10k budget for Family Trip, preferably international. Out of ideas!

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Anonymous wrote:How much of Mexico have you seen? You mention it like you’ve seen the entire country.

Tulum, Cancun, Cabo and I’ve been to San Miguel and Mexico City myself

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Anonymous wrote:If you want luxury hotels, you could go to Thailand as those are relatively cheap there and day to day life is also fairly inexpensive so if you can get good flights you will be within 10K budget.

I did find good flights! 10k doesn’t go so far! Any great locations or things to see in Thailand?

Would love to go to Thailand. If we did it we could possibly go over Christmas Break and have closer to 2 weeks. Any recommendations of beautiful beach towns? Love the more secluded feel, not beaches lined w hotels. Willing to put in some
extra money if we extended it past a week.

Um, yes. Google is your friend. This is not off the beaten path, it is very well documented.

I’m asking for people to share their experiences. I’m obviously googling too. You don’t seem to understand the purpose of a forum. Thailand is also overwhelming if you google because there are so many beautiful beach towns.

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Japan. The dollar is strong against the yen and $500/night hotels are quite nice.

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Croatia and Slovenia? There is coastline, natural beauty (Plitvice, Lake Blec), affordable food and wine, history. And if your family liked Game of Thrones, you will adore Dubrovnik.

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Do the kids have any ideas? Something they have learned about in school or something they are excited about?

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Over Thanksgiving week, Germany is amazing as the holiday markets open. You can base yourselves in Munich and take day trips (including Salzburg, Austria) from there.

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Get off your high horse. Take them to the Jersey shore so they can play games while you and DH smoke. That is a real family vacation. And don’t you forget it.

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Anonymous wrote:Puerto Rico Ritz Carlton Dorado

There is a free water park as part of the compound and everyone in the family gets a free bike to use.

Make sure to visit the rain forest. You need reservations.

That would greatly exceed $10k. I don’t understand the obsession with naming this hotel at every opportunity on this board.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want luxury hotels, you could go to Thailand as those are relatively cheap there and day to day life is also fairly inexpensive so if you can get good flights you will be within 10K budget.

I did find good flights! 10k doesn’t go so far! Any great locations or things to see in Thailand?

Would love to go to Thailand. If we did it we could possibly go over Christmas Break and have closer to 2 weeks. Any recommendations of beautiful beach towns? Love the more secluded feel, not beaches lined w hotels. Willing to put in some
extra money if we extended it past a week.

The athenee hotel in Bangkok is good as is the Shangri-La. Chang Mai up north is great and you can see elephants. sorry I don't have a good island recommendation that is off the beaten path but I'm sure there is one.

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Anonymous wrote:Get off your high horse. Take them to the Jersey shore so they can play games while you and DH smoke. That is a real family vacation. And don’t you forget it.

I have to admit that my favorite vacations as a kid were spent in cheap hotels crispy as a french fry washing and sorting the shells I'd picked up. And yes, we went to Guatemala and Mexico and Yellowstone too, but nothing beat those cheap beach vacations.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the kids have any ideas? Something they have learned about in school or something they are excited about?

Agree. Our best family vacation was to Greece because the kids were both really interested in it (each for different reasons.)

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The key question here is what kind of vacation your kids and your whole family enjoy. My kids are similar ages to yours and we realized that vacations centered on urban settings are not setting them up for success. So we do more nature/hiking/animal focused trips. One of our upcoming trips will be focused on snorkeling, and for that we're thinking Curacao or St. John. Knowing what activities your kids enjoy would help with ideas.

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I agree with the Japan suggestion, but flight costs will be an issue. And jet lag is REAL. Japan can be very reasonable once you're there.

We took two weeks this past spring break with my then 5 and 10 year olds. We had loads of fun and it was easy to mix up the activities so that everyone was happy. The only thing the kids found boring was the national museum in Tokyo - I thought they'd be into all the samurai garb and swords, but no such luck.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want luxury hotels, you could go to Thailand as those are relatively cheap there and day to day life is also fairly inexpensive so if you can get good flights you will be within 10K budget.

I did find good flights! 10k doesn’t go so far! Any great locations or things to see in Thailand?

Would love to go to Thailand. If we did it we could possibly go over Christmas Break and have closer to 2 weeks. Any recommendations of beautiful beach towns? Love the more secluded feel, not beaches lined w hotels. Willing to put in some
extra money if we extended it past a week.

Um, yes. Google is your friend. This is not off the beaten path, it is very well documented.

I’m asking for people to share their experiences. I’m obviously googling too. You don’t seem to understand the purpose of a forum. Thailand is also overwhelming if you google because there are so many beautiful beach towns.

What have you actually gotten out of this thread that you couldn’t get from Google? Most people are just listing places.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want luxury hotels, you could go to Thailand as those are relatively cheap there and day to day life is also fairly inexpensive so if you can get good flights you will be within 10K budget.

I did find good flights! 10k doesn’t go so far! Any great locations or things to see in Thailand?

Would love to go to Thailand. If we did it we could possibly go over Christmas Break and have closer to 2 weeks. Any recommendations of beautiful beach towns? Love the more secluded feel, not beaches lined w hotels. Willing to put in some
extra money if we extended it past a week.

Um, yes. Google is your friend. This is not off the beaten path, it is very well documented.

I’m asking for people to share their experiences. I’m obviously googling too. You don’t seem to understand the purpose of a forum. Thailand is also overwhelming if you google because there are so many beautiful beach towns.

What have you actually gotten out of this thread that you couldn’t get from Google? Most people are just listing places.

NP -
It's totally possible to not post on a thread if you have nothing useful to say. Try it sometime.