Winter break trip ideas for November and December.
We spent Christmas in Egypt — 9 hectic days covering Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Luxor with a group of 19 family and friends, with our family of three splitting off at the end for the Red Sea in Sharm el-Sheikh. Our checked luggage never arrived after a missed connection at Heathrow,
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Travel Month – December Why the Bahamas? Planning a Nassau and Grand Bahama itinerary? Here’s exactly how we did it — three families, seven days, and zero regrets. Four days exploring Nassau, Bahamas — beaches, Atlantis, the Straw Market, and the best local food shacks you’ve never heard of — followed by three days of
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Four days in Iceland in November gave us the Golden Circle, the South Coast waterfalls, glacier lagoons, and Northern Lights — with almost no crowds. We spent about $7,500 for 4 adults and 2 kids plus our guide’s accommodation (excluding flights and meals), most of it on a private 3-day superjeep tour. Here’s the full
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Sun, sea, shipwrecks, and a few surprises — here’s what five days on One Happy Island actually looks like. Travel Date – November 2025 Planning 5 days in Aruba? You’ve chosen one of the most reliably beautiful islands in the entire Caribbean — and as a family that has island-hopped across the Caribbean from Turks and
How should you spend 14 days in Australia with kids? Our route covers Melbourne, Phillip Island’s Penguin Parade, the Great Ocean Road, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef, and Sydney. We went in December — summer and peak season — drove on the left, and booked reef tours and the Kangaroo Island
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Travel Month – December Pura Vida (Pure life) Awaits: Why Costa Rica Should Be Your Next Adventure If you’ve ever dreamed of waking up to howler monkeys, watching a volcano emerge through the morning mist, or surfing golden Pacific waves before breakfast — Costa Rica is calling your name. In December 2023, our family of
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We spent 10 days in Turkey in November as a family of three — 4 days in Istanbul’s old town (Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Basilica Cistern and the Grand Bazaar), then 3 days in Cappadocia based in a cave hotel in Uçhisar for the Göreme Open-Air Museum and Derinkuyu Underground City
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