where do you plan to travel next?

I live in Australia so i plan to go to the great barrier reef after christmas for a week & then in April my boyfriend & i are going to thailand for my birthday, were flying to bangkok & then to koh samui to relax... CANT WAIT!!

Hi ya jhl930 Well I too have just got back from a short vacation from visiting a friend I haven't seen in 15 years. Next weekend I shall be taking my kids camping about an hour and a half from where we live, just for a couple of nights and it won't cost much - thankfully!

This summer I took my toddler son to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. I know that prices in Eastern Europe were lower that in Western Europe once but now most nearly all places in Europe are expensive. In 1990 it cost £2 for a room in Budapest and £13 for a bed in a youth hostel in Oslo. I met some Australians in Latvia and they found it more expensive than their home country. I think that if I fly out of Europe I will pay lots for my flight but less on accommodation, local transport, food and sightseeing in my destination. Some countries are more expensive than others I have found whilst traveling. I think that the cheapest countries that I have been to are Guatemala, Indonesia and Samoa. The most expensive countries that I have been to are French Polynesia, the Maldives and the Seychelles. I found that staying in backpackers hostels in Australia and New Zealand made these countries reasonably cheap to travel around. I have heard that Thailand, the Philippines, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and India are cheap countries. I love to travel overseas at least once a year. Travel is my top hobby so giving up on traveling because of high prices and extra fuel surcharges isn't something that I can do. I will plan a holiday for 2009 and currently I am trying to decide where to go. I thought about Canada in May or South Africa in November. There are cheaper destinations but I have to consider my toddler son. He will be 2 years old in May 2009. Decisions...

Yes, you are right. Prices are going up. I had been planning to visit countries in South America for quite some time now. I have been to many countries around the world, but never been to South American countries. I hope I can make it this time, may be to Brazil, Argentina, Chile.

I'm from the Philippines so I'd love to visit nearby Asian countries. I might go to Canada this year to visit friends and relatives. But I'd love to see Singapore, Japan, and Korea. I'm holding off Japan for now because I heard that everything there is so expensive. I can't even speak Japanese so it might not be a good time to go. But Singapore is definitely on my list of cities to visit. Outside of Asia, I want to go to New York, LA, Greece, and Paris.

I am very happy to say that I bought my ticket to Sweden a few weeks ago, I will be staying with my boyfriend for a month (December 6th- January 4th) on his family's island, where they have a guest house that we will stay in! I am sooo excited to see it all, he lives out outside of the capitol city, Stockholm, so he just takes a boat into the city every few days, his car is of course parked on the mainland haha. Not only will I see Sweden, we will also take a trip to Barcelona Spain and also Berlin Germany. I am saving all the money I can make so I will have the time of my life. It will be great to spend the holidays in Sweden and experience the great traditions. I will be present in Sweden with their advent days, St. Lucia Day, Christmas, and New Years! I will take so many pictures! Sometimes we just have to put our home life on hold and escape. Happy mylotting and happy future travels, have a great day/night also!