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

[PumpkinZulu]

Just nutting a few things out. DH and I have never been on a proper holiday. We'd love to go with DD before bubs arrives. We'd like to go somewhere beachy, family friendly and cheapish, so Thailand, Bali etc. my Internet is terrible right now otherwise I'd be looking at prices myself. We'd want to go for around 7 days, nothing fancy room wise but in a family friendly resort. Around how much did you pay all up for a holiday like this, including food, spending, flights etc?

[Phteven]

Can't remember but Yay!!! Thailand is awesome.
DS2 still talks about the elephant he met.

[Melbournemumma]

Thailand is quite a long flight so keep that in mind. We did Fiji a few years ago for our honeymoon and that was $5000 all up in a pretty fancy room, but they had cheaper rooms too. Flight was short so that was helpful. We are going to the Gold Coast in September as that was cheap. If you want to PM me dates I'll have a look for you. I'm at work and pretty bored Would love to help research a holiday

[PumpkinZulu]

$5000 would be our absolute max all up. We were thinking early September or late August. DD will be about 25 months. Good point on the flight length, plus I'm deathly scared of flying (which I'll need to get over cos I'm not letting that stop me!). Oooh didn't even think about Fiji!

[LuluHB]

We did Club Med on Bintan Island September 2010 and it was fantastic - definitely much better for everyone choosing a resort that specifically caters for kids. We got one of their deals, which they seem to have frequently - just check their website. Kids under 4 stay free in a connecting room. I think we paid about $1800 for 6 days, which includes absolutely everything including some alcohol. Flights were FF points so can't help with that. It would be a long flight for you guys from east coast, so maybe look at their Queensland resort.

Fiji is great too, and they seem to have a lot of kid friendly resorts. We stayed for our honeymoon at an adults only resort so can't help with specifics.

ETA: just did a quick search on Club Med. 7 nights for the three of you, all inclusive (kids club extra) for first week of September will cost:
Thailand $2,418
Bintan (technically Indonesia but you take the ferry from Singapore) $3,260
Bali $2,840

Can't find the Qld one so maybe renos or something.

You can get flights through CM for about $2,000 but probably better deals out there

HTH

[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!

[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]

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).

[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

[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?

[Lenny]

When are you thinking PZ? Dd isn't 2 yet is she?
I was chatting to a friend about it the other day and she raves about Fiji. Very child friendly and safe with reasonable prices. Apparently.
You can get pregnancy travel cover, but if you went into labour and birthed abroad, this new little person is not covered by insurance so your hospital stay would be covered - but not theirs.

[Phteven]

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