Obviously to a beach with sunny hot blue skies.

Paris...I love that city. Spent a day there 20 years ago, went over by the chunnel train from London....would love to do it again.

To my hometown to visit family and childhood friends or to visit our daughter and her family on a south pacific island.

Take my DD with me to Australia. I collect stamps and would love to see especially the areas away from the large cities. DH never got the change to go before he passed away. Might include New Zealand.

Hmmm, just for the weekend. I'd love to go to San Antonio, or Austin, or Fort Worth, but I'd want to be longer than just a weekend.

I want to go to a horse and cattle ranch and help work it. I just spoke to a fellow out west, with 1,000 head of cattle, and he's 100 miles from the nearest town. He has a plane. I'd absolutely love to hang out with someone like that and help out.

I'm going to Paris with Monica.

Susan

Meh I just got back from Paris. While it was wonderful to see, I wouldn't go back any time soon.

Just a weekend? It will take a day to get anywhere from Newfoundland - can I have a few extra days? LOL

I'd go to the southwest USA. I loved the scenery when I was in Las Vegas/Grand Canyon area a few years ago. In fact I am planning a trip to the Phoenix area for my 50th birthday in 2016.

Australia, Switzerland and Iceland!!

Ireland and Scotland.

Not now! Being as I am a cruiser, Carnival Magic has an eboli scare.

Staying home.

Since the question doesn't say that "we" would be gone only for the weekend, I would choose to go to Italy. And, since it says that all expenses are paid, we'd fly first class to and from.

I've flown first class once, and what a delight! Wish I could afford all the time. Not in my budget though!

Yes, first class is most definitely the way to fly! Especially long flights.
But since someone mentioned Ebola, I'll add that in reality, there's no way anyone could get me on a plane.

For the weekend it would be NYC to celebrate our granddaughter's 6th birthday and our 52nd wedding anniversary.

I'm joining the others in Paris.

Staying home sounds good right now. Not wanting to go on a plane or a ship at this date.
Eileen

I would love to be right on a beautiful (deserted) beach in my RV, lovely weather and gently blowing sea breezes. Sitting under the awning with a cold drink in hand. Perfect! And since all expenses are paid I would order up a heaping pile of King crab legs and lobsters with butter, and some wonderful tropical fruits for dessert. My husband might want a slab of prime rib with sautéed mushrooms and asparagus, and a wedge salad with lots of blue cheese crumbles.

I would not be interested in flying anywhere right now either.

It would have to be Canada to see my youngest daughter.....but I think I'd need longer than a weekend! Lol

Karen UK

I'd take a weekend trip to NYC anytime! A musical, a play, a club act or two, incredible food opportunities, a divine room at the Algonquin.

We can fly nonstop (1st class, baby!) from here....and would probably still be snoozing in our cushy bed this morning, after a late night on the town yesterday!

Room service, anybody?

The Gulf coast, in central FL, please. I could use some beach time and a trip to my favorite quilt shop.

I am already there! :). Albuquerque to spend time with my grand kids and their parents.

Moni

I just got back from California flying first class. Not that great an experience. First flight was an hour and 45 minutes late in taking off, missed connection in Dallas by 3 minutes, didn't have first class accommodations available on next flight, had to fly coach on not so large a plane. I had an aisle seat (the aisle was about a foot wide) and was bumped for 3 hours even though I kept my arm inside the arm rest. Now struggling to get a refund in the price difference. Customer service not all that greatâ¦â¦and of course, now there's the Ebola issue. I'd rather stay home unless I could go on a private jet. In that case, put me down for Vienna and Prague.

To Heaven to visit my Dad
Not sure if I have the credentials to get in, but maybe they will make an exception if it is just a weekend.

IMO it's just ridiculous to worry about Ebola in the US. (THREE cases?) It's still a pain to fly though, so I'm only going if this involves the Transporter Room from Star Trek and time travel. (I'm taking some antibiotics with me, lest I die from a common cold.)

I'd be 'materializing' in Edinburgh to try to 'channel' the goldsmith ancestor who lost his home to John Knox after he backed the wrong side (Mary, Queen of Scots). Then I'd turn up in the Alps to solve the mystery of an ancestor fleeing for America dressed as a woman, after finding his father shot dead on his doorstep.

(Actually, I'm off to Costco.)

I'd love to take the family back to Ireland to visit with family still there and show them the sights......I'm afraid it would take more than a weekend.....

Ebola can only be transmitted by body fluids. I would go to Los Angeles for a weekend to visit cousins there.

I'd head South to Gulfport, MS. I need to see my brother and the beach. :)

I think either Vancouver, Washington, or upstate New York. I hear Vancouver is beautiful.

It might be too late in the year to visit New York - I don't like to be cold. September would have been better. I'd like to see the places where my dad lived when he was a child in upstate New York.

Just for a weekend? I would go to Louisville with my kids and stay in some old-timey hotel and go to the jack-o-lantern festival. I may go there anyway...but not for an entire weekend.

Casey, why Phoenix? I used to live and work in that area and didn't care much for it. Tuscon is so much nicer, prettier and more to see. I used to live there too.

Here is a link that might be useful: jackolantern

Well, went back and reread the question and I'm too late for this weekend as it's over with now. lol....next weekend, if I had time off from work and it wasn't just for the weekend, I would go to Spain with my kids to see our exchange student, Maria.

I saw this thread as a suggestion on the right, and so I guess Houzz wants us to revive it.

For just a week-end, I would probably want to go to Cabo San Lucas, since it is a short flight.

If it were summer, I would want to go back to Vancouver, although my brother wants to go back to Banff, but that is a 90 minute drive from the Calgary airport, I think.

From Los Angeles, we have often gone to Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, or San Diego for a week-end trip. When we go to Palm Springs, we stay longer, although we used to spend week-ends there also.

St Bart's? Never been there....

Lars, Banff and Lake Louise are well worth the drive from Calgary. Some of the most beautiful scenery that you'll ever see IMHO. And if you came to Vancouver, we could meet for lunch!

Galapagos Islands, Switzerland ,(where my ancestors were from), and Australia.

Of course, wherever I went, I'd want to be able to transport myself there a la star trek. Part of my reluctance to travel is that flying is such a PITA!

I'd have to join Lars, because only the West looks like it has good weather this weekend. Originally, I was going to say the Virgin Islands. Not only is it going to be rainy there, they have riptide warnings right now with 8 ft waves. No thanks. Same for Florida, Alabama, etc. That leaves Southern California and Mexico. I just want to escape the coming ice storm, and the cold weather. I'm tired of being cold, we don't have cold weather in Tennessee. It's usually just chilly, with dips that get cold, and spikes that get warm. This winter hasn't had very many spikes.

If it’s only for a weekend (and not this one with a snowstorm about to hit here tonight) I think Deerfield Beach, Florida , where I spent many of my single years. Just south of Boca and north of Ft. Lauderdale. a beautiful town right on the ocean. i miss it especially during these Winter months.

Jasdip If you're still up for it, I will join you. Not so much Austin though, too many transplants from California. But let's go move some cows.

I'd go to coastal Maine and pig out on fresh lobster until I made myself sick.

I worked on a cattle ranch a couple summers when I was in high school. Not my idea of a fun vacation...it is hard work. I'm content taking care of our small herd of baldies now.

This weekend is going to be too cold for me to want to go anywhere. But in even a best-case scenario, I never want to go very far anymore. The one place I would like to go back to is the Smokey Mountains. North Carolina. However, my cousin who lived there, and I loved so much, died a few months ago. And though I have traveled all over the US by myself, I either had someone to travel with or to come home to, and now I don't. It is too hard to go away and not have to hurry right back to take care of the animals. And even if I had someone to do that, I would worry about them too much. So, I would just go to the flea market, and enjoy hearing about your travels.

Since all expenses are paid, why aren't you flying private?

Elizabeth,

Does that mean we put a biodome over it? Doesn't matter if it rains?

I mean Gulfstream G8 private jets.

I still haven't done the Louisville thing but I have the Spain thing. ( :

Seven years ago I was going to Paris but this year with C..... I'm looking for someplace warm and a shorter flight. If Lars will have me I'm going to visit him and his brother in Cathedral City. But then he can't come to Vancouver. We'll need two weekends if that's okay.

Blfenton, you are invited to visit me in Cathedral City! We have a guest room there.

Fulfilled my wish list: African safari with zoo director. Would go again, but too old.

I didn't realize this thread was 7 years old until I read Casey_Nfld's name. Is anyone still in touch with her? I used to see her name on Facebook occasionally, but not for a long time.

I haven't seen her either place Alisande. I wonder if she's still taking pictures and how her and her husband are doing these days. I still have a few of her pictures up in my house.