We go to the same campsite in France almost every year. Prior to our first time there, we had been very much of the opinion that the world is too big a place to go the same place twice but we fell in love with it and we have made so many friends who return time after time. Once we are back to holidaying as a couple we will resume travelling to other places.

I think it depends on what you are looking for from any particular holiday. For example, I've returned a number of times to Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera in the Canaries and stayed in the same self-catering apartments overlooking the harbour 3 times now. We know exactly what to expect - a quiet holiday in a nicely appointed apartment with some excellent bars and restaurants nearby, good walking up in the mountains when we want to be active and a sheltered beach when all we want to do is chill. An excellent place for recharging the batteries.

And next month I'll be back off to Santiago de Cuba for the 8th time on a specialist dance holiday with brilliant dance teachers, excellent accommodation in a casa particulares, great nights out listening and dancing to fantastic live music and great company with fellow dancers. I need a regular 'fix' roughly every 18 months and have never gone more than 2 years between trips. It hasn't stopped me from also doing a tour of Cuba, as well as also spending time in Havana at different times.

And, yes, I do love visiting new places too and in the last couple of years have discovered cruising but sometimes it's precisely because something is comfortably familiar that it hits the spot for a good holiday.

What about at the accommodation level Sma, would you consider returning to the same hotel again and again as opposed to the same country/resort?

Vegas and Goa - I go to the same hotel. I tend to try to go at least once a year to a new place though.
When we were younger we went to Tsilivi in Zante about 5 times- but 3 different hotels. That was also when it was only one holiday a year.

I'm going back to County Donegal for the 3rd time before long, but different cottage.

I'm unlikely to go back to the same hotel, Lance because I rarely stay in hotels on holiday. In fact apart from a recent wedding, I've only stayed in a hotel when departing on an early morning flight in latter years. The Premier Inn on Runger Lane by Manchester Airport is just about the only hotel I've stayed at in the last 5 or more years because most of my hotel stays where for work rather leisure and I'm now retired. I generally prefer to rent an apartment, even on a city break, or in the case of Cuba, stay in a casa particulares or homestay. As I said before, I've stayed a number of times in the same apartments on La Gomera and I've also made repeat visits to the same casas in Cuba. In fact when I go next month, all being well, I'm going to be staying in the same casa as I stayed in on my last trip. It was the best of all those I've stayed in, and I've stayed in some very good ones, so more than happy to go back there.

I say all being well because, I'm anxiously following the progress of Hurricane Irma as it tracks from east to west across the Caribbean. I'm hoping that because it is predicted to pass along the northern coast that Santiago will be safely in the lee of of the Sierra Maestre mountains but we might have to reconsider our planned for side trip to Baracoa which is going to be much more exposed to the storm, as will much of the Guantanamo region.

Up until a few years ago my holidays were touring ones to long haul destinations and though I have returned to some countries a few times I normally liked to visit somewhere new, so many places in the world to see and not so many years left. About 7 years ago though I took my last long haul holiday and started holidaying nearer to home, again usually going to somewhere different each time. We have fallen in love with Crete and have returned a few times, twice to the same resort though different accommodation, but I'm not sure we will return to the same resort again despite feeling very comfortable there, though we may quite possibly visit a different area of Crete. So on the whole I can't see us often returning to the same place/hotel as I still believe that there are too many places I would like to visit as the years remaining get shorter.

I do go to the same areas, most in Spain for example Costa Del Sol, but I don't stay in the same hotel, I like to experience the different hotels and different places, I have come across many people in hotels in Fuengirola for example that book the same hotel year on year for a decade, they love it and why not if they do.

Having said that I am looking to return to a hotel in Benalmadena for a week next year, I loved the hotel I stayed at about 6 years ago, but it has had a total refurb now, as I sneeky peeked in when I was away nearby, and I might go back.

We've been going to the same hotel for around 20 years.
Since both retiring we have had more than one holiday a year, and whilst we used to include one different destination or trying S/C for a few years, we always had one visit back to the same hotel each year.

These days, making a decision to return to the same hotel is determined by concerns around health problems.
The hotel is 10 minutes away in a taxi from Malaga Airport, with plenty of UK bound flights, should I need to get back quickly.
The hotel is in a good position opposite the beach with a very long and flat promenade.
The food in the hotel has never poisoned me yet....something that I seriously need to consider with Crohn's disease.
The standard of cleanliness is high.
The staff are lovely.
Made many friends in the nearby village.
I'd live there tomorrow.

If it's not broken, why try and mend it.?

Sanji x

As you say Sanji for you it's a feeling safe issue as well. You know the hotel, the staff, folks in the village. You even know the health care in the area.

I'd be exactly the same. Plus, it's a beautiful resort. I'd keep going there regardless 👍

On 6th September 2017 at 07:53pm, elaine80 said:
We go to the same campsite in France almost every year. Prior to our first time there, we had been very much of the opinion that the world is too big a place to go the same place twice but we fell in love with it and we have made so many friends who return time after time. Once we are back to holidaying as a couple we will resume travelling to other places.

I agree with this. If you fall in love with a certain place, you will always go back to it.

We've been going to Guernsey since 2014 and love it, but for the 2nd week's holiday later in the year, we've been trying new places (Cornwall, Cotswolds, etc) ... so best of both

'I agree with this. If you fall in love with a certain place, you will always go back to it. '

I'm not sure if this is true. We absolutely fell in love with New Zealand when we visited in 2002, we even looked into emigrating there but we haven't been back since.

On 25th September 2017 at 02:45pm, Judith said:
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I'm not sure if this is true. We absolutely fell in love with New Zealand when we visited in 2002, we even looked into emigrating there but we haven't been back since.

What was New Zealand like, Judith? Been thinking of adding that to our family bucket list.

It's a beautiful country, with awesome scenery and very friendly people. Apart from a couple of major cities the roads were pretty much empty , not surprising with such a low population (more sheep than people). It's basically a country for those that like outdoor activities though the cities are modern and do have many cultural activities on offer.
The North Island has a warmer temporate climate with some lovely beaches and the South Island is more mountainous and offers lots of sports including great skiing in winter.
The country does have it's problems with crime and unemployment but the positives outweighed the negatives for us . We fell in love with the country within hours of landing there, looked into emigrating after returning home but sadly we were too old.
The country reminded us very much of the UK as it was when we left the country to go to live in Germany over 30 years before..

On 26th September 2017 at 04:28pm, Judith said:
It's a beautiful country, with awesome scenery and very friendly people. Apart from a couple of major cities the roads were pretty much empty , not surprising with such a low population (more sheep than people). It's basically a country for those that like outdoor activities though the cities are modern and do have many cultural activities on offer. <br />
The North Island has a warmer temporate climate with some lovely beaches and the South Island is more mountainous and offers lots of sports including great skiing in winter.<br />
The country does have it's problems with crime and unemployment but the positives outweighed the negatives for us . We fell in love with the country within hours of landing there, looked into emigrating after returning home but sadly we were too old. <br />
The country reminded us very much of the UK as it was when we left the country to go to live in Germany over 30 years before..

Have always liked the look of NZ, the scenery is stunning. My mam, when I was small, thought about emigrating there, but alas, didn't. Probably the distance from family.

I've heard about their unemployment problems & don't a lot of their youngsters head to Australia for work?

My Mum's stepdad, who was a Scottish merchant seaman, worked on the Pacific convoys during the war and he bought a sheep farm (near Dunedin where I think were there were a lot of Scots migrants and their descendents) when WW2 ended with a view to the whole family emigrating there. My great grandfather and bachelor great uncle were really keen on the idea, they'd been seaman too and knew the area but my great grandmother wasn't keen because she reckoned she was too old. She'd have been in her mid-60s at the time but felt she was past it and this meant that her son and daughter wouldn't go and leave her behind. The result was that they didn't go, he let the farm out to tenants for a number of years but eventually sold it in the 1950s and I was born a Scouser rather than a Kiwi!

Definitely an unemployment issue .. my three cousins visited many years ago and only the one with the job went back at the end of the holiday!!!

Just looked back at our holidays over the last 40 years. ~ 50 different holidays, never been back to the same hotel/villa altho' have been back to the same resort/town.