2021 Travel Plans

[blackcat20]

We’ve added a long weekend in Broadbeach in June to our plans, hopefully to show off new bub to family members.
Port Douglas in August, the closest replacement we could get to a relaxing Hawaii vacation.

 

[Matt_01]

I am starting to think that my 2021 travel plans are going to be limited to planning in 2021 for travel in 2022. EK have cancelled our CHC-SYD flights so our trip to NZ is likely to drop off the radar.

 

[drron]

We still have SQ awards to Bangkok in August.If the Singapore bubble does eventuate by July then it may become just a week or so in Singapore.

Otherwise I am not confident of any OS travel.

 

[chelzmalee]

Added an Easter trip to Port Macquarie. Decided to pay an exorbitant amount of QF pts to fly OAG-PQQ return. I have a friend that lives there so it's time to visit - really looking forward to it. I don't think I've ever actually been, so it'll be fun.

Not keen on planning for anything too far North just yet, borders are just too volatile for my liking.

 

[Flashback]

With Qatar joining UAE on the UKs red list that dampens my hope of travel. With infections rising in continental Europe that presents challenges too. Shame, as I'll be fully vaccinated by late May now.

Prices in the UK are horrendous....

 

[love_the_life]

Had a few days in Melbourne just after Christmas (and got out just before the situation worsened) then had another few days on the Gold Coast as my daughter wanted to get away for a bit. No problems with either of those trips.
Have a booking for Tasmania in late May/early June. A couple of nights at Saffire Freycinet, so hoping things stay calm.

 

[rbjhan]

I don't think it will actually happen, but booked a Nov 2021 trip to Japan nonetheless.
In fact, I've made several Japan itineraries - one for each season. Once I can I will be off!

 

[mrsterryn]

Currently our only trip , still , is the UK one in late November.
Rather weird to not have a few trips being pondered..

 

[Seat0B]

I just took a trip to Coolangatta to see family in March, and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. I think that experience and the recently announced Qantas DSC promotion might tempt me to make a few more bookings.

 

[oznflfan]

Would love do do slow boat along Mekong into Laos anytime soon, alas COVID and holding out for post jab border opening in 2022, gonna book this for mid March, pretty much exactly 2 year to the day of border shutdown. I give this a 45% of happening..................................

 

[RooFlyer]

Would love do do slow boat along Mekong into Laos anytime soon,

Like this one? Would definitely recommend it. (Photos suffered when they changed the forum software a while back).

Cruise on the Mekong River, Laos

I'm not sure about recounting old trips here, but a comment made on another thread reminded me of this part of a month long trip through SE Asia I did 2 years ago. That's far too long to do here, so I thought I'd just recount the Mekong Cruise part, which stands out as one of the best things I...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[oznflfan]

Like this one? Would definitely recommend it. (Photos suffered when they changed the forum software a while back).

Cruise on the Mekong River, Laos

I'm not sure about recounting old trips here, but a comment made on another thread reminded me of this part of a month long trip through SE Asia I did 2 years ago. That's far too long to do here, so I thought I'd just recount the Mekong Cruise part, which stands out as one of the best things I...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

That looks really nice. I'd do something more budget oriented. 2 day cruise from northern Laos into Luang Prabang and a week there. Try and keep my cost somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500 ex Australia including QFF flights.

 

[Flashback]

That looks really nice. I'd do something more budget oriented. 2 day cruise from northern Laos into Luang Prabang and a week there. Try and keep my cost somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500 ex Australia including QFF flights.

I can try dig out details from the one we did, leaves Northern Thailand, transports you over the border and off you go. Very keenly priced too.

 

[Tiki]

Well we now have Norfolk Island next month thanks to QF taking the route from NZ and award availability via Avios.

I am getting nervous about the Princess cruise to PNG in late Nov. I think most adults would be vaccinated and the ports are in in low-population areas so I can see this being done Covid safe with Australian only pax.

 

[oznflfan]

I can try dig out details from the one we did, leaves Northern Thailand, transports you over the border and off you go. Very keenly priced too.

Cool, seen a few video's on Youtube, around US$150-$200 for the two days as I see it. Still unknown if A) Australian government will let me out, B) Thai government will let me in, C) Laos government will let me in, and D) Australian government will let me back in with no quarantine.

Thinking March, but that's more the earliest time I feel this could happen, not when I need to. Could do mid year as well.

Suspect by Christmas 2021 is the earliest we will really know what month of 2022 we can start travel, and countries we can or can't visit.

 

[Lord_Lenny]

We were meant to be counting the weeks until our trip around the UK to show off the new bub to the Scottish family, but that obviously got downgraded a while ago. Current 2021 plans are limited to a solitary Tasmania trip in May before Lady Lenny finishes maternity leave.

Future travel is looking depressing now too. COVID obviously torpedoed my industry (International Education) so much so that I took an (involuntary) redundancy and have ended up in a role that has no travel opportunities, barring maybe the very occasional trip up to BNE or down to MEL to supervise an exam. So I'm mournfully contemplating a loss of status once the VA extension (and baby pause) expires.

Hopefully I can get back into something slightly International Education related (or Student Mobility and Exchange) so there is at least a vague hope of some paid travelling in my future. Future plans have obviously taken a hit with the newborn anyway, but we are determined that she picks up the travel bug her mum and dad have so we are refocussing our plans away from 2-3 weeks in Europe every year (or pretty much).

Our thoughts now are 1 big trip on her 5th/10th/15th birthdays (and probably a final one on her 18th) likely to be Europe or USA, and then fill in the other years with a shorter trip up to Asia or NZ/Pacific Islands. But that will all depend on our financial situation going forward, Lady Lenny will be going back to a promotion, but I took a significant pay cut when I left International Education.

Turns out that at least for the Lenny's COVID has been a hell of a disruption (but obviously far less than a lot of people, we both still have a job and we're certainly not in danger of starving/losing the house etc.)

 

[drron]

Well it looks like our WA trip may completely fall over with the Byron Bay antics.

The next trip on for 2021 was to be an August trip to SIN and BKK.Well the BKK portion is obviously a no go and postponed until April 2022.
Singapore however is still on the agenda with talk of a bubble by July.We'll see.

Only 1 other 2021 trip organised.A trip on the Indian Pacific with the family to arrive in Perth on Christmas Day.Hopefully all the border shenanigans will be over by then.

 

[Seat0B]

Our thoughts now are 1 big trip on her 5th/10th/15th birthdays (and probably a final one on her 18th) likely to be Europe or USA, and then fill in the other years with a shorter trip up to Asia or NZ/Pacific Islands. But that will all depend on our financial situation going forward, Lady Lenny will be going back to a promotion, but I took a significant pay cut when I left International Education.

The Seat children are now into their 30s and since they were about 25 or so were very happy to join an overseas holiday with their parents, especially if we sweetened it with points tickets or paid for accommodation. It's a delight to travel with your adult children, so I wish this for you when your little one moves past her 18th towards the more mature years of young adulthood.

 

[Seat0B]

I bit the bullet on the DSC offer and booked a single trip CBR-OOL return in mid/late June to see family there. I hope it goes ahead. Honestly, booking anything and making any travel plans at the moment is just so much of a coughshoot that I'm not sure how many more plans I will make. Looks like 2021 will be (another) year of staying home and making short local area road trips only. It's sad.

 

[Flashback]

I've bitten the bullet and booked a car plus all the self catering accommodation I could find for a much needed week away in April, a day after things start to open up. That first day is reserved for a haircut! Been in lockdown since December so looking forward to getting out of the house and a supermarket not being the highlight of my week