2025 travel plans

[AIRwin]

A number of we AFFers have used a driver and Tour person ‘Lucky’ with good results. Can also suggest good accommodations etc.

Not sure if he is still in business, but if it’s of interest I’d search Lucky and Sri Lanka here and see what the most recent hit is.

Most recent post I found:
Post in thread 'Sri Lanka 2023-Back in Lucky's Country' Sri Lanka 2023-Back in Lucky's Country

 

[RooFlyer]

Ah yes, and @RB often keeps in touch with people like Lucky

 

[Flyerwin]

Just booked Classic Rewards Plus trip to Japan in September. Used up a lot of points but only costs $1k overall for the whole family.

 

[mx838383]

2025 plans
- March: Sydney for work
- April: cairns for a week over Easter
- September : Taiwan, HK and Japan for 3 weeks holiday with the family and flying J with CI, JAL and Qantas

 

[oznflfan]

April - Adelaide - son driving V8 for 21st birthday, then Top Fuelers at Tailem Bend.
June-July - London, Cairo, Paris with 16 year old daughter.

 

[RB]

This one slipped me by...... current bookings for 2025 are:

• Jan - finishing off Christmas in Lake Tahoe trip and arriving in Spain (was cheaper to end there) on NYE, then off on a road trip for a few days
• Jan - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay (IYKYK)
• Feb/Mar - Perth (and the far surrounds)
• April - Georgia
• May/Jun - Sri Lanka
• August - Greenland (expedition cruise)

Plans to be nutted out still for Georgia and Sri Lanka, thinking of maybe hiring a car in Sri Lanka and road tripping but need to see how viable that is.

You certainly can drive yourself around Sri Lanka (many hire a tuk tuk) but it wouldn't be my choice of travel. Lucky is still operating and is an excellent driver, guide & converationalist. You don't have to lock yourself into hiring him for your total holiday eg have tour & get get dropped at a beach location & make your own way back to Colombo (very easy to organise a casual driver). Happy to put you in contact with him if you want his details.

 

[Katie]

Jan: Crash Mr Katie's annual boy's trip in ADL, but only for the weekend
Mar: W/end with Mr Katie in AL for AFF dinner
May: Usually have a conference in the US, but not sure it'll be held next year
July/August: Europe, going on a 7 day Rhine cruise with my Mum from AMS to Basel. Knitting theme. Yet to arrange everything other than the cruise. Probably a couple of days in Essen after the cruise.
Oct: expect a trip to the US or maybe Germany in Nov for a conference

At some point a nice trip with Mr Katie to celebrate 25 years of being hitched.

 

[jordyp123]

Hi everyone,

Seems like you all have some lovely trips booked.

I have booked my first family holiday in July. Taking my 11 month old twin boys!
MEL-SYD for 1 night repositioning
SYD-SIN in Suites/F (so excited for this!)
SIN-PEN in J
PEN-KL in J
KL-SIN in J
SIN-MEL in F

I might do a trip report

 

[RooFlyer]

Hi everyone,

Seems like you all have some lovely trips booked.

I have booked my first family holiday in July. Taking my 11 month old twin boys!
MEL-SYD for 1 night repositioning
SYD-SIN in Suites/F (so excited for this!)
SIN-PEN in J
PEN-KL in J
KL-SIN in J
SIN-MEL in F

I might do a trip report

Way to go! Of course the boys can very easily get used to that style of travelling

 

[Flyfrequently]

Hi everyone,

Seems like you all have some lovely trips booked.

I have booked my first family holiday in July. Taking my 11 month old twin boys!
MEL-SYD for 1 night repositioning
SYD-SIN in Suites/F (so excited for this!)
SIN-PEN in J
PEN-KL in J
KL-SIN in J
SIN-MEL in F

I might do a trip report

You  must do a TR @jordyp123!
With twin boys in tow, am sure you will have much to add to this forum!
Happy travels

 

[AIRwin]

Hi everyone,

Seems like you all have some lovely trips booked.

I have booked my first family holiday in July. Taking my 11 month old twin boys!
MEL-SYD for 1 night repositioning
SYD-SIN in Suites/F (so excited for this!)
SIN-PEN in J
PEN-KL in J
KL-SIN in J
SIN-MEL in F

I might do a trip report

Taking the twins to the Twin Towers?

 

[jordyp123]

Taking the twins to the Twin Towers?

We actually stay at Sunway Resort Hotel. We love it there. Maybe I’ll have to see if the Mrs wants a few nights at the W so we can get our photo op

 

[Bindibuys]

Jan - AFF cruise Syd-Hba-Syd
Aug - 4 nights Hamilton Island (anniversary trip)
Sept - Dec, Italy, Malta, 14 night cruise, Spain, UK, Poland, Czechia, Germany, Iceland, Morocco, Egypt, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Hong Kong.
Home in time for Christmas.

 

[WilsonM]

Jan: all Asia - doing Korea and Japan till mid-Jan with one group of mates, then Vietnam, Cambodia (briefly) and Thailand with different mates.

Feb: US and Canada - Banff for a week to ski is the major part, then off to Austria and Switzerland also to ski (happy for any recommendations in Switzerland - am going to Innsbruck already, but want to do some more in Switzerland proper).

Late July-Early September - Europe again, but might try and fit in Oman or something around Georgia/Azerbaijan. Not locked in there.

Much calmer year re. travel in 2025, for better or for worse.

 

[tmdl]

Hi everyone,

Seems like you all have some lovely trips booked.

I have booked my first family holiday in July. Taking my 11 month old twin boys!
MEL-SYD for 1 night repositioning
SYD-SIN in Suites/F (so excited for this!)
SIN-PEN in J
PEN-KL in J
KL-SIN in J
SIN-MEL in F

I might do a trip report

Is your SIN-MEL flight with SQ?

 

[OATEK]

Our trips have been family focussed since Covid, with an occasional side venture. Planning for UK in May/June 2025, 5 weeks, with a family get away to the South Coast for a week in there somewhere. Much of the rest of the time in and around London with the usual side-trip to catch up with family in Manchester.

 

[Kctoo]

Love reading about everyone's plans

Our biggest trip is 6 weeks to celebrate a milestone wedding anniversary starting end of January.

Thanks to my stash of VFF and QFF flying mostly J except for the two legs home in F.
BNE EBB via DOH
EBB KXO
KXO EBB
EBB EDI via AMS
Travel by train
EDB KGX
SPX ASD
ASD BER
BER WRO
WRO GDN
flying again
GDN OSL
OSL LYR
LYR DXB
DXB BNE

Not much flying planned after this, apart from a trip to MEL to see Oasis in Oct

 

[jordyp123]

Is your SIN-MEL flight with SQ?

Nope with VA or QF. Just need to book it. I’ve booked everything else. I’d love an A350 between MEL-SYD.

Is your SIN-MEL flight with SQ?

VA. Qantas points are impossible to use

 

[ols]

To Doha 22nd Feb.
Nice (south of France) 1st March
Finland/Lapland 6th March
Iceland 13th March
Rome 21st March
Penang 27th March
Home 5th April

Now Doha 21st Feb in F

A few days in Dubai and stay at Burj Al Arab then back to Doha and then the rest of the itinerary

 

[tmdl]

Nope with VA or QF. Just need to book it. I’ve booked everything else. I’d love an A350 between MEL-SYD.

VA. Qantas points are impossible to use

but from what I saw SIN-MEL in F cannot be booked with VA points as SQ only allows for J redemptions as the highest?