holidays

We went to Lake Como by coach a couple of years ago, vegasmags, and as we got the last two seats on the coach (and a big discount because of this ), I sat next to a single lady who was part of a group of about 12 people who went on at least one holiday every year together. Four of them had met on one singles trip and the others had been "picked up" in subsequent years. They were a good crowd and got on so well together. They lived all over the country but met up once a year to decide on their next trips. I wonder how many singles holidays end up with happy outcomes like this, and yours.

I would really like to go on a 'glamping' holiday in a yurt. at maybe a holistic retreat. I could go there alone without having to consider anyone elses needs , that would be great for me.
Anyone been on a retreat or yurt holiday, I would love to know what it is like. Apart from spiders what ive seen sounds good.

the other type of holiday would be a canal boat I have watched so many on tv recently that I would love it but would have to have someone to go wth me.

ethelbags1, it sounds as though you're feeling much better now, as you're back on negative form . We're all different and that's one of the joys of life isn't it.

I love holidays as much as I love being at home. The downside of holidays is I'm away from my dogs and family, the upside is I've no responsibility for the dogs or the family.

I love holidays in the UK, self catering in quiet parts of the country. Scotland is wonderful in October or February and I avoid the south coast during the busy summer months. If I get the chance,I'm off to Greece in May or September,not too hot not too cold. I'd love to visit Morocco, wish I'd had the chance to go to India when I was younger (before health stuff got in the way) but feel I've been blessed because I seem able to enjoy a visit to almost any place.

ethel, I do hope my comment about you being back on form isn't taken badly, it's great to see you back

Hey white wave, i like these too !! But not cruising , too deep and contained within perimeter!!
Just not my scene .

iam64 no offence taken and I know none was meant.
Wait till I get my winding up head on, at the minute my brain has shrunk to the size of a pea due to endless daytime tv, but I will be back in top form soon

www.swintonbivouac.co.uk/accommodation/
For you Etheltb .

I think most people have covered why they holiday or travel and what they expect and get out of it.

We are not all the same and it's up to you how you spend your time in leisure whether you choose to stay at home or somewhere else.

You could stay home and do something different everyday and have a lovely time doing things you normally wouldn't do.
Thing is to have a positive approach to life and all it can offer. Things don't always work out but look at what was good in your day.

For me holidays and travel are different, travel is in the blood and you can't wait for the next adventure.
We can spend months traveling and for us the only thing we miss is food mainly something as ordinary as a roast and all the trimmings.
We keep in touch with our family via Skype.

I am thankful my husband and I still have the good health to be able to travel and feel very fortunate after along working life.

stansgran, ive just read the link and the yurts and hut sound really good, just my thing but as I have no one to go with I could not afford it. It would work out really cheap for a family though.

DD1 and family have stayed in yurts. Very comfy with own 'facilities' at the back. Basic cooking equipment but no fridge as no electricity, log burner and proper beds. To be recommended apparently.

Went to Spurn point last year VQ- loved it - and we've just managed to find somewhere in Filey to take the 'van at the end of June. I think we got the last pitch in East Yorkshire! Everyone seems to be heading there. Must be the gannets"

Oooh haven't been to Filey in years. Might go for a day next week if the weather holds.

Flamborough head is worth a visit whilst you`re up there, NfkDumpling.

why is accommodation so expensive, especially self catering, a caravan can cost up to £200 for two nights at a popular park, which is cheap if there are four or more but why is there no accommodation for singles or why cant they hire accommodation per person. It is sheer greed by holiday providers. Does anyone go alone on holiday.

a friend in her 70s goes regularly with A group of singles and there are excersions/outings etc and she likes it but they have to sit together in the dining room at the same seat at the same time and they even have their seats on the bus planned and get quite quarrelsome if someone sits in their seat. I couldn't stand this. I would want either self catering (yurt/caravan) or in a hotel where I could just arrive for breakfast in my own time, after a traumatic journey I would just want to relax not go jaunting on excersions (cant spell the word). I prefer to stay at chain hotels such as holiday Inn/travel lodge, which is where my employers put me when Im on a training conference. The ideal holiday must be there somewhere but I don't think it is.

Also why do a lot of hotels charge more for single travellers and then put them in a glorified cupboard.

NfkDumpling....if you go to Flamborough try to find time to include Bempton and Danes Dyke.

vq my DH and I were at Bempton last year. It was fabulous, watching all the seabirds. We just missed breeding season so most of them had gone . If we have the DGC with us we usually stay in a static caravan on one of the big sites. If we are by ourselves we have just found the joy in a "bus tour". We live near a very good company and have been with them to places the length and breadth of Britain, and abroad. Can't afford a proper holiday this year though.

Now throwing a spanner in the works- lol- how about Switzerland?

I mean a spa resort in the Alps- with all the autumn colours, flaming larches, and hot water pools and fabulous views.

Like Ovronnaz- above the Rhône valley (train to Sion from Geneva airport and bus up) or further down, Loèche-les- Bains (otherwise known as Leukerbad) (train to Sierre and then bus up - or rent a car of course.
The spas have indoor and outdoor hot pools, jacuzzis, massages, etc. October is a good time to get special offers.

Ooops posted in wrong thread- should be in 'holiday in October'!

We went to Bempton last time we were up there, but rather it was late in the year. Have just looked up Danes Dyke. Looks like a must. Thanks.