The company I work for just got acquired and the new company gives us that week off
I’m sorely tempted to fly out of Atlanta late the 25th and go to Europe
Some of this will depend on airfare and I’ve started watching, but I was just curious where people would choose to go if they were going for just that week there’s no way I can extend it so I would have to come home New Year’s
I thought maybe you would have a good idea that I hadn’t thought of.
Thanks
If my company had just been acquired the European nation I'd most want to visit would probably be Ireland. And I'd have updated my resume well in advance of the trip, and looked for contacts relevant to my degree and experience who work in Ireland.
Just the way my mind works.
Are you going alone? With a partner? Family?
You will only have 5 days on the ground, and it is a pricey week for lodging. Pick a place with direct flight.
In Europe I would go to Portugal.
Or get warmer and go to a Caribbean island.
I’m spending that week in London because there are exhibitions I want to see. But Portugal sounds like a good idea.
Thought I’d respond to some of the advice
I’m not worrying about my résumé. If I decide, I don’t like these people, I’ll just retire a year earlier than I planned
Yes, I know it’s going to be a short stay so it would definitely be a city and it would definitely be only one city.
I did look at the Caribbean. The flights to the Caribbean are more expensive than the flights to Europe. I’ll save that for another trip
I have actually done London before Christmas but I don’t think London is a good choice because I would land on the 26th and London is pretty much shut down on the 26th so I think that losing that day isn’t going to work for me.
Lisbon is a possibility I had not considered. I’ve already seen a decent airfare there so that might be good and I’ve actually not spent a lot of time in Lisbon ( a couple of days probably 10 years ago)
I'd definitely go somewhere with a direct flight. I'm from a warmer sunny climate, so I wouldn't be trying to escape winter cold necessarily. NYC, Paris? What about Spain? or Portugal?
Carol, I think jphbucks is not worried about you not liking the people you work with, they may be thinking about the connections you can make through your new European company and figure out how to move there!
