Have you booked an ABD for 2017?

[AquamarineSteph]

While we're not doing ABD this year, we are definitely doing an adventure with them next year. We've already booked the Montana/Canada trip.

Anyone else here who has already booked their ABD for 2017?

 

[OKW Lover]

We have! China!!!

 

[*WDW*Groupie*]

We are booked on a June, 2017 Rhine river cruise with the Amsterdam add-on! So excited for this trip!

 

[Cousin Orville]

South Africa in the summer and China in the fall.

 

[acndis]

Alaska in the summer

Australia in December!

 

[sayhello]

I was going to sign up for the Montana trip, but when I called ABD to look into it, I wasn't so into the dude ranch part (there's nothing there to do if you don't fish and can't ride a horse). So I broke down and booked China for 2017! Going on the same trip as @CaliforniaGirl09

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[tgeorge]

Backstage Magic in December!

 

[calypso726]

Adults only Italy tour in August for us!

 

[Grifdog22]

Australia June of 2017 and we are adding on a side trip to New Zealand/Queensland South Island to see Fjordlands National Park and spend a day or two on the glaciers. Would really appreciate any input from those familiar with New Zealand, especially for late June (i.e. winter) travel and visits. Thank you ABD for the early booking discount, without which we would not have been able to work in the New Zealand trip.

Cousin Orville, you will LOVE LOVE LOVE South Africa. It is our favorite of all our ABD trips. We took the "old extended version" which was much longer and travelled up the "garden route" coast. Craig is likely to be your local guide - the best guide we have ever had. Tell him what you like, and he can arrange it. At Kapama he arranged for me to take a "bush walk" early morning (working around the ABD iten.) with a Kapama Ranger. It was awesome. He also told us he could not help, but could inform, for our arrangements to visit and ride the rescue elephants, which was spectacular. This planned ABD was the best of the ABD arrangements with the local culture that we have seen. Our whole family will tell you that this trip totally changed us. I'll leave that to you to report after you return.

And Cousin Orville, thank you for your trip report on Australia - it is the only one I have been able to find.

 

[carpenta]

None for 2017 with ABD. We do plan to travel with Nat. Geo family to Iceland (hopefully).

 

[Rapunzellover]

Germany and France for me, with a side pre-trip to England, maybe.

 

[Bobo912]

No ABD for us for 2017. Looking at either Nat Geo family trip to Japan or Australia/New Zealand on our own, especially since paddles posted her awesome itinerary and saved me a lot of work. Thanks, paddles!

 

[Cinderella's Slipper 2015]

No ABD for us. We're checking out South East Asia with Nat Geo in 2017

 

[DCPhotoGal]

Right now we've got Costa Rica ABD scheduled for spring break 2017, and I moved the Wyoming ABD trip that I originally had planned for this summer to next summer. We are headed to Peru next month!

 

[White Rose]

Germany! During Oktoberfest in sept...Adults only.

 

[Raya]

Planning on 2017 Rhine river cruise, but we're waiting until we take our 2016 Danube river cruise to book. The idea is to be absolutely sure what class/type of room we want. Hopefully waiting won't bite us in the butt.

 

[hilarys]

London/Paris for early June 2017 with a plan to add-on DLP.

 

[sayhello]

Planning on 2017 Rhine river cruise, but we're waiting until we take our 2016 Danube river cruise to book. The idea is to be absolutely sure what class/type of room we want. Hopefully waiting won't bite us in the butt.

Couldn't you book it now and then switch category later?

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[Raya]

Couldn't you book it now and then switch category later?

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We're also concerned with sea sickness and issues that might make us cancel completely. I don't understand the new cancelation policy, but have read that it's "bad". ?:|

 

[sayhello]

We're also concerned with sea sickness and issues that might make us cancel completely. I don't understand the new cancelation policy, but have read that it's "bad". ?:|

Well, yes, if totally not going is an option, then no, you don't want to book now & change it later. ABD is fairly good about making changes, but their cancellation policy (after 14 days) is pretty unforgiving unless you don't mind having your deposit (now a percentage of the trip cost) tied up and sitting on ABD's books until you re-book another trip.

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