When we published our shout-out to readers last month offering to plan their 2008 vacations, we learned two things very fast:
1. You really, really love to travel.
2. You really, really want help figuring out how to get the most bang for your rupee (peso, euro, pound, shekel). Not to mention how to make the most of your precious vacation days. And okay,
3. You're amazingly persuasive. It was hard winnowing down your hundreds of heartfelt pleas to just six.
But we ended up choosing a cross section of readers whose trips are both interesting and inspirational. A recent widower in Reston wants to take his two college-age boys to
Hawaii. A young District couple's fondest wish is to celebrate their third wedding anniversary with a romantic week in
Lisbon, (pictured above). Down in Fredericksburg, a mom and two kids waiting for Dad to come home from Iraq are plotting to surprise him with a trip to
Disney World. A woman in Falls Church dreams of exploring
the Croatian coast. Over in Edgewater, two couples are planning a tour of
the Amazon. And in Waldorf, four "girlfriends" near retirement age want to ride camels in
Morocco. We tell them how to make it happen and we've got planning tips and hot lists.
We hope it all inspires you to plot your own dream trips. No matter how many dinars (dollars, rials, loonies, krona) you have to shell out.
By John Deiner |
WHO: Beth and Paul Rabatin and daughters Briget, 8, and Delia, 4, of Fredericksburg.
DREAM TRIP: Six nights in Orlando.
By Elissa Leibowitz Poma |
WHO: Blessed Chuksorji-Keefe, 33, and Edward Keefe, 36, of Washington.
DREAM TRIP: Lisbon.
By Elissa Leibowitz Poma |
WHO: Robert Cox, 51, and sons Trevor, 17, and Chris, 19, of Reston.
DREAM TRIP: Hawaii.
By Andrea Sachs |
WHO: Eva Melanson, 63, of Waldorf, and three female friends.
DREAM TRIP: Morocco.
By Andrea Sachs |
WHO: Kathy Orr, 55, and her husband, Mike, 62, of Edgewater, plus her brother and sister-in-law, of Houston. All four are retired.
DREAM TRIP: Peru.
By K.C. Summers |
WHO: Cora Yanacek, 57, of Falls Church.
DREAM TRIP: Croatia's Dalmatian Coast.
