What influences you choosing a holiday destination?

I have a running list of places I want to see in my lifetime— it’s hard to say where the ideas came from, I guess a combination of hearsay, images in movies, magazines, and books, and just the general reputation of a place. So I keep these places in mind whenever I have time off and want to/have money to travel. Then I find out where the other people I’m traveling with want to go, figure out what’s in our budget, and use the Internet to research travel, accommodations, and sites/activities to do on the trip.

definitely somewhere warm, and somewhere i can get a good deal on airfare + hotel! i have to save that money for shopping!

living in a small town ..COLD and boring . why not visit your family where its more exciting

the voice of my head i guess :-) there are so many countries I’ve always wanted to visit. so from time to time i satisfy my wishes :-)

Interesting responses! What about films or maybe songs? Did any of those or anything else have an affect on anyone?