Happy Kuoni Holidays!

Christmas has just left us for another year, and the one thing I didn't get in my stocking this year that I would have loved (although I most certainly did not expect to get one) was one of the Kuoni holidays. There's something that would make a lovely gift any time of the year; a holiday to an exotic location, someplace faraway and exciting, new and fresh and beautiful (and hopefully with a temperate climate; I hate feeling the muggy heat of a humid climate, and I don't especially care to be cold either). But with one of the Kuoni holidays you can choose your own location or locations, set your own unique travel plans, and that is something that I've always thought would be really cool; a vacation that is totally and one hundred percent me. After all, who could plan your Kuoni holidays for you better than you could?

I would plan my Kuoni holidays to someplace tropical, but not too warm or humid (see above). Ideally I'd like to visit multiple locations, but stay at each of them 2-4 weeks. That would be one serious holiday! But that's my idea of a real holiday; one that stretches for longer than a few days or a week. I'd like to spend most of my time on my Kuoni holidays on the beach, or at least outside somewhere, and in a fairly private location. Nothing screams poorly planned holiday more than an overpopulated beach, in my opinion.

I don't like the idea of Kuoni holidays that are spent just touristing (yes, it's a word I just made up for a reality we've all seen or experienced). But on the other hand, the holidays spent entirely in a hotel or in the hotel pool are as much of a waste of a lovely opportunity. You could stay in a hotel in your own city, or at least your own country, for crying out loud. Why spend all of this time and money getting out of the country if you're going to live just exactly as if you were still there? Why visit a non-Western culture if you are going to stick purely to the most Westerly aspects of their culture? No, make your holidays the best holidays by experiencing the differences. Take your Kuoni holidays and turn them into adventures of a lifetime. Do things you wouldn't do, like spend a whole day reading on a beach, or riding a bicycle around the entire island, or trying to learn basic sentences in their language (assuming you are in a non-English speaking country). Turn it into an event to remember for the whole family.

Or, the other good fallback for me, turn it into a spiritual event. I don't mean something religious, just a total break for your mind and your body. Don't worry about touring anything, don't worry about getting reading done, but also don't stay cooped up in a hotel or some other sterile environment. Get out in nature and let go, let your mind take a vacation from the constant stuff it has to be doing. Either way, it'll be a vacation to remember.

Maldives - Kuoni Holidays Travel

From what I've heard Kuoni holidays have to be some of the best holidays. They have so many destinations you can go to, individualized vacation plans, and a good quality reputation as a long-standing company. Call me a stick in the mud, but sometimes security is an important part of planning a romantic luxurious holiday. Without peace of mind are you really taking a vacation? Kuoni holidays are great holidays.

They can also be pricey holidays, though of course you pay for price. But Kuoni holidays in the Maldives can't be that much more expensive than any other kind of trip to the Maldives. Some of these types of holidays are just inherently expensive. But if you save up and if you can afford it, I'm sure it would be well worth it.

I plan on taking a nice beach vacation on some place like the Maldives some day, some day when I've saved up enough money to take a month or two off and travel far away. Kuoni holidays may be just the right option. If the old adage is true that you get what you pay for, it may be worth it to pay for Kuoni holidays.

Unfortunately, Kuoni did not do so well financially in 2009, and I'm not sure a 2010 statement has been issued, so hopefully they will still be in business by the time I get around to saving enough money to take one of the many available Kuoni holidays. This is probably related to the global economy at present. Hopefully that will level out in a few years without too much fallout on companies like Kuoni. Then I can take Kuoni holidays later in my life.

If I were to take Kuoni holidays, I would start with someplace on a beach, like the Maldives. I would want to explore many of their beaches, actually. After the islands and the beaches I would want to start in southern Asian Kuoni holidays (Japan, China, etc.). It has always been a dream of mine to visit Japan, though I am not absolutely certain that there are any Kuoni holidays offered there. It seems likely, but then again one can never know for sure. Failing southern Asia, I would like to visit much of Europe. Places like Italy, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland are all places I have dreamed of going, and indeed hope to travel too before I am old and retired. I think it better to do the things you spend your whole life dreaming of before you are so old that it is difficult for you to get out and enjoy things as you did in your youth.

My ultimate holiday would be a mash up of all of the Kuoni holidays. Take a whole year just to travel, possibly more than a year, to see all there is to see and experience a variety of cultures. Actually, it might take a lifetime to do what I want to do, which is to spend more than just a few days in any one location. I would ideally like to spend at least a couple of weeks in each place, getting to know the people and the culture. That would be my ideal Kuoni holiday; a lifetime holiday.