It might be a bit early but I’m very excited as the in-laws have offered to take care of our kids for a week which means my husband and I get to go on a trip BY OURSELVES! Need ideas of where to travel the week of Nov 6. Unfortunately due to my work schedule, I am not flexible with dates and we only have about 8 days total so anywhere too far probably isn’t feasible. TIA!
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I think we prefer a cultural destination this time as Sun destinations are not too difficult to go to with kids (and will likely be the next family trip). Would love to explore somewhere new (have been to Azores, Lisbon, London, Zurich, and Paris on the last few trips). Don’t mind a packed itinerary and lots of walking.

Omg! That’s so exciting!!! What about Portugal or Costa Rica?

Curaçao, love it

Anywhere in the Caribbean is great that time of year and also it is low season (if there is a low season this year) so prices should be better than other times of the year. Have fun!!

Take a Caribbean cruise! Then you get to go multiple islands

Costa Rica!

Depending on what you are looking for - Portugal (Porto, Lagos, Sintra), Spain (Madrid, Ronda, Valencia), Greece (Santorini, Crete) or Dominican - Punta Cana.

Costa Rica and stay in my airbnb!!!

Tara link???

Jill - no link yet - it will be Casa La Joya in Esterillos Oeste managed by Esterillos 506 - there needs to be a little deck work done first so guests don’t put their foot through the deck!!!

Jill https://www.facebook.com/541960497/posts/10159921659055498/?d=n

Tara would love to stay at your place one day! We would just like to go somewhere we have never been (I myself haven’t been to Costa Rica but my husband has)

Abigail totally get that - another time, for sure!

Tara would be interested in your Costa Rica property for winter 2023.

Pamela - amazing ! It’s spoken for the week of March 12 and for a few days around April 12 but that’s all so far.

Do you have pictures etc

Pamela https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

Tara where is it? Link pls.

Victoria - it’s in Esterillos Oeste, on the Pacific coast, 20 min south of Jaco and 45 min north of Manuel Antonio. Getting the deck rebuilt right now and then the link will be up and ready to go.

Tara pls send me link when ready.

Aruba and stay at Waykiri condos. Very safe island and small enough to explore. Condo complex is beautiful with 2 pools and 15 minute walk to the beautiful palm beach.

Virgin Voyages is an adult only cruise line out of Miami they do shorter 4-5 day trips you might want to check it out

Curacao is out of the hurricane belt which could be a concern at that time of year. Diving, snorkeling and the downtown area is beautiful.

Louise people are buying properties in curaçao

Jamaica

Portugal!! My partner and I did a 12 day trip for our anniversary sans kids!

Jamaica all inclusive

Aruba is out of the hurricane belt also. Most of the caribbean islands are in the hurricane belt at that time of year, so weather may be an issue.

sell off vacations! See where you end up!

You could see all if Aruba or Barbados in a week, of Costa Rica is always a great go to

Never too early to start planning
Portugal or Ireland .. direct flights are pretty cheap
Just booked Ireland for around $400 round trip in mid October

We did this twice. Went to Turkey first time and Spain second trip. We missed the kids but got over it and enjoyed the alone time. Do not feel guilty.

Also, not early at all!! People are booking March break 2023

If you want culture (food, museums, etc) go to Mexico City. Close, affordable, and so much stuff to do there.

Costa Rica is deemed most beautiful place on earth. Whatever you decide to do join the Facebook groups around the area you’re going there full of so much information of things to do places to eat

If I got to go somewhere sans child (never going to happen in our case), I would select somewhere with museums and good restaurants. Because museums and good restaurants are a painful experience with the child.

I'd recommend going to Europe instead of sun destinations. You have plenty of opportunities to go to a beach resort as a family, but exploring European cities that involve a lot of walking, trying out nice restaurants, bars, architectures, museums, etc. is probably much better without kids.

Long air transit had a special on last week for Dublin in Scotland

Cheryl Dublin is in Ireland.

Sandra lol

Sandra lol

Long that’s what I was thinking! But given we only have a week, need to find somewhere that we can travel to easily and see a lot within that short time frame

Abigail one week in Europe will give you a lot to do and see. I personally enjoyed Lisbon and Madrid a lot.

I'd go all inclusive resort relax

Portugal, direct flight and weather should be warmish

Are you looking for hot or historic

Tell us if you like sightseeing/city/museum/gallery/food, or beach/pool/romantic/leisure.
Two entirely different ideas. That way we can make the right suggestions.
Don’t forget that is the tail end of hurricane season in Caribbean.
Flying or driving

Pauline I think I’m going to agree with commenter above. Sun destinations are easier with kids. I think I’d prefer somewhere more cultural and am ok with a lot of walking and a packed itinerary as that is not feasible with kids

As the comments suggest it all depends on what you and your partner like to do. Suggestion 1 parl yourselves at an all inclusive beach resort ( I suggest Jamaica) or 2 a quick trip to Europe again I suggest you pick a city with lots of history and great restaurants. I suggest London or Brussels ( except weather is lousy) or Spain or Portugal. We stayed in a small town in spain for a week a few years ago and really enjoyed it as we could also take a day trip to Barcelona.
What ever you do enjoy and don't worry about the kids. After all it isn't many years till they'll be leaving you behind with any worry!

Cathy I agree. Depends so much on what they like to do. We love Jamaica and a week in London would be last on our list. I wonder if Abigail can give more info.

Linda. Where do you stay in Jamaica?

A cruise

Portugal was amazing and easy for traveling

Portugal. Travelzoo has some great deals. We spent 6 days there in Nov 2019 and loved it

Eileen yes/ I have friends there now and they are loving it.
I was there in October of 2019 and also loved it.

Vegas baby!!!!

Jamaica!
Or go in a cruise

A cruise

Greece

My goodness! How nice for you! If you are budget minded, even Florida is beautiful in November, as well as easy to get to, relatively inexpensive and also many lovely places to visit. Have a wonderful time without the littles!

fren, i think:
spain: sevilla/barcelona,
northern italy (milan, lake como/garda, florence)
southern france (nice, marseille),
northern ethiopia, malta, LA, istanbul, iceland...
i would avoid the cruise...

Turkey

Turkey/ South of Spain/ South of France/ Mexico (not Cacun, other parts) / Morocco

Mexico city is always a gem!

Oaxaca… the city is beautiful, there are unesco world heritage sites Monte Alban, with others nearby, and hierve el agua. And you could even throw in a couple of beach days at playa Escondido…

Curacao

Walking in Scotland (especially Edinburgh), or Wales (loved Cardiff) or Ireland (Dublin has so many interesting sites).

South America! Iguazu Falls, Buenos AIRES and Mendoza, all Argentina are fantastic and divo

Download TravelZoo app, they always have some great deals. They had a fabulous one to Croatia not that long ago that I really wanted to take advantage of.
Another place to check out, Cartagena Colombia
I just had friends come back from there and it’s a bit of everything, culture, food, warm weather and prices are good
Avianca flys from YYZ for pretty reasonable

I am headed to Spain and Morocco this summer. Some great deals out there!

Highly recommend Merida, Yucatan. https://www.cntraveller.com/.../merida-authentic-city...
CNTRAVELLER.COM
Mix it up in Mérida

Prague, Vienna and Budapest is do able in a week

Have you thought about going to the Azores? It's only a five hour flight from Toronto. It is off the coast of Portugal. Stunning scenery! Look up Azores getaways. Price is incredible

8 days, including travel, is still enough time to see Valetta (Malta)

I would like to echo those who suggested Mexico City - it is fabulous and you will not lack for a packed itinerary over the course of a week!

If are willing to travel the distance, Buenos Aires is
an amazing city.

Sedona Arizona … hiking trails galore through red rock country as well as culture. Unfortunately the exchange rate isn’t good right now though. Here in Canada, how about Vancouver or Victoria? I’ve heard San Miquel Mexico is artsy and lovely. It would be warm but isn’t a beach destination.

Loved Prague and Budapest

I went on a Mexican Riviera cruise 2nd week.of Nov last year with NCL from LA port. An awesome experience and got to see more of Mexico.... Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Enseynada..

Enjoy your adults only vacation!!!

Florence, a day trip to tuscany, cinque terre, tuscany and sienna. Or Amsterdam then train to Belgium.. have a safe trip!

Prague, then take a train to Vienna from there you can take flight or train to Zurich

I would do South of Portugal and Spain. Have fun!

In 8 days you could do an AzoresGetaways package - we just got back a couple weeks ago - it was fabulous

Mexico City, Malta and Southern Italy, Granada - in November cities like Berlin etc can be way too cold

I'd go to Italy- Cinque Terre, Florence, rent a car/take a train and explore the area- not so many tourists at that time. take a day trip to Sienna, and/or visit Pompeii, Rome, Amalfi Coast. Lots of walking and fascinating history!

Rome! You could spend weeks there and you wouldn't see all of it. We stayed in Trastevere, a quaint and lively area of Rome, just across the Tiber River within walking distance of many of the sights.

Italy is my favourite country in the world. Great food beautiful cities and countryside good wine you can’t go wrong . If you go to Italy.I wouldn’t spend all 8 days in Rome though

Thailand or Japan (or somewhere in asia) where there's lots of walking, sightseeing which is hard when you have kids in tow

Panama or Iceland!

I would go tapas bar hopping in Madrid: https://www.restaurantescentenarios.es/en/
RESTAURANTESCENTENARIOS.ES
Home - Restaurantes y tabernas centenarios de Madrid

Slovenia is a beautiful country. Rent a car and drive to Vienna and Budapest. Great highways. The Netherlands is an amazing country too! Have fun checking out different destinations!

Iceland. Fabulous destination.

Antigua, Guatemala and stay at Panza Verde Hotel or any of their sister hotels.

Morocco!

Vegas!, copenhagen or you can do adult only all inclusives - jamaica and cuba have great ones. In cuba you can do a day in havana if you want!

Puglia in Italy - rent a car as it is very easy to drive. Include the city of Matera.

Costa Rica- fabulous!