https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 02:21:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1/page/2#post-2748001 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:20:11 +0000 Bibliolove 2748001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually don't feel like traveling much lately, but would love to see British Columbia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1/page/2#post-2747920 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:44:22 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2747920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ya'll got me looking up New Zealand! Although I've always said I wanted to visit Middle Earth, it hasn't actually been on my radar. 2 transfers and 30+ hrs of travel time one-way and a small fortune for the cost of airfare alone ... now I remember why :silly: </p> <p>The older I get, the more I realize that I don't actually like flying. My dream vacation right now would be somewhere tropical, during winter, but not too hot. I've been looking into Bali and other parts of SE Asia. From here, there are non-stop charters to Thailand: 16hrs one-way and a ton cheaper than New Zealand. </p> <p>Give me a nice pristine beach with cheap massages, delicious seafood, and safe so my DD can run around free without me being on guard and I'd be happy :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1/page/2#post-2747827 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:05:29 +0000 808love 2747827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, New Zealand was my favorite so we are looking for a return trip!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747820 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:51:15 +0000 PeaceLily 2747820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually went on our dream vacation for our honeymoon - Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand was amazing. We started looking at how much it would cost to buy a house there since we really never wanted to leave. </p> <p>I'm dying to go back, but it's such a long trip and so expensive I'm not sure when we will have the chance to go again. I know we will at some point, but probably not for a while.</p> <p>I'd like to go to Germany at some point as well. I'm German and have family there, but have never been. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747809 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:42:06 +0000 hellobeeboston 2747809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been to New Zealand - IT WAS AWESOME. I would do it again.</p> <p>If money was no object I would LOVE to do one of those luxury safari's through Africa and over to Mozambique and stay in those amazing glamorous tents with chefs, etc... I think those are like $20k per person. BUT IT LOOKS AWESOME... I would also settle for just a regular safari ;) While I'm over there I would also love to check out India then relax in the Seychelles.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747763 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:24:02 +0000 lamariniere 2747763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: they didn't take meds since they are locals and normally follow the "rules" like wearing appropriate clothing and going inside at sundown and whatnot. They aren't sure how they got it but they got good medical care after and are fine now. </p> <p>@Beehive: I really like the idea of the Transiberian railroad, but same, I don't like the idea of being cooped up in a train for days on end. I've always been fascinated with the idea that you can basically drive from Paris to Beijing. These days there are too many hotspots along the road, but it would be incredible to be able to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747755 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:04:31 +0000 Beehive 2747755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd love to do a few weeks in Asia - Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore. I'd like to wait until our baby is older, though, especially for mainland China. </p> <p>Another trip that has been on my mind for a while but we're less likely to actually do is the trans-Siberian railway, traveling across Russia. We toyed with doing this as our honeymoon, but decided that being cooped up in a train car wasn't particularly romantic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747749 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:55:18 +0000 irene 2747749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Don't get me wrong, I actually am very glad of that scary night sleeping in a tent with all that hunting/howling activity outside. Once in a lifetime experience :-) We walked out to the most beautiful sunrise. Elephants and zebras were just chilling as if nothing happened. </p> <p>Before we visited Tanzania we had to get yellow fever (or whatever shots), and were prescribed malaria pills and we had to take it prior and during the trip. I thought that was a requirement to travel to Kenya / Tanzania? Or did they get it even though they were on the meds?</p> <p>@periwinklebee: Ahhhh! I am so jealous!!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747744 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:51:01 +0000 Lahela017 2747744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to Hawaii for our honeymoon- Oahu and Maui. We would love to go to Kauai and the Big Island soon though- but it's pretty expensive. Next up on our list will be a road trip to Yellowstone I think.</p> <p>We also just got back from Alaska- it was amazing!! I would highly recommend Alaska to anyone who is thinking about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747741 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:41:51 +0000 littlebug 2747741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-Sailing/island hopping around French Polynesia.<br /> -Taking my husband and kids back to Australia (I've been 2x and think it's something they need to experience).<br /> -I'd also seriously love a week in NYC to see all the shows and eat all the food. Sans kids. Maybe even sans Hubs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747716 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:48:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 2747716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dream vacation is 3 weeks in Europe - France, Italy, Greece, Ireland, England, etc. hitting major cities with nough time to be touristy and just explore countryside. </p> <p>DH would not be about that, we would love to do Australia for a week and then + a week in Bora Bora or Fiji being reclusive in a water bungalow over water! ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747714 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:47:02 +0000 periwinklebee 2747714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: I couldn't resist looking up these photos - it is seriously the awesomest place ever </p> [attach=7370/17/orla6e.600x450.2001_0119_094631AA.JPG] [attach=7370/17/orla6f.450x600.2001_0117_132241AA.JPG] [attach=7370/17/orla6g.450x600.2001_0117_093044AA.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747711 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:39:41 +0000 periwinklebee 2747711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: I've been to the Bolivian salt flats, and they are awesome! It was nearly 15 years ago, and I don't know how much it has changed since then. </p> <p>I definitely wouldn't characterize it as anything close to extreme hardship, but I've traveled and lived a lot in the developing world, so maybe I'm just accustomed to it :silly: Getting to the flats from the Atacama side in Chile if I remember right wasn't bad at all. Getting to wherever I was going next in Bolivia I do remember being a bit insane because there are no paved roads and we would just keep hitting these giant rocks in the road. They bring a mechanic along on the bus to fix it when it inevitably breaks along the way. There probably wasn't hot water but I don't mind that part. It's at high elevation - so bad for people with heart problems - but I don't think older but otherwise healthy people would have any issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747682 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 02:04:23 +0000 lamariniere 2747682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Interesting...one of my good friends is Kenyan and they took their LO to a Kenyan resort last year where they saw most of the "Big 5". She said it was paradise with giraffes ambling up to the villas, and she's very finicky about cleanliness and staying in nice places. Whenever we decide to go, we'll most likely try to organize to go with them (at least part of the trip) so we can have more of an "insider" experience. That said, her LO and DH both came down with malaria at the end of the trip, so not so good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747621 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:03:18 +0000 sojellybean 2747621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Moorea/Bora Bora<br /> New Zealand<br /> Maldives<br /> Maybe seeing the northern lights in one of those cool hotels like they went to on the Bachelor?<br /> We did a South Africa safari before baby, so hoping to cross off one of those of our list for a big anniversary in a few years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747616 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:51:31 +0000 irene 2747616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I've been to a safari in Tanzania! I didn't plan it, my roommate from college was getting married (she is from Tanzania) and they planned it for all the guests who were interested. While it was definitely a life changing unforgettable bucket-list experience that I am so glad I went on, I was FILTHY the entire time, and it was sooooo cold and windy (and scary) the 2nd night. We were "glamping" the first and third night, and we were literally in the wild the 2nd night. The 2nd night we camped in these "luxury" camps that had luke warm "showers" inside the tent, which is basically cold dripping water that you do not even want to get in lol. The entire night was windy and cold, and there was some sort of animal (a BUNCH of hyenas, I believe, as it sounded like what I watched from National Geographic TV shows lol) howling/hunting/eating activities right outside throughout the night, so loud that you can not sleep in the midst of the strong wind. I wonder what they had outside to prevent the hyenas from coming into our tents and eat us lol. It was actually pretty scary. </p> <p>@looch: Amen to ice hotel! That would be my bucket list trip as well.</p> <p>Another "dream trip" would be to see the northern lights in Finland at the right time. </p> <p>I would also love to see the Bolivia salt flats, but I highly doubt I'd be able to go in this lifetime. I heard it is another one of those extreme-hardships-to-get-through-but-life-changing-experience kind of trips, which I don't think I can go with DS any time soon... but when he actually grew up and we can take him (or leave him and go by ourselves), we'd be too old to go through such hardship. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747602 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:29:43 +0000 Tanjowen 2747602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- A safari at a luxury camp in South Africa - the plan for my 40th in a few years.<br /> - A month long trip to the Greek Isles. I want to shop in the markets, eat local and go sailing.<br /> - A horseback/camping trip to Machu Pichu, but I can't get DH on board that one...now I'm trying to talk my dad into it :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747601 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:16:51 +0000 mediagirl 2747601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A cruise somewhere amazing. I'd love to go on a luxury transatlantic cruise. Amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747369 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:51:54 +0000 snowjewelz 2747369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dream vacation is not so much about where, but time! I'd like to spend a whole month in my birth city with my family so we have so much time to visit ALL family plus anything else we wanted, take short local trips, etc. The very most I can go for is 10 days and with the 12 hr time difference and kids, it's just not enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747356 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:35:16 +0000 Mrsbells 2747356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a bunch</p> <p>West Africa tour<br /> Kenya<br /> South Africa<br /> Europe tour<br /> Hawaii </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747336 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:02:30 +0000 looch 2747336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: soooo cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747334 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:57:48 +0000 mrskansas 2747334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yes! Even the drink glasses were completely made of ice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747328 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:52:21 +0000 looch 2747328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: was the table made of ice? the chairs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747327 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:51:22 +0000 josina 2747327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to go to Greece someday...<br /> And Alaska is on the list for both dh and I </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747321 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:46:07 +0000 Raspberry 2747321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A month in a little villa in wine country somewhere in Europe, like Italy or France </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747234 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:31:37 +0000 periwinklebee 2747234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: yeah, we really do need to do something.... I know I won't regret it later, just a matter of getting the logistics with leave and stuff to come together.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747232 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:24:40 +0000 cascademom 2747232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't think of a dream one right now. This weekend, my husband and I talked about our 8th and 10th anniversary trips. For 8th this year, we're thinking of doing Key West. For our 10th, we're thinking of doing an all inclusive Mexico resort trip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747207 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:48:59 +0000 mrskansas 2747207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: A road trip across the US is something I want to do when my daughter is a bit older! There are so many places I want to see.</p> <p>And yes, Alaska is seriously amazing. Where did you go while you were there? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747206 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:48:13 +0000 Mrs D 2747206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alaska completely lives up to the hype...I cant recommend it enough!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-dream-vacation-1#post-2747205 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:47:42 +0000 mrskansas 2747205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: well then you definitely need to try to plan a good trip! We spent three weeks on Maui while I was pregnant and we haven't had a good vacation since, so it was well worth the time and money. </p> <p>I lived in Alaska for three years and traveled around the state a lot, so I have a lot of recommendations :happy:<br /> My husband is actually going back in September and I am so jealous! </p>