Vacation spots you want to go to, or have plans to go to...

[DubaiSis]

I don't have anything booked yet, but I really do have to get to Oahu and Kauai (for business), and Machu Picchu is at the top of my bucket list.

Tulip86, most of the Middle East is perfectly safe, in fact WAY safer than here. You probably wouldn't be going to Saudi Arabia, Yemen or Syria, which I wouldn't recommend, and Israel hasn't had a day of peace in 2500 years, so I wouldn't let the occasional threat of war slow you down if that's on your list. Very few foreigners ever get caught in that cross-fire anyway; they fight mostly amongst themselves. But UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan are all fine, and Lebanon is just currently having a blip. They'll be fine again shortly. And Egypt outside Cairo is also perfectly fine, although technically not Middle East.

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[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Tulip86, most of the Middle East is perfectly safe, in fact WAY safer than here. You probably wouldn't be going to Saudi Arabia, Yemen or Syria, which I wouldn't recommend, and Israel hasn't had a day of peace in 2500 years, so I wouldn't let the occasional threat of war slow you down if that's on your list. Very few foreigners ever get caught in that cross-fire anyway; they fight mostly amongst themselves. But UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan are all fine, and Lebanon is just currently having a blip. They'll be fine again shortly. And Egypt outside Cairo is also perfectly fine, although technically not Middle East.

I really want to visit Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, since I have traveled some other places in the Middle East already, and I've heard wonderful things about those countries. I know most countries in the Middle East are very safe, never felt unsafe in any of the countries I visited there.

Qatar is also on the to-go-list, but at the moment, financially out of my reach.