!!! Although I GUESS I could wait a bit since I won't be there till early October. Sigh, patience is a virtue...

Ooh. Everyone's plans sound so exciting.

Just 17 days until our 3-week trip to Auckland and to parts of Australia (Sydney, Uluru, Port Douglas, Lady Elliot Island, Brisbane).

115 days until my solo trip to Berlin and Paris.

Going on a Cunard Mediterranean cruise in September. Chose it because of its interesting itinerary, very island-centric and many places I've never been. Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Corfu, and Kefalonia. As well as Naples and Dubrovnik where I haven't been yet.

Leaving for Switzerland in 108 days. Flights and pre-tour accommodation are booked :)

In the meantime, I will be going to Denver for work in 5 days, and a road-trip to Missouri to visit my best friend in a little over a month.

188 days to London.

Allan--we'll be there the last week of November and the first week of December. Disappointed a lot of Christmas concerts won't happen until later in Dec. There is a Dec 2 concert in Royal Albert Hall, so we may try for that.
We're hoping to catch some Christmas light shows & decor, a few museum exhibits and to just chill a little more than trips during the longer days of spring and fall.

Cheryl

Yellowstone early June. Yes, it's forecasted to rain while I'm there. This is the natural order of the universe.

Wales September, where it is also forecasted to rain every day.

Follow me, my friends. The weather does.

115 days until my solo trip to Berlin and Paris.

Oh, this sounds good. BB, is this your first solo trip?

Loading up for 2 week camping and boating at Lake Whitney TX. We leave tomorrow. We go by the -if you think you need it, throw it in, mode of packing for these lake trips.

23 days to flying to NYC for an art intensive 4 days solo trip and back to minimalist carry on travel.

Yes, Mary. It's my first overseas solo trip. I'm attending an event in Berlin, and I'm using the opportunity to fit in Paris for a few days to see some things I missed last time. My husband can't get away from work at that time.

Recently passed the “too much travel” threshold so enjoying being home and looking forward to just being home. A recap:

September: 4 weeks independent travel in Peru

November: 1 week East Coast (dying FIL)

2025

January: 3 weeks independent travel Hawaii

February: 1 week East Coast FIL memorial service plus house selling prep

March: Charleston & Savannah

April: 1 week East Coast FIL house selling prep (SO MUCH JUNK!)

After much needed rest @ home here we go again:

Labor Day week: Santa Fe Festival week with Zozobra burning, NM national parks.

December: Jamaica

2026

March: Oaxaca and Mexico City

June: Ireland then spousal split, I visit friends In Leicestershire, wife visits friends in Normandy.

2027

January: Patagonia, either with BIL or son(s), wife not interested.

Wow, toby. You have a lot planned.

(We moved last July--downsizing, after living in our previous home for 33 years. I know what a huuuuuge job that is.)

Heading to German and UK in nine days. Will be gone two weeks. Then, back to Germany and Austria at the end of September for thee weeks. There are beer-focused trips.

Mid-winter trip to the Caribbean. Spring trip to Germany and/or Belgium and Christmas Markets in 2026. Also looking at an early autumn swing through the northern US Rockies in 2026 as well.

In 8 days I depart from Sarajevo and head to Zagreb for 28 nights. Going by bus, should be nice being able to see the countryside during a leisurely ride.

2 days in Amsterdam, 5 days in Bruges, 2 days in Arras, France and end with 2 days in Leiden, Netherlands in early October. Then 10 days in London in late November. A bit different for us is that both are less than 2 weeks which is usually a minimum. It just worked out that way and I'm curious if I'll be frustrated for going so far for such a short time. I guess it's better than not going at all.

*we've narrowed down our choice for next Spring to either Paris, Venice/Florence, northern England, Mexico City, or somewhere else...

A solo trip to Switzerland in 25 days - 3 nights in Wengen, 6 nights in Murren, and 2 nights in Lucerne.

I expect this to be a much more relaxing trip than the RS Central Europe tour back in June. Nearing completion of a list of things to do (mostly easy hiking). Will wing it each day depending on weather, mood and energy level.

48 days till Romania. I’m ready! (Well, not literally - but figuratively….)

54 days until our return to Napoli.

After we return, the holidays and counting down until the next trip--a cruise of the Aegean.

62 days until Romania tour with Adventures with Sarah.

129 days until Copenhagen Christmas with Adventures with Sarah.

56 days until I fly to Turin. I have two nights in Alba, three 7 day walking holidays with HF Holidays in northern Italy: in the Piedmont area, Lake Garda, and Lake Maggiore, plus five nights on my own in Ortisei in the Dolomites and three nights in Milan before flying home.

Less than 3 weeks until we head out for Greenland and Iceland.

Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkey in a week.

Normandy (Bayeux, Rouen) and Paris in 2.5 months!

One hundred and thirteen days before we leave to experience London in the holiday season.

I leave on Friday (in five days) for a week in Haarlem and Amsterdam with my sister-in-law and nieces !!!! And they are already in Europe and almost in my same time zone ! (One hour's difference vs the usual nine makes quite a change)

We have rented a house in Haarlem for five nights and then three of us will move to a hotel in Amsterdam for the last three nights. Tickets are purchased for the Anne Frank House, the Rijksmuseum, and for the boat ride recommended by mikliz97 !!! (Having issues buying tix for Van Gogh, but we shall see )

Gare du Nord at (just a little later than) this time Friday morning !!! Yippee !!!

46 days till I leave for Romania!

PerilsofП - I hope you will write a trip report about Kyrgyzstan. I'm thinking of that (combined with Uzbekistan) for a future trip.

Cheryl, enjoy London at Christmas!

Kim, that will be so much fun! I hope you have a wonderful trip!

mikliz97, I can't wait to hear about Greenland!

32 days until my solo trip to Copenhagen.

Mary, it's going to be great fun ! Copenhagen is an easy city to love and the best possible spot for you to be trying out your solo travel !!

I was there for nearly a week last October and wish I were going back !

188 days until Venice

I'm jealous of all you folks.

Our latest trip is Bavaria, a week in Mittenwald, and 13 days in Munich. With one day trip up to Munich for Oktoberfest... We have minus 13 days before we leave.

What?.... Well, we had to cancel due to an issue we couldn't postpone. Rats!!!

But we'll be back with a vengance next year.

189 days until 5 week UK trip.
125 days until Portland.
78 days until NYC.

Leaving next Wednesday for three weeks in Italy. Starting in Venice and ending in Milan. Then I'll have to wait another year for a trip to Central Europe.

Less than 6 months to go now, until my flight to Porto and Camino #7 through Portugal. Sticking to the coast this time.

I head back down to Oregon in a few days. Family trip.

My husband and I head to Hawaii in about 3 weeks.

The next European trip is in the works. We need to finalize the destination first;)

Return to France and Germany in 8 months, ca. 240 days from now, SFO to Paris CDG, non-stop, overnight flight so arrival is in the morning....perfect.

This time to see and revisit the places that I missed or did not have adequate time: in Germany Schwerin, Halbe, Greifswald, the Rhine cruise, etc.

In France a host of places, Reims, Verdun, Bethune, Lens, Cambrai, Lorraine, St. Cloud, the little towns on the Aube River.

Leaving for Tuscany in 22 days. Counting on no problems from shutdown or Lufthansa pilots.

Leaving for Tunisia in six days. Woohoo!

Leaving in 46 days for a trip with my husband, and meeting my sister and brother-in-law.
Starting with a one week tour in Ireland. Then flying to Munich for a week. Going to the Christmas markets in Munich, and taking a few day trips

Luxembourg for 3 nights in November - a quick get-a-way from Bordeaux. Never been and looking forward to seeing just a small bit of it. And to taking train. Love taking the train!

Already on the road after arriving in Perth (Western Australia) on Saturday afternoon. Currently in Green Head well along the Coral Coast, likely to be staying in or around Geraldton tomorrow night. Campervanning so no strict time frames.

195 days to Sevilla!

Plans for the next twelve months:

Winter: Christmas Markets in Austria, Germany & France with my oldest daughter. I just purchased reservations for the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg. Silly but it will be fun. We’re both so excited to see & feel the Christmas atmosphere of the markets in six cities.

Late Winter: Spain. Just purchased the flight this week! I sent a note to Pam a few days prior saying, “I’m thinking about possibly going back to Spain….which means I’m going back to Spain! LOL!” The itinerary is two weeks going to cities I love.

Late Spring: RS Prague/Budapest paired with either a festival, etc. in Italy or a few weeks in France after tour.

Fall: Something different- a big bus tour to the New England states for the Fall leaves. Some ladies in the Modern Widow Club are doing it together.

Just got back from 2 weeks in Billings MT, Yellowstone NP and Grand Tetons. NP
Leaving Nov 1 for New Zealand. Doing a 17 day tour of both North and south Islands with Moatrek.
So 26 days to go!

Got back from weekend in Portland, OR.
44 days to LONDON!!! I can't believe it!

Looking forward to a long weekend in Victoria BC at the end of October. Then not much until spring, but early May is London/southeast England for about 10 days, and August I'm (hopefully) headed back to Scotland for a week or so for an international music convention. I'm still tied to the cubicle so it's not often I get two international trips in one calendar year, but when the opportunity presented itself I couldn't pass it up!

I’m going home!
After nearly three weeks in Eastern France and Paris.
Love to travel, but love to go home again too.