What is your ideal Holiday?

After a few hectic months working hard I look forward to a nice holiday. My ideal dream is that I will spend all day lying on a sun lounger with a nice cool drink at my side and a good book, doing absolutely nothing except relax. The plan is to lie in the warmth, under a sun umbrella of course, and just spend at least a week in the sunny weather, unwinding and recharging. That is the dream - before I go. The reality is that after the first morning, when I can't wait to get onto that sun lounger, I become bored! A good book is okay, but I want to go off and explore the surroundings, not just spend all the time sitting by the pool or on the beach. ...

I love going on holiday but then don’t we all? There’s nothing better than getting away from the stresses and strains of work (or studies if you are a student) and all of those other commitments that weigh us down from day to day. Over the years I’ve had some great holidays. The ones that stick out the most would be visiting Florida twice and a truly awesome week in New York. I suppose the question of what makes an ideal holiday was crystallized by recent experiences only this year. I’ve not long returned from a long weekend in Dublin and I’m about to depart for a week in Wales with the family. These two experiences simply couldn’t be any more different and it’s an ...

I have only been abroad once in my 22 years (If you don't count Wales as being abroad), when I was 18 months old I went to Portugal, I of course don't remember anything of it but I have had some good holidays in England in a variety of places like Sandy Bay, Butlins and campsites like Merley Court and also in the New Forest and Forest of Deane. I am however itching to go abroad but have never got around to getting a passport and have had arguments with friends about holidays. One friend only got his passport from Newport a couple of days before he went abroad with another mate of mine and they said that they had booked it and if I wanted to go then I had to ...