DH got an unexpected "back pay" payment of 30K, so we are going to live it up next year. 3 kids (6-13).
March (Spring Break) - week in NY (half in NYC, half near family in Catskills/skiing)
End of May/first week of June - Denmark (first trip to Europe with dcs)
August - 10 days in Oregon and northern CA (white water rafting, national parks, Cannon beach, etc.)

We do lots of smaller trips as well - long weekends, trips to see family in other states, etc. Most years we do a beach trip with DH family but not sure if that will happen again this year. We usually take a trip with my mom and sister's family around Christmas, but that is also still tbd for next year.

its going to be smaller and quieter than this year, which included costa rica, italy/croatia, outerbanks, and california...DH is a fed and we are just not sure where things are headed. Current plan is 15k max, and that is depending on how things play out job wise.

late october: getting together with 2 girlfriends, staying with me a night and then maybe 2 nights in a spa/hiking area around charlottesville or? recommendations welcome! not luxury but nice, with good food, some stuff to do...cost of about 1k for me.

xmas: will see family in la and bay area: about 4k.

spring break: maybe a few days in NYC, but only if we can stay with friends. 2k ?

summer: I have work in France, and we may tack on about 10-12 days, maybe southwest, maybe alpes maritimes but that is dependent on finances, etc. would budget around 8k for this trip (my flights and some lodging will be covered).

I have a lot of other work travel this year (california, new york, china, paris, new orleans) so am less eager to hit the road.

Fascinating to see how rich people live and plan.

So far for 2026 we’ve booked 10 days in Italy around Spring Break. Estimating about 10k for 2 adults and 2 kids.

Still trying to figure out summer plans. We have a decent amount of chase points saved up so thinking of using for hyatts somewhere in the US.

Around 20k, includes a long European trip over winter (three weeks); a long European remote work trip over the summer (two months), a couple of off-season weekends at a Delaware beach; a couple of east coast trips for family stuff. Excludes another $10k in business travel that comes out of a different budget.

Anonymous wrote:$0 i just got back from our biannual international trip. Miserable for me. COVID is back, people hate Americans, fascism is on the rise around the world, fuel is so expensive. I'm going to hide out in my bunker for a couple of years. Wake me after 2028

Yeah this year we spent a decent amount on a trip to France. I jokingly told my husband let’s splurge a little bc who knows what 2026 will be like at this point. I’m hesitant to make any plans.

Anonymous wrote:In Anguilla right now for our 9th trip since 2019, we try to make it 2x yearly but that’s starting to eat into our attempt to visit every Caribbean island.

Still trying to figure out our family Thanksgiving travel for 2025. My parents want hot hot, maybe Grand Cayman or Turks. Dad has vetoed a number of options.

Will ring in the New Year on Anguilla then bounce to Nevis. Two full weeks between the two.

I have a credit in Roatan that expires in June that I’m eyeing after a big project in mid March.

We would like to get to Harbour Island (June/July?), Maui (Aug - paired with work travel to west coast) and South of France (Labor Day) before the end of September 2026.

Are you retired? How do you get that much time off work?

Do you guys have little kids? How do you fit all this with teens’ extra curricular activities, etc?

In Anguilla right now for our 9th trip since 2019, we try to make it 2x yearly but that’s starting to eat into our attempt to visit every Caribbean island.

Still trying to figure out our family Thanksgiving travel for 2025. My parents want hot hot, maybe Grand Cayman or Turks. Dad has vetoed a number of options.

Will ring in the New Year on Anguilla then bounce to Nevis. Two full weeks between the two.

I have a credit in Roatan that expires in June that I’m eyeing after a big project in mid March.

We would like to get to Harbour Island (June/July?), Maui (Aug - paired with work travel to west coast) and South of France (Labor Day) before the end of September 2026.

Not really sure but we spend a lot on travel sports. Probably 8 weekends a year at $2k minimum each plus one weekend to see family for $3k with flight and then a summer vacation in Rehoboth for Maybe $7k not including pet care and then spring break and winter break for another $25k.

Summer 2026- Paris and then Iceland for the solar eclipse
Spring break 2026-possibly skiing in Utah or CO

For kids I highly recommend figuring out a way to go to Billund Denmark the home of Lego. Lego House is great and is legoland. And it has an amazing restaurant where you make your order in Legos.

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Anonymous wrote:Grand Cayman for spring break, Disney Cruise next summer. Long weekend in NYC sometime TBD. I’m guessing will be about $20k or so but don’t track it specifically.

We did UK and France this summer and Hawaii the year before and I’m exhausted from trip planning. DH doesn’t help and just says “sounds good honey!” It’s too much work alone. Pushing the easy button in 2026.

OP here. Haha same! I love to trip plan, but sometimes on top of managing everything else it gets to be more of a chore than fun. I've just now reached out to an agent to see what that can do to the process - I may miss it too much to let go completely. Where in Hawaii and France did you go? Would you mind sharing more details on that trip? I've just seen Kimpton Seafire (sp?) in Cayman that seems v nice.

I'm the PP. I was interested in Seafire but points rooms were sold out by the time I checked so we are booked 4 nights at Hotel Indigo. It also gets good reviews and actually was fewer points. I also booked 3 nights at the brand new Grand Hyatt Grand Cayman opening the same week we are there. I am nervous about that - I've never stayed at a literal brand new hotel before.

We don't plan trips that far ahead of time.

Not sure yet. We will definitely go skiing in the winter - possibly Dolomites again, or France, plus somewhere West in the spring.

Thinking about a week in Provence in the early summer. We are at the beach the rest of the summer.