How much did you pay for a holiday to Thailand or similar?

[Melbournemumma]

You could definately do Fiji or Vanuatu for that. our $5000 was in a beachfront spa room so dearest room, but it included all of our meals as well.

[Phteven]

From memory up to October is the wet/monsoon season in Thailand.
It's still lovely but expect rain.

[sangie]

You could easily do Thailand, Fiji, Vanuatu for that money. We went to Bali in March and spent half that amount for 4 of us for 8 nights (and we stayed in a 2 bed apartment in a 4.5 star resort).
Queenland has some lovely spots if you are worried about flying for too long!

[LuluHB]

You could easily do Thailand, Fiji, Vanuatu for that money. We went to Bali in March and spent half that amount for 4 of us for 8 nights (and we stayed in a 2 bed apartment in a 4.5 star resort).
Queenland has some lovely spots if you are worried about flying for too long!

where did you go again lovely?

[Freya]

DD would be an airfare if she is 24mths or older, just something to think about.

[meow]

Flying international you have to budget in passports and travel insurance which can be a fair whack (I'm assuming you dont' already have passports though)... and the fact that you can't get travel insurance to cover pregnancy. So Queensland may be a better deal?

[Phteven]

New Zealand has a reciprocal health agreement although there would be out of pocket charges. And it's lovely.
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[sangie]

where did you go again lovely?

Novotel Nusa Dua!

[Miss_Dee]

Queensland Club Med is no longer. Only a very recent thing though.

DF and I spent 5 days in Singapore and 11 in Bali. Cost us about $10,000 all up but that included quite a bit of spending money and 'sightseeing' stuff, as well as tickets to the Singapore GP so could definitely be done cheaper.

If you head to Bali I'd recommend somewhere other than Kuta. I only spent 6 hours there before our flight home but hated every second of it. We stayed in Ubud up in the mountains, but there's plenty of other beachy places in Bali that are gorgeous.

[Sopdet]

Wherever you go a couple of things to take into consideration.

1. travel insurance & what they cover since you're pregnant
2. airline restrictions on pregnant women flying
3. is your DH prepared to have Miss I sitting on his lap the whole time since you'll have belly

[Melbournemumma]

I had a look and found 6 nights in Fiji with all meals and flights for $3419 that was leaving on the 1st of September.

[LionsandBears]

I had a look and found 6 nights in Fiji with all meals and flights for $3419 that was leaving on the 1st of September.

Tempting.... Oh wait, this isn't my thread

[LionsandBears]

If choosing between Thailand etc and a South Pacific island, I'd choose the South Pacific. So warm and friendly and relaxed. Maybe not as many historical things to see, but if you just want to chill out, then it's perfect. Lie on a beach, go snorkelling, eat, drink, lie in a hammock with a drink., lie in the pool with a drink..... If you want history, temples etc, then South East Asia has more of that but they also have more people, traffic and ways to get ripped off.

Fiji and Vanuatu etc also have no death penalty, which I always think is a bonus (but then I'm a paranoid traveller).