2013 Travel plans

[bonniejoy03]

Where are you planning to go for 2013? Europe? South America? US? Canada? Any travel trends? We are heading back to Greece and the Caribbean.

[omegaet]

We rescheduled Ka"ana in Belize to January, in hopes American Airlines will sort out some of their issues.

As for the remainder of 2013....too far out to nail down any thing (also want to wait and see what the variety of Luxury Link offerings might be).

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So far - Nicaragua for 2 weeks in March 2013 - still looking for something for later in 2013 - maybe November.

I have been checking out LL offerings but nothing really calling to me yet. I do have 3 certs to use so I need to find something ;-)

[thepiranha]

I'm planning a three or four week trip to South America in May with my son. I was in Chile and Mendoza, Argentina last year, so I'm looking to go somewhere else. As of now, I'm thinking about Ecuador and Peru. Brazil is also a possibility.

[jmbklj]

Hawaii in February for two weeks and after that, I'm not sure yet. I am also looking forward to seeing what LL properties there will be with 2013 availability dates. I wonder when will we see more 2013 dates?

[danielboldea]

We will be starting off with Malta in January and escaping winter somewhere in the Caribbean. St.Lucia?

I too, will wait and say what Luxury Link will entice us with in the near future!

Might be time to start planning our first trip to South America. I will be asking all of you experienced SA travelers plenty of questions in future posts.

[bonniejoy03]

Sounds like a lot of great plans. I have had a great 2012-Argentina, Greece, Virgin Gorda and then heading back to Argentina in December. I am looking forward to 2013 with our first trip to the Galapagos. WEO! I also hope LL keeps adding more 2013 properties. (please ll-add Greece properties sooner than later!!)

[LL_Travelfan]

We are fully booked for 2013, but still looking for more...
We start out in early Jan. with a stay in Honolulu and a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands and then on to the Polynesian Islands, Bora Bora, Morea and Tahiti. We will spend extra time in Tahiti as well. In late Jan. we fly off to Southern Germany for a week of skiing in the Stubai Valley (Austria) and then the Garmisch area for 5 weeks for some cross-country skiing. In May we are off on another cruise from Vancouver to Alaska (still looking at Vancouver LL offerings before the cruise in May.) In June, we fly back to Germany only to embark on a trip to Sicily (Malta, Aeolian Islands, Ragusa and maybe Toarmina, all LL packages). In August we will have short return visits to Frankfurt, London and Paris to see friends. In Sept. we are returning to Kandersteg, Zermatt and Sass-Almalgel, and in Oct./Nov. we are trying to put a trip together with niece and friends for an African Safari.
I tried to sneak in a Feb. 8 day cruise to Egypt and the red sea, visiting Luxor and Petra, but husband barked and said no more.....

[danielboldea]

We are fully booked for 2013, but still looking for more...
We start out in early Jan. with a stay in Honolulu and a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands and then on to the Polynesian Islands, Bora Bora, Morea and Tahiti. We will spend extra time in Tahiti as well. In late Jan. we fly off to Southern Germany for a week of skiing in the Stubai Valley (Austria) and then the Garmisch area for 5 weeks for some cross-country skiing. In May we are off on another cruise from Vancouver to Alaska (still looking at Vancouver LL offerings before the cruise in May.) In June, we fly back to Germany only to embark on a trip to Sicily (Malta, Aeolian Islands, Ragusa and maybe Toarmina, all LL packages). In August we will have short return visits to Frankfurt, London and Paris to see friends. In Sept. we are returning to Kandersteg, Zermatt and Sass-Almalgel, and in Oct./Nov. we are trying to put a trip together with niece and friends for an African Safari.
I tried to sneak in a Feb. 8 day cruise to Egypt and the red sea, visiting Luxor and Petra, but husband barked and said no more.....

Sounds like you have given 2013 travel more thought than all of us!

If you do make it to Taormina, I would suggest you book a tour of Mt.Etna ahead of time.

Petra is amazing! I would return in a heartbeat. Maybe you can add this one to the 2014 list.

[kyshel]

We have an auction I got for Igaucu Falls, Brazil; no date set. It expires midyear.
I also have a recent purchase that suddenly no longer had availability--Bangkok was suppoed to be now! (we're in Singapore instead) They sold out of all suites in the 2 days I was bidding. I couldn't get the downgrade, SO, that will be sometime 2013. Boss will be flying to Asia all next year, so who knows? I plan to get to Beijing and Shanghai on his trips once I get the China visa.
Currently, there is a moratorium imposed on leisure travel (not my choice--haha) Probably a good idea, but I have one LL VIP certificate burning a hole in my GC treasure chest.