Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 10:12     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
Anonymous wrote:We are doing Paris - it will be our teens' first trip to Europe.

The weather in Paris will be dreadful and your kids will hate Europe forevermore
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 21:51     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We always ski over Christmas. This year is Hokkaido.


Also going to Hokkaido! Rusutsu and Hirafu

must be popular - United is starting a nonstop flight to Sapporo (CTS) from SFO.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 20:21     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
Anonymous wrote:We always ski over Christmas. This year is Hokkaido.


Also going to Hokkaido! Rusutsu and Hirafu
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 17:22     Subject: Re:brainstorming a winter break trip
we have family in san francisco and go most winter breaks, and nearly every break it rains--maybe part of hte trip, maybe the entire trip. Then, 6 weeks later in feb, its gorgeous again.

We are looking at either Colombia, Argentina or Hawaii this year. I'm tired of spending 8k for a week in the rain in sf.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 16:40     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
Definitely not Iceland or Scotland in winter!
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 13:08     Subject: Re:brainstorming a winter break trip
Anonymous wrote:California native here -- you do not want to go to the California coast in December unless you really like rain.

I'd go to Tucson -- great food, great hiking, lots of places to hear live music and see beautiful art.


Funny, because I've been to San Diego multiple times and Oxnard it was totally fine if not perfect weather during that stretch. It is nice to have the heads up it's not "guaranteed", but it's far more likely to be nice there than almost all of the US.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 13:05     Subject: Re:brainstorming a winter break trip
California native here -- you do not want to go to the California coast in December unless you really like rain.

I'd go to Tucson -- great food, great hiking, lots of places to hear live music and see beautiful art.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 14:47     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
Anonymous wrote:Argentina, go to Buenos Aires, then Patagonia to trek the glaciers, then to Ushuaia to see penguins etc


Or Rio/Brazil
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 14:42     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
Argentina, go to Buenos Aires, then Patagonia to trek the glaciers, then to Ushuaia to see penguins etc
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 13:48     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
We always ski over Christmas. This year is Hokkaido.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 13:39     Subject: brainstorming a winter break trip
I went on a London/Scotland Xmas/NYE trip and I would not recommend Scotland. It was so cold and grey and dreary. Like it just drizzled for days. London was ok but Scotland was just wet.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2026 11:58     Subject: Re:brainstorming a winter break trip
We did the Big Island Hawaii and Volcanos NP was open on Christmas Day.