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Paris - including Disneyland(for the 10 year old), it used to be fairly cheap staying at the resort hotels(eurostar is fairly comfortable).
Cornwall - stunning views, walks, self catering, the sea and you don't have to travel abroad(i.e. no easyjet etc).
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Did Disneyland a number of years ago, took the car on the Eurostar and drove the rest of the way (in a car that needed several litres of oil to get there and back and had a boot that wouldn't lock).
Go to Cornwall every year with my family, stopping at the Retallack Resort[^] in July of this year.
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You could try the US, California - do you know the way to San Jose?
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chriselst wrote: Where would you go on holiday with my wife and a 10 year old girl?
I appreciate the offer, but isn't taking them on vacation your duty? 
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Yeah, but a couple of weeks at home on my own would be far, far, far more restful.
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Stole that joke from Henny Youngman eh? 
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I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Roll play[^]?
Didn't hint at the budget - but Tenereife is a must if you haven't done it. Plenty to do for the little one.
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Deliberately didn't put a budget, or any other criteria cos wanted to see what people would recommend without that.
Went to Lanzarote a couple of years ago, only proper foreign holiday we've been on just the three of us. Did go to Tenerife when I was a kid with my mum, dad and brother and the Canaries are certainly somewhere I'd always consider.
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Tenerife is the best for the kids - Dolphin trips, pirate boats, bays with inflatables, two great water parks, animal parks, camel rides etc. and of course being the Canaries you can guarantee the weather.
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Role a dice
Iceland maybe? Nice walks and views and ponys to look at and ride on for your girl.
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Sascha Lefévre wrote: Role a dice
I Tried that - but couldn't find :: on a map.
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I'd certainly like to go to Iceland, and my daughter would love the pony riding, think my wife would complain at something so Northern though. Plus she works for a company called Iceland.
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Dunno - where are you going?
Clearly, it would be polite for the three of us to avoid going there as well... 
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Staycation - Its got everything you need, its cheap and you don't have to write-off the first and last days travelling. Do I get my commission now.
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Bugger that. I've just had a three day weekend at home and had to do so much stuff I've gone back to work for a rest.
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OK then what about a canal holiday? Not cheap but we really enjoyed the 2 weeks spent on the Cheshire ring a couple of years ago.
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Mauritius. Beautiful island nation, great weather at all time, and a look at some other cultures.
Plus, you'll cross the Equator twice. **
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Ha, good suggestion, I'd literally just hit search after selecting Mauritius on a website and was waiting for the results when your email notification turned up.
I know nothing about the place, right know couldn't even say where in the world it is (I'm sure I knew once upon a time).
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In the Indian Ocean, off South Africa, beyond Madagascar.
Seychelles is yet another option.
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My predictabuble offering is Balatonfüred. Actually, if you have a car available there are a lot of nice places around to visit as well as just lounging on the very nice beaches. They have a wine festival in the first three weeks of August.
Did I mention the wine fair? It lasts for the first three weeks of August and there are normally 20-30 local produces in competition. Each has a stall and you can taste their wines. I have once managed over the festival to taste wine from every producer, but never every wine on offer.
For the parents there is also a wine festival in the first three weeks of August. It is in walking distance from my house and I normally can make it home too.
veni bibi saltavi
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I didn't know there was such a thing a gin wine, you could have knocked me down with a feather (and you too I suspect ).
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If you can go in the "high-season" months, late October through early January when the weather is bearable, I recommend (naturally) Thailand.
Particularly, I would recommend Chiang Mai, the heart of the northern Thai area once the ancient kingdom of Lanna, during the time of the lunar festival, Loy Krathong, famed the world over for skies full of floating flame-powered lanterns and throngs down at the river placing their small floating offerings of geometric arrangements of leaves and flowers, with candles and incense, offered with a silent prayer to the Mae Naam (literally "Mother of the Waters").
Loy Krathong this year is November 24~26. A time of parades, beauty-contests, and great merriment [^].
Of course, while you're in the "Land of Smiles" you can enjoy the tropical beaches of the south, go crazy shopping in Bangkok, etc. Stay in a hotel here for US $60 per night that would cost you US$ 200 and up elsewhere in the world. Treat yourself to the ancient type of Thai massage called "nuwat boran" for a fraction of the cost of a professional massage in the "west."
Eat great Thai food, ride elephants, experience the very unique multi-culture of a country never colonized by the "western powers" ... yada ... yada ... yada.
cheers, Bill
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BillWoodruff wrote: If you can go in the "high-season" months, late October through early January when the weather is bearable,
Fairly flexible, although kind of stuck to school holidays unless something happens on Thursday to revert the blanket ban on children having holidays during term time with hefty fines for taking your kids out of school that the last lot introduced.
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I should say that my comments reflect my own aversion to hot weather, and, as a child having been dragged away from my books, chemistry set, electronics' kits, etc., to go the beach (Florida) too often, I am not a "beach person."
Lots of people from England, Europe, etc. come to Thailand to enjoy the fierce sunshine and hotter weather in the hotter months of the year, and enjoy the famous tropical beaches.
Many people, like me, really enjoy the real rainy season here (roughly from June through August).
cheers, Bill
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chriselst wrote: Where would you go on holiday with my wife and a 10 year old girl?
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