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Anonymous wrote:Cape Town. Depending on timing you can get cheap flights and you can do beach, city, kayaking with penguins, go to mountains. Lodging was not super expensive when I went and there's so much to do. Highly recommend the District 6 museum for important history but compact and won't take all day

That would be a dream! I'll look into it. I was assuming a trip like that might be twice as much.

You can stay in nicer Marriott properties for under $300/night for four. I stayed at an incredible Airbnb too overlooking Table Mountain cheap and did wine tours and cooking class well under $100/person

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Anonymous wrote:If they like Costa Rica, what about Pamama or Belize? Or what about Peru/Argentina. It sounds like SE Asia could be a hit with your kids too but flights could eat up a lot of your budget. I'd see where you could get cheap flights and go from there.

Those are at the top of my list for our Budget! I just haven't found the right accomodations in Panama or Belize. Peru is doable in our budget though. Found great flights and a nice hotel in Machu Picchu. My Dh doesn't seem to think the kids will be able to do the hike though.

We took our kids but didn’t do the trek. So many interesting things to do in the Sacred Valley. You’d still spend a day walking around MP. Maybe go back the next morning if you stay in Aguas. I have plenty of adult friends who hated the trek and were too tired to enjoy MP when they arrived.

I agree. Machu Picchu is worth visiting without a trek. Plenty of walking while you’re there. Plenty to see/do in the region.

Southeast Asia is budget friendly once you get there. We just did Thailand over the holidays. We went to bangkok and Chiang Mai but you could also do the beaches in the south. My dad did Vietnam and Laos recently. Like others said, Japan is awesome. We did it last June and can’t wait to go back. Hong Kong and Taiwan are also possibilities.

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Anonymous wrote:If they like Costa Rica, what about Pamama or Belize? Or what about Peru/Argentina. It sounds like SE Asia could be a hit with your kids too but flights could eat up a lot of your budget. I'd see where you could get cheap flights and go from there.

Those are at the top of my list for our Budget! I just haven't found the right accomodations in Panama or Belize. Peru is doable in our budget though. Found great flights and a nice hotel in Machu Picchu. My Dh doesn't seem to think the kids will be able to do the hike though.

We took our kids but didn’t do the trek. So many interesting things to do in the Sacred Valley. You’d still spend a day walking around MP. Maybe go back the next morning if you stay in Aguas. I have plenty of adult friends who hated the trek and were too tired to enjoy MP when they arrived.

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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.

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

You must be really popular! Very charming personality lol

OP just seems lazy. Hire a travel agent.

Take. your. medication.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Agree with this. My kid hates museums, cultural sites and walking. That means cities are out. On the other hand, she loves beaches, snorkeling, fish, animals, etc. So we tend to vacation in tropical locations (which we all love).

It means that cities should be a short part of another trip or your child will never learn to love museums, cultural sites and walking. Do Seattle for a couple of days, then the San Juan Islands for whale watching, etc.

Be more creative.

This is PP. We have been all over the world with my kid (Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia). My kid doesn’t like visiting cities but that has not stopped us from visiting many, many places (including cities!)

Anonymous wrote:Cape Town. Depending on timing you can get cheap flights and you can do beach, city, kayaking with penguins, go to mountains. Lodging was not super expensive when I went and there's so much to do. Highly recommend the District 6 museum for important history but compact and won't take all day

This flight is brutal.

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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.

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

You must be really popular! Very charming personality lol

OP just seems lazy. Hire a travel agent.

Anonymous wrote:If they like Costa Rica, what about Pamama or Belize? Or what about Peru/Argentina. It sounds like SE Asia could be a hit with your kids too but flights could eat up a lot of your budget. I'd see where you could get cheap flights and go from there.

Those are at the top of my list for our Budget! I just haven't found the right accomodations in Panama or Belize. Peru is doable in our budget though. Found great flights and a nice hotel in Machu Picchu. My Dh doesn't seem to think the kids will be able to do the hike though.

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.

Been there! LBI and Cape May.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Agree with this. My kid hates museums, cultural sites and walking. That means cities are out. On the other hand, she loves beaches, snorkeling, fish, animals, etc. So we tend to vacation in tropical locations (which we all love).

It means that cities should be a short part of another trip or your child will never learn to love museums, cultural sites and walking. Do Seattle for a couple of days, then the San Juan Islands for whale watching, etc.

Be more creative.

We lived in Seattle and have been to multiple of the San Juan Islands (orcas, etc) and Vancouver Island many times!

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Anonymous wrote:10K for a luxury trip for 4??? Assuming that's including flights, that's not going to get you far.

And ppl are suggesting Japan?! lol

This. 10k is not a luxury budget.

And this happens on every one of these threads. People claiming they make 2m and their annual travel budget is only 15k. People are lying. We travel extensively at luxury hotels and resorts and these places are always full, costing minimum 25k/week for a regular room.

What is the point of this post? I never said it was a luxury trip. You sound moronic and also a little clueless yourself. I never said we made 2m a year. And this isn't our travel budget for the year, it's one trip. You realize in international locations, there are 5 star hotels under $500.. many options in places like Southeast Asia, Turkey, etc.. I said bonus points if you can make a luxury hotel work in this budget.
Four Seasons Istanbul is $225 a night during a peak travel week for US school children. Four Seasons in Hawaii is 1250-2000 the same week.

Anonymous wrote:Cape Town. Depending on timing you can get cheap flights and you can do beach, city, kayaking with penguins, go to mountains. Lodging was not super expensive when I went and there's so much to do. Highly recommend the District 6 museum for important history but compact and won't take all day

That would be a dream! I'll look into it. I was assuming a trip like that might be twice as much.

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Anonymous wrote:10K for a luxury trip for 4??? Assuming that's including flights, that's not going to get you far.

And ppl are suggesting Japan?! lol

This. 10k is not a luxury budget.

And this happens on every one of these threads. People claiming they make 2m and their annual travel budget is only 15k. People are lying. We travel extensively at luxury hotels and resorts and these places are always full, costing minimum 25k/week for a regular room.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Agree with this. My kid hates museums, cultural sites and walking. That means cities are out. On the other hand, she loves beaches, snorkeling, fish, animals, etc. So we tend to vacation in tropical locations (which we all love).

It means that cities should be a short part of another trip or your child will never learn to love museums, cultural sites and walking. Do Seattle for a couple of days, then the San Juan Islands for whale watching, etc.

Be more creative.