So many possibilities!!!

Have you spent time in Europe? You could base yourself in 3 or 4 locations. Maybe a week in a major city, a week in an outdoor focused area and a week near a beach?

Personally, with your budget, id break it into 2 trips. I’d go to Costa Rica for trip 1. And them somewhere in Europe for trip 2. Or maybe Alaska?

Anonymous wrote:I would:
Fly to Dubai and stay a few days
Then fly to the Maldives (4 hours) for a week (especially if your daughters love beaches, snorkeling, marine life, etc.)
Then fly to East Africa (Kenya/Tanzania) for a safari. Then back to the US.

You might have to fly back to Dubai to get from the Maldives to your safari.

She would spend most of her budget on flights...

Anonymous wrote:Do your kids want to be away from their friends for 3 weeks?

I would probably take my kids to Europe, they haven’t been yet. But definitely planning downtime instead of go go go

Agree with this. Even as an adult, I start getting home sick after about 9 days.

Do your kids want to be away from their friends for 3 weeks?

I would probably take my kids to Europe, they haven’t been yet. But definitely planning downtime instead of go go go

Am I right to think that you have t really traveled a lot before? With girls that age, I might do something like —
Fly into Paris and a few days there
Travel south and do beach in south of France and/or a few days in Provence/avignkn
Travel to Florence and get a house in countryside
Then if you didn’t do beach in France, go to beach in Elba or calri (Elba cheaper)
Go to Rome before flying out
So you’d get two of the world greatest cities, some beautiful historic/nature setting, some great shopping, and a beach.

One problem with planning ahead if that your 11 year old might have totally different tastes at 13.

I'd go to Japan for 3 weeks, then 1 week in Hawaii or some other island on the way back.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St Kitts

for a 3 to 4 week? Way too long just for one tiny island unless all you want to do is veg out on the beach for the most part.

Agree!

Anonymous wrote:I would:
Fly to Dubai and stay a few days
Then fly to the Maldives (4 hours) for a week (especially if your daughters love beaches, snorkeling, marine life, etc.)
Then fly to East Africa (Kenya/Tanzania) for a safari. Then back to the US.

You might have to fly back to Dubai to get from the Maldives to your safari.

Coming on here to say this.

Anonymous wrote:St Kitts

Just went there for a
Few days

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:South Korea and Japan
Or
Thailand/Indonesia/Malaysia

This what we doing

We are spending 3 weeks in just one of those countries and will be hitting a few cities there. I'm planning to back sans kids, for much longer, and then doing multiple countries.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ask the kids and plan around their response. If they aren’t happy at that age, it can be miserable. And lots of teens don’t want to be away from friends/activities for that long.

This is what I was going to say. My teens would prefer two shorter vacations more spread out to two different types of locals, like Europe for one and beach for another.

haha.. we usually go for 3 weeks when we go abroad, and my 18 yr old DC said something like.. "we go for an absurdly long time". They appreciate that we take them on international trips, but yea, I think they'd rather we didn't go for that long. Unfortunately, my spouse and I don't think it's worth going that far for only 2 weeks.

Suffice it to say that after this summer (another 3 week long international trip), we will no longer be taking them on long trips like that, in part because of scheduling conflicts.

Anonymous wrote:St Kitts

for a 3 to 4 week? Way too long just for one tiny island unless all you want to do is veg out on the beach for the most part.

Anonymous wrote:Not my cup of tea at all.

Have you already done the Caribbean and Europe? The Mediterranean?

I’d country hop in Europe/Med if you haven’t already hit those spots.

A safari seems fun for like a day or two, then I would be bored.

What about Australia and New Zealand if you want a mix of outdoorsy with animals?

Australia and NZ would be awesome, but remember their seasons are the reverse of ours, so if you go in our summer, it would be winter there.

Anonymous wrote:South Korea and Japan
Or
Thailand/Indonesia/Malaysia

This what we doing

St Kitts