I’m not a huge traveler in the sense that you probably won’t ever find me backpacking around Thailand or moving to Australia for a year. Firstly, those places are far too hot for my delicate ginger complexion but mostly, it’s just not my sort of thing. I love a holiday – as most of us do – but lengthy travel isn’t for me. However, lately, I’ve discovered that there are plenty of places I would absolutely love to visit. In an ideal world, if I were to win a hefty amount on the lottery, I’d certainly be booking some holidays and short breaks to the places in this list. But in the meantime, I can just dream. Here’s my 2018 travel bucket list (or where I’d go if I won the lottery!)
Finland
Finland is probably the top of my list. My boyfriend and I have a bit of an affinity with Finland, it seems like such a laid-back place and the people are so chill (like, figuratively, not literally). Also, I love the cold. So it’d be my ideal place for a holiday. I’d like to visit Scandinavia and have a different type of holiday and Finland would be my perfect place for this!
Beijing
I’m not one for huge cities but I think Beijing would be a lovely holiday. I’d certainly go in the cooler months (we’ve covered this, I don’t like heat!) I think I’d enjoy the hustle and bustle and there always being something to do and something to look at. Plus, Chinese food! Click here to find out more information about trips to Beijing on Destination2.
Copenhagen
I only recently realised how much I wanted to go to Copenhagen after watching an episode of Paul Hollywood’s City Bakes, when he goes and tries local and tradional Danish food, cakes and pastries. Not only does the food there look amazing, the city itself is beautiful. And I love the Hygge idea so I think I’d love it there.
Disneyland Paris
Already been 3 times. Does that mean it can’t feature on my list? Absolutely not. I think every single year, in an ideal world, I would want to go to Disneyland. So every year until I finally do go again, it’ll be on my list! I need my fix of fun rides, meeting my favourite characters and looking in awe at the castle.
Germany
I have no particular place in Germany I’d like to go but just Germany as a whole really appeals to me. I really love the German language – it’s one I’d love to learn and have attempted a few times on my Duolingo app but to no luck! Nuremberg looks like an absolutely gorgeous, Gothic type city with beautiful buildings so maybe there for my visit!
Israel
Not one you probably thought you’d see feature on my list but I absolutely adore the look and sound of Israel – especially Jerusalem. I’m not religious, really, but I find religious fascinating. I studied it extensively in school (I did extra Religious Studies lessons and took it for A Level) and I love the idea of 3 main religions all living harmoniously in in the same area. The buildings are beautiful and I’ve heard the people are lovely too. This would be such an amazing trip.
There we go! There’s my 2018 travel bucket list. I’m not confident I’ll be able to tick any of these off my list but there’s always next year! Where would you like to go this year? Got any trips booked? Let me know!
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Copenhagen and southern Germany are amazing!! If you go to Germany, make sure to just rent a car and drive through Austria as well – you won’t regret it.
I really want to go to Austria too!
Hopefully you will visit those places in the future. It was lovely. Only one I never been – Israel, the rest are great:)
Great list! I’m an Aussie who loves travelling so don’t disregard us! We might be far away but we’re totally worth it, I promise! I live in Adelaide, South Australia and we have some of the best beaches in the world, but shhh.. don’t tell anyone, the tourists don’t come here! Head on over and check out some of my blog posts about my beautiful country (and many others!).
I hear Copenhagen is amazing! Personally, I can’t wait to go back to Europe.
Finland and Israel are both on my bucket list too, so if you go please pass along any recommendations! If New York City has ever been on the list, I recently put together a post about how to make the most of your time there (I just moved back to the Midwest after living in the Big Apple for 6 years). Feel free to check it out.
Great list! I’ve been to Germany from this list. But would love to visit Finland. When we were planning our trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights, we had explored the option of going to Finland. Have you managed to see any other place from this? You can check my blog here to read about it, i hope it encourages you to add the magical country of Iceland to your bucket list –> https://wabisabiluxury.com/2018/04/15/winter-in-iceland/
Ok, our lists are huge, but We are wanting to visit in the next 5 years: Cartagena, Columbia; Japan; Russia (at the top); Sweden (my heritage); Machua Picchu, Peru; Cruise in the middle East (including Abu Dhabi). Ok WAIT… I guess I need to win the lottery too! I love dreaming
Haha although all of that in 5 years isn’t too unrealistic!
truly amazing
I’ve just done a trip to Brussel (Belgium). It is was very nice and I am planning to go see more cities. Check out my blog for more about Brussel! https://elignora.wordpress.com/
That’s a lot of places for one year! Beijing is lovely but the traffic there is just insane!!! There are absolutely no traffic laws but the history there is 👌🏼
Hence why I’ve said “if I won the lottery” in the opening paragraph!
They’re some really cool places, you should definitely do at least one of these this year, a quick weekend in Copenhagen maybe, slightly less £’s than some of the further afield options.
A weekend in Copenhagen sounds perfect
Wow you’re going to have a great time travelling round all those places! In Beijing, make sure you see Beihai park, its beautiful!
As for being ginger, i am too – just wear lots of suncream :’)
id love to see all those places too, I’m getting excited just reading this blog!
Haha that’s great!
For a not big traveller this is pretty impressive list. I hope your dreams will come true and you’ll visit those places 😊
Nice list! I hope you get to make it to at least some of them!
Copenhagen is wonderful, hope you make it there this year!
Highly unlikely this year but hopefully at some point in the future! 🙂
Sounds like 2018 will be a good year for you! Great list 😊
If I actually managed to do any of these which isn’t looking likely haha!
These are all on my list too! Hope you get to make it to all the countries.
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I haven’t been to any other Disney other than Paris!
I would love to visit Disneyland Paris. It is one of my goals to visit all the Disneylands in the world.
DLP is so magical ✨ It’s probably the only one I’d go to!
thats a really cool idea for a blog, i have never thought about bucket lists of places. Out of interest how have you been sponsored? like have you any advice for me
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Sweet! Thank you! I’ll have a look now! X
Those are some great places! 🙂
I had no idea there was a Disney land in Paris! Might have to add that to my list!
Sorry?! I can’t believe you didn’t know!
Just haven’t spent enough time in Europe I guess 🙂 I will have to change that in the future!
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What a fantastic list! I agree with you in that I’m an avid traveller, but being in the road non-stop is my idea of hell. There’s nothing quite like your own bed and a hug from the parental as or a mate when you need it. And I’ll just add – I’m an Australian with a very fair complexion and six months of the year I want to become a mole woman.
Hahaha oh gosh! And yeah I totally agree. I love going away but there’s something wonderful about coming back to your own bed xxx
That’s really cool ! My goal for 2018 was to kick off with some adventure. So I hiked the Great Wall of China 🙂 Besides that I visited Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shaoxing.. You can visit my blog to check out my posts on the same. The Great Wall post is coming up soon 🙂
Wow that’s amazing!
I love your list! I have never travel Israel, it sounds like very fun to discover a new world 🙂
It sure does 🙂
I have so many friends that have been going to Israel…it looks unbelievable
Wow that’s cool 🙂 clearly it’s becoming a popular place!
Disneyland Paris certainly sounds interesting. I’d like to see how they do Disney in Europe!
They do it GOOD!
For scandinavia I would recommand Norway as well! I liked the landscape there way more than in Finland – the mountains, fjords and the ocean close by. But I guess you are more of a city person? That might be a bit hard to find there 😀
I’m not a city person at all! I’d be well up for Norway as well
So many countries, so little time is my problem! Great list 👏
Finland is beautiful, and is a great place to visit if you don’t mind the cold. Thanks for sharing!
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Disneyland Paris is always on the list! Got to be done 😊
Always on the list!!! xxx
Love your list – good luck in making even one happen 🥂
I’d like to get to Tuscany for research as my book is set there! I want to feel and smell the vineyards so the words on the pages come across authentic!
However if I don’t make it, I’ve a weekend in Milan to look back on and a road trip (completed yesterday) back to the UK from Portugal 👌🏼 So I’ve not done badly have I?
Thanks I’m gonna need it. Definitely don’t have any of these planned for this year. And that sounds great xx
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It is an absolute dream. Hope you get to go xxx
Great list! Copenhagen is also near the top of my city break list! For Germany I’d definitely recommend Cologne. Especially on New Years Eve, you’ll never experience anything like it! Israel sounds so interesting. I have a Russian friends who absolutely loves Tel Aviv, it looks beautiful. Looking forward to hearing more about your 2018 travels x
Thanks for the recommendations! I’m dying to go to Copenhagen xxx
It’s a great list. Traveling is really such an awesome experience! Check out how to budget for travels: https://takechargeofyourmoney.blog/2018/02/19/budget-to-travel/
Finland is on my bucket list as well! I want to travel as much as I can but its just so damn expensive!
Jamie | http://www.jamies-corner.com
It really is isn’t it! Need a nice big lottery win!
This is a great list! I hope you get to go to all of these places. It sounds like a lot of fun!
Thank you, I hope I do too at some point in my life! xxx
I’m currently doing the big thing and travelling for a year 🙈 but totally agree with you about Israel, I’ve only recently discovered it as a destination to visit! And Finland too. Copenhagen is really amazing, would definitely recommend 😊
Wow! Have an amazing time xxx
Thank you! ☺️ x
I agree about Israel – I just watched a Netflix documentary about Israel’s food culture and it finally put that part of the world on my radar! Olive oil yummm haha
Oh what’s it called, I’d love to watch that?
Disneyland Paris, yes! If I could live in a Disney bubble, I would 🙂
Me too hehe!
Great post ! super informative!
Try and make Copenhagen, it was such a beautiful and cool place to visit. The flights don’t tend to be too bad either.
I’d love to xx
All of these places are so cool! I loved going to Berlin and hearing people speak German! I’m hoping to go to Singapore this year for a friends wedding and maybe japan 🙂
Wow! I don’t think I could do Singapore- far too hot!
Haha it’s very hot and humid!
Oh man visiting Israel is my dream *-* very good choice
Looks amazing doesn’t it xxx
GERMANY IS THE BEST! I love everywhere I go in Germany but I 100% recommend Köln/ Cologne for their Christmas market and CHOCOLATE MUSEUM!
Imogen’s Typewriter. <3
Chocolate museum?! I’m there! xxx
This is an ambitious list! How many do you think you’ll get to cross off? (;
None this year x
I know exactly how you feel. My anxiety keeps me from wanting to travel abroad but I been traveling locally and just spent a weekend in Boston. I had a blast. I want to travel abroad also and I can’t wait to. Great post.
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Awh I’m sorry to hear that. I only tend to go on holiday in the UK but I always have a nice time xxx
Finland would definitely be on my list too! I have only ever travelled to Turkey and Poland – Poland being the best by far! This year I want to travel to France at least because I live in Kent so it’s not hard to get the Eurostar and I have no other excuse really! I’d love to road trip around America or visit the Maldives before it finally sinks. Loved this post so much! Rebecca-Marie xxx http://www.animesummers.blogspot.com
Wow you’re super close to the Eurostar it’d be so Close! It only takes about 40 mins drive from where I am. We’re actually quite close to each other! France is great, I’ve been 6 times! xxx
This is what I love about living in UK – we have access to so many countries just a short (ish) plane ride away… except Beijing. Fab list though and hope you manage to visit some of them. Travel is great for the soul!
We’re in quite a fortunate position on the globe, aren’t we. Some places don’t even require a plane either. I’m not one for feeling like you NEED to travel in life but I like a holiday and I’d love to visit some new places.
I;d love to go to disneyland paris!
Would definitely recommend! SO good.
Copenhagen is at the top of my travel bucket list, looks beautiful! Some amazing places here, hope you manage to visit them soon 🙂
Heather xo || http://www.xhighlandbeauty.co.uk
Thank you, I hope so too. Copenhagen looks utterly beautiful doesn’t it xxx
I loved reading this! I really appreciate the fact there are some different places here than the typical travel bucket list posts. I’d love to go to Israel too! x
Sophie
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Thank you! Yeah, definitely not going to find Thailand, Australia or Laos on my list. Those places are far too hot and definitely not for me! xxx
Great post! Rather than going abroad, I really want short breaks around the UK this year.
Soffy // themumaffairs.blogspot.com
I love UK short breaks – they’re the only holidays I ever really go on xx
This is such a cool travel bucket list Jenny 💖. I love how you have included some really unusual places! Beijing is a place I want to visit, I love Chinese food too! Also, you can never visit Disneyland too many times, every trip is always fun & exciting 😘 xx
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Thank you (: Chinese food is the best I’d love to try Chinese food from actual China rather than the takeaway down the road haha! xxx
Your bucket list makes me excited! Ever since I can remember, I’ve been a wanderlust. Now it’s hard for me to travel because I have a family with young kids. But Ireland and Italy are on our bucket list! I can’t wait till the day when I go!
Awh hope you manage to have a holiday there sometime soon! xxx
Love this! I’ve been to 2 places on this list; Germany and Disneyland Paris and loved both! I haven’t been on holiday for agessss because things have always seemed to crop up, but this year I’m desperate to go to Paris and actually see Paris (i.e. Eiffel Tower etc), and Rome!!
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The Eiffel Tower is fantastic up close & up the top of (if you’re going up it!) Rome sounds lovely too xxx
Great post! Such an wresting se legroom of destinations. For me, I’d love to go back to Canada and explore it properly!
Alys
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Canada is somewhere that definitely appeals to me! xxx
Wow, sorry the autocorrect on my phone went so wrong for that comment. I meant ‘such an interesting selection of’ haha, oops xxx
Hi, these all sound like fab places to visit. I have to say that I have never thought about visiting Finland before. Perhaps I should.
Ugh Finland looks beautiful xxx
I’m similar to you, love exploring new places but I wont be travelling the world for any length of time. Hope you start to make your way through that list – check out Berlin for Jan-march time for some fab deals.
Thanks for the tip! That’s the time of year I’d love to go as well xxx
I’d love to go to a lot of these places but I don’t even have a passport 😂 really need to get one!
Oh no! I think mine may have run out as well tbh xxx
I wish you the best of luck to visit all of these countries! One of my biggest goals for 2018 is to travel more as I’ve never had the real opportunity to do so. The first trip I have planned in near future is to Ljubljana, Slovenia. I’m so excited. x
Antonia || Sweet Passions
Wow! Hope you have an amazing time xxx
I was lucky enough to travel round lots of Germany last year and visit Copenhagen and they are both definitely worth visiting! Copenhagen is such a beautiful city and there is so much to see. I also lived in Nuremberg for 9 months so I might be a little biased but it’s an incredible city!! I really want to make it across to Ireland at some point this year because I still have never been! xo
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Wow really!!! If I go, I’ll have to get some tips regarding Nuremberg and where to go!. Xxx
Such a great list! I have so many places on my bucket list as well! One in similar to you would be Germany and I really want to visit Iceland as well! 💗
Iceland looks beautiful doesn’t it. I think I’m more drawn to Finland because it’s less touristy now xxx
It’s just a cool wish list.
I want to Iceland, Scotland, Italy, and Finland in winter…. and around the World )))
I started this year actually with a random burst of wanderlust and wanted to immediately pack my bags to go to and Paris and St. Petersburg and just generally go out and explore. Although this wandering spirit left me soon after, reading this list has sparked it again! I’ve never even thought about Finland as a destination, but after a quick Google search you’ve got me all excited! SO LET’S GOOOOOO! 😉
Love,
Dominique
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Haha hope you get that spark back! I’d absolutely love to go to Finland xxx
You have given me MAJOR wanderlust with this Jenny! I did a big stint of travelling last year to overcome some anxieties I had and it was lovely. Ever since then, I’ve been dying to get some trips booked 🙂 I’d love to head to Beijing, too and I’m measure jealous of your trips to Disneyland, I *so* want to go!
Kate x
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Would always recommend Disneyland! I had a dream I was there last night in fact xxx
I love this travel list! I’d love to go to most of those countries too, especially Copenhagen.
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Thank you (: xx
I feel like everyone who lives across the pond are so lucky! There’s all these diverse countries and cultures that you can get to! Here in the US we’ve got nothing but states lol. And it’s such a long flight to get to the other side of the world.
I have yet to go to Disneyland Paris or Paris in general. As well as England! And Italy. Sigh.
Ah yeah I see what you mean! That does sound a bit of a nuisance! But there are some places in the US I’d love to visit and Canada! xxx
I’d want to travel across the England so consider yourself lucky 😂
There’s some nice places here
Yeah I really want to try Brighton! Are there nice places up north you recommend?
Cumbria and The Lake District are beautiful
I love Copenhagen and Germany! Disneyland Paris is on my list too
You’ll love Disneyland it’s amazing xxx
Great list 🙂
Copenhagen is amazing! I went last year to visit a friend studying over there and it’s such a nice place. Whenever you go make sure to hire a bike to cycle around it’s so much fun xx
Ah glad you enjoyed it! Sounds lovely (: xx
I’ve been to Frankfurt, Jerusalem and Paris on your list. Not Disneyland Paris, although I did think some of the French service staff were very cartoon-like in their rudeness. See how I shoehorned that pun in there? Seriously though, they ran true to stereotype. I don’t have a bucket list as such but we all have a very soft spot for Dundee and Falmouth so we’ll be going back to both again this summer – crab nets ahoy! x
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The staff in Disneyland are amazing because they have to be! I’m so jealous that you’ve been To Jerusalem
I totally agree on Disney! It’s been years and years since I went and I can’t wait to finally go back.
Amy xx
Me neither! xxx
I’d love to go Disney Land Paris again as I can’t remember much of my trip because I was a child, my dream place to visit is Japan though 😍😍
Awh! It’s just as magical as an adult. I’d love to go to Japan as well xxx
Such a good list! My brother went to Copenhagen last year and his photos made me so jealous. It looks so beautiful. I’ve never been to a Scandinavian country yet, but they’d be top of my list! (I also hate the heat haha!)
Beth x
Sounds like we’re very similar! xxx
The only place on your list I’ve been is Germany. Loved it. My daughter always wanted to go to Disneyland Paris and this year she went to DL in Tokyo! (She’s abroad for a yr TEFL in South Korea.) Japan has always been on her bucket list so two ticked off in one go!
Wow good for her! I don’t think I could stomach the crowds in Tokyo! xxx
It surprised me she did as she suffers from claustrophobia in crowded places!
I really want to go to Copenhagen too! It is so beautiful!
Love, Amie ❤
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It looks stunning and so instagramable! xxx
It looks stunning! xxx
What a lovely list of places! I’d like to visit some of them myself, but as you say it’s all about having enough money to do so and obviously time to haha! Thanks for posting this x
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Unfortunately so! xxx
Disneyland Paris is such an amazing place, I’m so happy that you’ve got to explore it three times in the past but I can’t blame you for wanting to go back over and over again. I also want to visit Germany, my uncle lives there and he always tells me about how incredible it is. Thank you for sharing 🌸✨
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I could visit Disneyland every year if I was given the change! Ooh lucky you, that’d save you some accommodation money xxx
I’d second the recommendation for the Christmas Market in Nuremberg. I really love this list of places (not sure about Beijing because I think the pollution levels are awful, but definitely China one day!)
We’ve been to Helsinki and did a little boat trip around the archipelago – it was bright and sunny but FREEZING! Copenhagen is another lovely place – small enough to walk around and a visit to Tivoli Gardens is a definite must whilst you’re there.
I’d happily ride Small World at Disneyland Paris all day long 🙂 When we go – everyone gets a choice of one ride that all the others have to go on without grumbling – you can guess which one is my pick!
We went to Jerusalem a couple of years ago around Christmas time (we cruised into Haifa and they arranged a coach tour). Fascinating city and so much to see.
With so much going on this year, we don’t have anything booked other than a short break at Centre Parcs. Once husband gets his schedule sorted for his new job we will definitely be hunting for a cruise – it’s been too long since I’ve been at sea!
Blimey you’ve been everywhere I wanna go. I don’t think the pollution in Beijing is a problem if it’s only a brief visit. I wouldn’t want to live there amongst it though. It’s A Small World is a cute ride. My choice for that would definitely be Thunder Mountain – my absolute favourite ride.
If you like to see Nuremberg I suggest to go at Christmas time and see the Christmas Market. It is absolutely gorgeous and even has a part which has stands from all over the world. However, you would have to book early because it’s not an insider tip anymore 😊 http://www.christkindlesmarkt.de/en/
You’re the second person to recommend the Nuremberg Christmas Market xxx
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Haha yeah I agree with you that Australia is too hot! And I’d know considering I’ve lived here my entire life 😋😋 I love your list! I also want to go to many of those places.
❤ Ashlee
Oh gosh! How do you manage! xxx
All these look great! Take the #leap lovely list.
I would if I had the money
Little by little! 🙂