2027 Travel Plans Finalized
I just booked our final 2027 travel trip and I am so excited! I have a whole lot of travel research to do ahead of both 'big' 2027 (March and September/October) trips, so it's preferred that by confirming now, I'll have enough lead time to do so.
Here's what will be happening:
2027 Travel Plans
January- Finish the last few days of our Western Caribbean cruise that began in December 2026.
Spend 10 days at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
March- This is the newly booked trip! A week in Auckland, New Zealand before boarding a cruise ship for a two week sail around both the North and South Islands, then across the Tasmanian Sea to Sydney, Australia. We'll spend another week in Sydney before returning home.
And we were able to book a great big suite for the same price as a balcony room, due to how close to sail we booked. The ship was almost completely sold out, other than for the specific suite category we booked, and thus prices had been lowered to effect a full sell out. So, sometimes being spontaneous does work out, even though it is definitely not my 'natural' setting.
April-May-June Home to remain flexible for a planned re-roofing of our home.
July - Our younger daughter and her family will be here for a few weeks of summer beach fun.
September-October We'll fly to Montreal, Canada for a week of exploring, then board a cruise ship for a two week trip that will explore NE Canada and US before ending in New York City. We'll then spend a week in NYC before flying home.
November- California coastal cruise with my mother and sister-in-law. This is a repeat of 2026, because they are that excited, and for me, as chief travel planner, it's that easy.
I love our coastline in the Fall, the weather is generally sublime, and so we (my spouse and I) are very happy to make this an annual cruise event.
December- A repeat of 2026, wherein we'll fly to Tennessee to spend Christmas with our family, then fly to Florida for a Caribbean cruise.
I'm not getting any younger, nor is my spouse, and I am thus thrilled to have our 2027 plans finalized and in place.
Heading out for a coastal walk now, in order to burn off some of the adrenaline rush that booking this last trip to Oz just generated. Lol.
All sound great. I love the 4 week blocks for you. That's my goal. It sounds horrible thinking this way way, but while pup is with me, short travel is the best I can do as his care is my priority ( and a lot of time constraints to put on others.) As your trips match so many of my wish list, I'll be looking for your recaps. Montreal/ Quebec City per Jackie's thoughts as thats probably on a shorter list as Air Canada and Delta are pretty easy to book from Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteMixing on our own travel with planned (cruise, tour, etc) travel seems to work well at this point in our lives. I get time for us to do things our way, then turn the reins over to someone else for a bit, then take them back again toward end of trip.
DeleteI do understand about your aging pup being a limitation to your travels for now. We've likewise adapted our travels to accommodate my aging mother and my husband's aging sister. Currently a month away is feasible, but not the 10 to 12 week trips we did early in our retirement. And even a month away may need to be shortened in the coming years as they both continue to age.
I meant to add that we are very excited about Montreal on our own in September. As much as we enjoyed Toronto last year, my understanding is that Montreal is even more enjoyable to visit. With regard to Quebec - it reminded me of a squeaky clean Paris. Having been to Paris and fallen under it's spell, I wished I'd done Quebec before Paris and not vice versa. Only because Paris spoiled me for life, really. I just loved it that much.
DeleteQuebec is delightful, so I am no dissing it whatsoever! Just that I wished I'd visited it before I visited Paris. I think I would have appreciated it's unique beauty and place in history more by not continually comparing it to Paris.
Oooh, we so want another trip to NZ, and I think if we ever found a great flight deal, we would jump on it. Tasmania for hiking is on our list as well! I put together an Australia itinerary for a trip with my mom (we opted to do Europe instead), but that's now on the bucket list because it sounded so great! - Hawaii Planner
ReplyDeleteEconomy air, one way to New Zealand, was just $550 when I checked the Air New Zealand site yesterday. However, they also had the terrific SkyCouch option - one full row of three seats, per person, with an expandable seat function to enable sleeping flat.
DeleteFor us, I booked two adjacent SkyCouch rows at an additional $1050 per person, which made it $1600 per person, one way
Business class, by comparison, was just under $5000 a person one way, which seemed a bit steep given that Air New Zealand also has the SkyCouch option.
So sweet of you to take your mom and relative on a cruise that they enjoy! Fantastic! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteWell, it really is fun for us as well, so don't give me too much credit, Lol. It's a beautiful time of year, we enjoy all three port stops, and it's an easy drive-to embarkation port, and so we are genuinely happy to keep this on 'Repeat' for as long as my mom and sister-in-law wish to do so.
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