What's the best holiday destination in 2020 ?

Wow, Tierra del Fuego! Sounds like a cool trip, except possibly for the Colombia part. I don't know enough about the geography and politics but when I hear Colombia, I think of drug cartels and kidnappers.

I am at a business conference and writing this from a hotel on the harbor in San Diego. Hard not to recommend this place as a great vacation spot.

 

Many years ago I stayed at the Best Western Harbor Island hotel in San Diego. At least that is what I think it was called, if my memory serves me correctly.

 

Wow, you really need to find better balanced news sources. In a country of 330 million people (or so) you can find any outlier news story about anything. That said, there are nasty places in just about any country, including the U.S., that tourists should avoid. I wonder if there's an app or website for that???

I am not aware of a Harbor Island; perhaps it was the BW on Coronado Island? Or perhaps it was the Mission Bay BW? Quite a few BW's here, of course. Many years ago, I stayed at the BW on Hotel Circle which is a few miles from the harbor.

 

As I said it was many years ago and it was not me that booked the room. We were all under the influence after celebrating due to scoring a big new account. It was dark and seeing as it was paid for by the company, I never really paid much attention to the name of the place. I was picked up next morning by a company car and never even checked out. So yes, I might have the name wrong.

 

No matter, you were in a great place. I have a rule of life: "If you can touch a palm tree, you are in a good place because they simply do not live in nasty climates."

 

Well, that and travel advisories from the government. Any country with large urban centers is likely to have drugs, crime, kidnappings, etc. I suppose the US is on the NZ no travel list due to security concerns?

My point is that it is important is to know what regions you can and can't go, especially with a country that has a drugs as a major part of its economy. I wonder if there is an app for that?

 

LOL, looks like we can visit you, however:

Travel Advisory
November 21, 2019
New Zealand - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions

 

Azores islands

 

Great, but not cheap from Europe

 

For me, the motorhome is the safest way to go on vacation.

 

I am 35-40 minutes from Daytona Beach (by car). Why would I crave any other destination when the whole world wants to come here? Right there on the beach there's the famous Joe's Crab Shack. Sitting outside, eating crab legs, soaking up the Florida sun... that's what I call VACATION. People force themselves into tin cans called cruise ships or worse fly over to Europe so that they could stand for hours in line to some museum... That's not a vacation, that's a trap.

 

LOL, exactly right. I suppose I could say the same thing being in "Rhode Island, the Ocean State." Be sure to post a photo on my foodie thread the next time you are at Joe's Crab Shack!

 

(I realized that I forgot to comment on this part of your post.) I get really seasick very easily, so it never has and never will be something that I do (take a cruise.) But why would anyone, in 2020, get on a cruise ship and possibly be faced with being trapped at sea or in port for an extended quarantine period, etc.? I think that the cruise ship industry is in real trouble.

 

I've been going to Greece for years now, great cuisine and guest treatment Highly recommend

 

Or they turn into a pumpkin? What is that law all about? Admittedly, I know next nothing about international biking, but never heard of this.