https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/flights-and-holidays/hotels/ikos-resorts was amazing when we went, and looks too have some sub £1.5kpp offerings... Europe, but still luxury, and includes amazing food + drink

acemuzzy wrote:

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/flights-and-holidays/hotels/ikos-resorts was amazing when we went, and looks too have some sub £1.5kpp offerings... Europe, but still luxury, and includes amazing food + drink

That does look fantastic. We were planning on celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary with an all inclusive break, leaving the kids with my parents. This could be perfect

(it's not overly kiddy tho, and there are adult only bits, in case that scares you off!!)

We deffo got that! (Do check that the transfers are included, ours were but depended how you booked iirc.)

Getting a Tesla for a day was fun too as an included perk, plus transfers to the town if you want, and obvs sports stuff as well as beach/pool/food/drink etc.

Exactly what we're after.

acemuzzy wrote:

We went to Dassia, fwiw and yep double thumbs up from us all (we went with kids too). Not quite sure how much variation there is between their different locations, but you'd hope they're all a similar standard. Some are newer, and prices vary between them, though, so not totally sure!

When did you go Muzz? We're looking to book Dassia in April but worried it won't be hot enough?

stonechalice wrote:

acemuzzy wrote:

We went to Dassia, fwiw and yep double thumbs up from us all (we went with kids too). Not quite sure how much variation there is between their different locations, but you'd hope they're all a similar standard. Some are newer, and prices vary between them, though, so not totally sure!

When did you go Muzz? We're looking to book Dassia in April but worried it won't be hot enough?

We went early April, and the weather came and went somewhat... most days were plenty warm enough to be poolside, a couple a bit rainy/ fresh when the wind came in. And definitely not hot hot (think it tipped to 20 but wasn't threatening 30).

I think we were a little unlucky though? And obviously not enough to scare us off as we're back mid April this year. But yeah, if you want guaranteed hot hot it's probably too early for the med - the sea itself was Baltic!

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Was having a nice camping holiday down the coast for the last week until I committed too hard to catching a frisbee and proper stacked it onto the hard wet sand on my side.

I think I've at minimum bruised my ribs, hopefully not broken them but now we're headed home early so I can sleep sitting up for the next however many nights. Yay.

Caught the frisbee at least.


This guy was hanging out near our campsite for most of a day and then strolled right through our campsite.

He was asserting dominance.

Did your side go on stretching for the Frisbee or on landing then? Arm between ribs and the sand? Most uncomfortable injuries going, no respite from it. Still think you had your priorities right with committing to the catch though, well played

Booked it, packed it, fucked off.

Nice one Muzz you legend.

He's already there.

Mate I get it, absolutely get it.
Parenting is exhausting, single parenting even more so. You often come back from a "break" needing a break on your own to recover.

I find holidays massively stressful as it's a huge break from my routine, the thing I use as my anchor in life. Throw in kids to the mix and it's HARD.

Do whatever you feel you need right now to get through this but know, as Tom Hanks put it, "this too shall pass"

Oh that doesn't sound like fun at all.
Sounds like you've hit burnout mate. I'm close myself

acemuzzy wrote:

Hype hype

When did you book for in the end?

15th - 22nd April

Probably the wrong place to moan about holidays but here I go anyway.  

My sister-in-law is getting married in September.  In Spain for some reason.  Getting married abroad is a thing people like to do, I get it, but fuck me it's expensive for the guests.  We're (me, the wife, Tilly) going for four nights apparently, during which time I'm guessing we'll only be left alone for about half a day.  SiL is currently turning the screws on the wife to book the tickets now as they're cheaper if you book ahead - which makes sense, of course.  But also....just get married in the UK if you're having guests?  Or just do your vows abroad on your own?  It's her second go at it anyway, and the first one was lavish enough.  I bet everything leading up to the big moment will be her on a knife edge of a paddy too, if anything drops below the 100% DREAM WEDDING experience.    

So it's probably going to cost over 2k for a holiday that's not a holiday.  We've got the money in savings, it just seems like a horrible way to spend it - that's part of our 'what if the roof falls off?' safety net money.  Spending on holidays is just something we don't really do, unless you count giving Tilly an extra tenner in the arcades in Lewsdown - holibobs for the Moots are essentially free, historically.  It frees up a good chunk of change to be frivolous elsewhere (ooh that whisky looks nice, these indie games look legit, yes you can sign up to horse riding rollerblading lessons and buy some flashing wheels, let's have takeaway again etc.).  I haven't even got a valid passport, nor has the wife.  Plus by September we'll hopefully have a dog and I'll presumably either be out of a job or starting a new one.  Tilly getting the abroad experience is just about the only highlight for me, otherwise I'm dreading it.  I bet I'll enjoy myself once I'm there, but I'd rather pay £500 not to go.    

Not happy.  I know I do holidays wrong in the scheme of things but spending big on something where the only thing you get to keep is the memories isn't my cup of tea.  None of the rest of her family are going either, they all noped out when she announced it was in Spain.  Which she's screwing about.  Wish we'd jumped on that bandwagon.

I'll never understand people who marry abroad, and expect people to pay to come to it. If you're doing that, you pay for any guests you want there. If you can't afford it, don't get married abroad.