Need ideas!!  Going away for a special occasion and want it to be spectacular.  Favourites are Grand Canyon or Bahamas.  Anyone been anywhere that they can recommend as brill.

I went to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon absolutely stunning! We don't gamble and we had a great time loads of shows, and these shows aren't like your local theatre lol ;) They are spectacular.

Good luck, Sarah

Grand Canyon is fanatastic.
Bahamas... very Americanised, loads Mc Donalds etc :(
Barbados, I loved it.
Maldives, paradise on earth, but not a great deal to do unless you like water sports. (still my fave)
Antigua, not for me
St Lucia, very nice
Bermuda, expensive and cold in the winter.

HTH

liberty :)

Grand Canyon looking good.  NO to Mc Donalds! :)

We drove from Los Angeles, across the Hoover Dam and stayed over in Las Vegas, which as Sarah has said, is fantastic. Then onto the Grand Canyon, def worth seeing, and do the plane ride round the Canyon too, it's awesome.

We drove back to L.A. from the Grand Canyon, and I think it took 9 hours, including time spent at the side of the road paying Police the speeding fine

liberty

I am dying to ride in the Grand Canyon. Personal ambition to go stay on a ranch and ride like mad for 2 weeks ;)

I want to take Josh though LOL

Tut tut.  I, of course, will be maintaining the relevant speed limits throughout the journey :D

Haven't been myself but fancy the cancun palace hotel (all inclusive) in cancun, mexico.
Right on the beach with crystal clear waters , jacuzzi on the balcony, endless water sports and the chance to swim with dolphins.
Seen it on one of the holiday progs last week. Neice has gone there for her past 2 hols and highly recommends it.
Linda :-)

What would you look for in a holiday Joe?

My nephew lives in the Bahamas, beautiful but not everyones taste.

Flipping heck Liberty you've been round the block ;)

Sarah :D :D :D
(Actually i got married in LV i have no family apart from the outlaws so it suited us)

Well, difficult to answer cos it's not really to please me - it's my dear mother's birthday (a big one) and what I want and what she wants will be two different things.  Don't think she'll go abseilling!!  She'll want sun, views, peace and food!!

Oh take her to Wales then you can never please mothers anyway. ;)

ROTFLOL @ Sarah :D :D :D

Almost choked on my Evian ( :rolleyes:  ) when I read that!!

liberty

EVIAN - is that what you are calling the red wine these days? :D :D

Ooops, looks like I've been rumbled :D  :D

liberty :D

I hear its the new blackcurrant flavour ;)

at least thats what i told the tesco delivery man when he pointedly handed me my weekly ration :D :D

:D Nice one Chloe :D :D

liberty :)

that'll be a new one for you then Lib, choking on your Evian, you sure it was'nt wine???

Geoff :)

P.S. skiing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.... thats my idea of heaven...

Not telling :p

liberty :D

Wales contains the Welsh.  Bit of a drawback.

Apologies O Wesh people

actually wales is not really full of welsh people

its mainly the overspill from england

Hi Joe,  *She'll want sun, views, peace and food*  Lake Garda & Venice has all those.
We went there then onto Venice & came home on the Orient Express, it was brilliant :D

Christine, Spain.

Dominican Republic was brilliant, hot hot hot, brilliant food, lots of water sports (no comments!!!) Scuba Diving, snorkelling, sailing, etc. etc.

Fabulous beaches.

Can't beat it, your mum would love it.

Jayne

St Lucia: balmy, cocktails, crickets and sun
New York: busy, humid - never going again in July!
Niagra Falls: awesome. Absolutley incredible. Maid of the Mist tour I will never forget
Weymouth: honeymoon. no wonder i divorced him :D

Oh i'm off to play scrabble my holidays aren't half as interesting as these, they were all costa del boring :rolleyes:

Weymouth!!!!????!!!  Nuff said

Have we all wet the bed? Never this many about on a Monday night :D :D

There's only you and me!  :)

lol billy no mates

Oy!! I'm here too, and my beds dry :D :D day off tomorrow........... yippee :D

liberty

Sorry Liberty!  Some of us are at work tomorrow but frightened we miss something. :D

I wonder how many lurkers? :D

THOUSANDS

Well i'm off or i'll oversleep again :(
So Joe rolled over and one fell out, and there were 2 left in the bed (wet bed) ;)

Goodnight :D :D

Goodnight Sweetpea.  Don't let the bedbugs blah de blah :)

Seeing as I have had a MEGA phone call from a friend, just popped on before turning off - shocked at how late it is !

How will I get up in the morning???     Maybe we'll have snow in the morning & no one available to drive trains into the big city cos of 2 snowflakes (I hope!!!)

Margot - nighty night!

Typical!! So does that mean I'm here on me todd........ again :rolleyes:  *grumble* need more night owls on Cd's

liberty

Night Margot!  Just me and thee then.  Should go to my pit.  not good in the mornings at the best of times.  Well, maybe just half an hour more.  Gotta find a holiday.  What's your excuse?? :)

Mmm, well I'm here as your Chief Holiday Picker Assistant, and to help you do those smilies, that I've yet to see you do yet ;)

liberty :)

I am here usually around untill 2.30am

How about Bora Bora Paradise on earth, have not been but will as soon as I win the lottery.

and Jamaica, sun sea and sand very laid back

Bora Bora where?  Has to be somewhere I can find on a map :D

Bora Bora is one of the Polynesian Islands around Tahiti, it is absolutely fantastic with golden beach's and is very peacefull

NOW i can find it one a map!  Thanks.  :)  Us Geordie's aren't bright you know;)

Joe, what about Sicilly I took my 86 year old nan there last year absolutely fabulous she loved it and so did I.  We went in May so the weather was good but not to warm. (Im allergic to the sun). So Iceland and Alaska is more my thing.

quite.

San Diego! been twice,love it,but don't go in June too overcast and cloudy! May or Sept/Oct is prob.best,also popped across to Mexico from there.

L.A. is yuck!! dirty and rundown!

Not tried Grand Canyon yet,but did the european equivalent,Samari Gorge in Crete,brilliant views but hope you've got a head for heights!and are sure-footed!

Disney is great for all ages but Florida beats California hands down for the parks! We will go back!!

Canada Alberta,wide open spaces,mountains,snow,deserts,bears,moose,great food,shops,lakes,lots of driving involved though!

My brother went to Bahamas from Canada last year loved every minute,hand fed sharks,raced speedboats,mixed with rich and famous...

Depends on what you like the most,I go for animals,food variety,scenery,culture.I AVOID kids,nightclubs,crowded beaches,Mc D.s! and bad weather where poss ;)

enjoy your hols.wherever you end up,we always do!

NZ is a good place to go ! :)

It is a fantastic place and so much to see and the accomodation is so cheap !! ;) Great people and Auckland is a lovely place like most of it ! Don't take your mother though as one who has and lived to regret it !! :D

Lucy
xx

we went on a holiday of a lifetime to orlando

we had 3 weeks did nearlly every them park and water park  did loads of shopping and if you go to orlando  gp to discovery world....its so lovely there  ...but expensive to get in ...only limited to 1000 visitors per day.  we went swimming with dolphins   , snorkelling with fish through coral reefs and snorkelling with sting rays....

Thanks for all your suggestions.  Now I really am confused.  Will do my homework and let you all know.

Even the Welsh :D

Hey my husband is welsh (Ohh some people are sooo ignorant! ;) )