For a long time I have dreamed of traveling more and seeing more of the world. There exist many mystical, beautiful, exciting places in the world that are worthwhile.
So far I could get to know mainly Europe, and traveled the northern, western and southern neighboring countries of Germany. My preferred mode of travel is the individual trip, so simple accommodation organize alone and explore the area with a rental car, and no 5-star all-inclusive resort.
In October 2015, everything fell into place: my partner finished his project assignment in December, we hadn’t had a real vacation in two years, the mood at my job is tense, and we were also pretty broken and stressed.
So we looked at different trips at the beginning of October, it was clear from the outset that we wanted to go away not only 10 days. We liked the AIDA tour “Caribbean & Mexico 2” very well (I know, that’s far away from the individual vacation), but we extended before and after the cruise by a total of 18 days in Jamaica, so that we come to 33 days of vacation time…. Madness!
It quickly became clear that Condor Airline was the only airline flying directly from Frankfurt to Jamaica MoBay, so we booked the tickets here. Unfortunately, December is peak season and so the tickets for the round trip were rather expensive with just under 1000 euros per person.
Within just five days, the 14-day AIDA trip and the flight were booked, the accommodations we wanted to book mostly through Airbnb or world travel forums, the rental car followed a few days later. Thus, the period over Christmas and New Year for the dream vacation to the Caribbean was fixed and the real planning can start:-)