Where would you go for $10,000

[allmydisneydreams]

My first thought was Disney

Then I thought - California - a very long trip all the way from San Diego up through Anaheim and Disneyland, the mountains, the ocean, SanFrancisco, the Redwoods I have a dream of doing a trip like that one day.

Another option would be Hawaii ...

But I also had the same thought as another poster about renting an RV.

So maybe I'd rent an RV - or even buy a second hand camping trailer and truck from Craigslist (the OP didn't say we had to be crazy with the $, we could budget it to get a longer trip, right? ) - and then travel across the country to California via whatever interesting stops we could make along the way. My dad was in the Navy when I was a kid and we saw SO much of the country traveling from place to place. I would love to show my kids all of the great American sights ... Mt Rushmore, Grand Canyon ... and then I would go to California and experience some Disney magic, too.

Ah, dreams ...

 

[Friendly Frog]

I blush to say this, but with a big family-we actually did spend more than 10K on our Dec. 30-Jan 15, 2006 vacation to WDW. Fortunately, a company that wanted to reward my DH was picking up the first 10K of the tab.

I hate to be nosey, but I just have to ask what type of work your husband does!

 

[Friendly Frog]

If I could rent an RV for 1/2 of the money I would do that and travel to as many places across the country as I could. Kind of like the movie RV, minus the "working on the side" part. In my fantasy world, we would have enough money to last the whole summer together.

That is what I have always wanted to do! When I worked I did not have the time, and now that I don't work, I don't have the money.

 

[traveljunkie2]

I would love to see Machu Picchu while I'm still able to make the hike!

I'd also love to go back to Austria and Germany for their Christmas markets.

A couple of months in a little house tucked away in one of the villages of the Cinque Terre in Italy would be heavenly, also.

And I would also love to stay in one of over-the-water rooms in Bora Bora.

 

[Halbleib1]

We spent the last 3 years living in Italy and have been to most of the places you mentioned. Germany was one of our favorite countries to visit. Driving through it and Austria was breathtaking. It's gorgeous! We also loved Greece, Turkey, Ireland, and England. We weren't huge fans of Italy, I think we lived there too long and it lost some of it's appeal after the first two years.


One year we spent a month in Hawaii and it cost 10K with creative budgeting and military discounts!

Next I'd like to go to Australia or Alaska.

I agree Austria was my favorite of the 5 countries I have been to in Europe. If I were to live in another country that would probably be it. Italy was one of my least favorites. Someday I hope to make it back over and visit England, Scottland, Wales, and Ireland. My husband wants to go to Germany as well.

If it were not for the fact that I did not get to see Paris at night I would have no interest in going back. But since that did not happen I would like to go back for a few days to experience that. I would also like to see more of the countryside in France. I actually did not find the people to be rude at all. I think it is like anywhere you will have some nice and some not so nice people. The rudest people I encountered on that trip were actually the workers on British Airways. Because of that experience I am not sure I would actually fly them again.

 

[kritter]

Another Disney Cruise in the concierge room. We did this last cruise and it was over $8,000.00, when it was all said and done. Best way to cruise would do it again in a heart-beat!!

 

[Disneycrazymom]

Disney cruise to Alaska or to Europe. For our family of 4 with 2 balcony staterooms I would be lucky to do it for $10000 I think.

 

[Disney845]

I have to agree with the pp who said there isn't too many places they wouldn't want to go! We love to travel and would like to see the whole world.

On the top of our list currently is Peru, Japan, and Egypt.

 

[chewysmom]

Either Hawaii or I'd love to take a castle tour in Europe.

*sigh* One of these days....

 

[MarriedToAPrince]

Either Fiji or Hawaii. For Fiji I would want one of those cottage/huts buildings right over the water but I would want to go without my daughter since I would fear she would fall in and since I am no where near ready to leave her like that, then Hawaii, where we can go as a family.

 

[MomtoGKC]

I agree - I want to go everywhere and anywhere! But, being close to Disney and far from our family those are the two vacations we end up taking every year.

If I could pick anywhere I'd probably go back to my original list from our honeymoon.

1. African Safari (but to do it the way I want is way more than $10,000 - which is why we didn't do our honeymoon there!)

2. Wyoming/Montana - we did this for our honeymoon - I would love to do to again but would probably want to go to new places first. We spent a week at a sportsman's lodge (just a fancy ranch), did Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Glacier NP and Whitefish, MT. That was 2 weeks and was about 5,000 without airline tickets 11 years ago, so I'm sure it would be about $10,000 now!

3. Alaska - I have always wanted to do this - now that my kids are getting older maybe I can actually do it in a few years!

4. West coast tour - all the way from CA up to WA

5. Italy

6. Norway - only if my Norwegian relatives will come and show me around!

 

[sonnesolsun]

Philippines!!! for the summer!!!

 

[tolemommy]

Tough choices but I gotta go with ~
A cross country road trip of the US stopping at all of our National Parks including Alaska & Hawaii. I'd prefer this road trip take place in a super plush RV.

 

[WeLuvDiz]

I would take every penny and not leave WDW till I was broke!!!

 

[Piecey]

Australia. My brother moved to Sydney last year and I'd love to go visit.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Africa. Safari for about 3 weeks with a 1 week entension into Egypt.

 

[Pakey]

We go on one of these types of trip every year. This year is Egypt.