March 6th, 2010
What was the best vacation you’ve ever had?
Where did you go, round about cost, what hotel was the best? I am just looking for vacation ideas.
It’s a toss-up between Hawaii (Oahu and Maui in our two-week package) and Crete, opposite sides of the globe, I know, but you did ask for our best.
Hawaii was an all-in package (air fare plus hotels and transport between the islands, except meals) which included a rental car on Maui. For Crete, we took the cheapest charter flight and then stayed in bed and breakfasts around the island.
Both these vacations were more than 20 years ago, so their prices are totally irrelevant today. But both, at the time, were extremely good value for the money. (In Crete, leather products and silver and gold jewelry were ridiculously inexpensive. In both places we daily ate fresh sea food, also for next to nothing!)
If you’re able to go out-of-season, prices also drop dramatically. We did Crete in September when it was still warm and sunny (we swam every day) but the bulk of the tourists had gone home.
I suspect Hawaii is busy year round. But leaving a snowbound Canada in February to step out into a warm, sunny Honolulu was WONDERFUL.
Have a great vacation!
March 6th, 2010
fayem7 Says :
Amish Country PA
References :
March 6th, 2010
thisisnotdel Says :
My first trip out of North America is Barbados, the airfare was unless than 700.00 CAD. I stayed at Pegwell Inn Guest House (it’s like a hotel, hotels to me are fancy and expensive) in Welches, by Oistins, whereas across the street there’s a plaza called Southern. I only paid about 400 BDS which is like less than 300 Canadian dollars for about 2 weeks (I remember it being 13 nights). I’ve returned to Barbados three more times — But I stayed with a friend, then this year both times, I reside in Kendal Hill whenever I come down with my friends and their family.
References :
March 6th, 2010
Slosh Says :
I went to Monterey once. Saw the aquarium there and spent a good long time on a beautiful beach. I stayed at an embassy sweets and if i remember correctly the weekend cost me around 300 bucks altogether. Of course i drove there, really depends on where you want to go and what you want to do there.
References :
March 6th, 2010
Julie M Says :
The best vacation i’ve every had was when i went swimming with my family and bar-b-que with them that was the best.
References :
March 6th, 2010
crazylegz mgee Says :
i walked down the east coast last year with a backpack and money for food and slept on the beach for like 3 weeks. took showers at the beach showers. had a tarp and a tent for when it rained. it was really relaxing.
References :
March 6th, 2010
Quietwalker Says :
Spent three years in Mexico City once. Went everywhere and did everything I could. Lived on less than four hundred dollars a month. You’d need about six hundred, carefully watching your pesos, now. I’ve been back various times, going to other places. I’ve traveled through just about every state there and am planning another six-month trip beginning in December. If you watch you pennies and don’t eat at the posh tourist places, you can get along very well on about 25 bucks a day as a tourist. I can live there for the same period on about ten dollars a day. I eat wherever I see a place that interests me and go everywhere I can to get an idea of the area and its history. I’ve seen many of the pyramids in the country, have been to the beaches, which are beautiful, have been in the mountains, and in the country’s deserts. Mexico is an adventure at every turn, as much with the language and culture as with the scenery. Try it. You’ll like it.
References :
March 6th, 2010
pat z Says :
It’s a toss-up between Hawaii (Oahu and Maui in our two-week package) and Crete, opposite sides of the globe, I know, but you did ask for our best.
Hawaii was an all-in package (air fare plus hotels and transport between the islands, except meals) which included a rental car on Maui. For Crete, we took the cheapest charter flight and then stayed in bed and breakfasts around the island.
Both these vacations were more than 20 years ago, so their prices are totally irrelevant today. But both, at the time, were extremely good value for the money. (In Crete, leather products and silver and gold jewelry were ridiculously inexpensive. In both places we daily ate fresh sea food, also for next to nothing!)
If you’re able to go out-of-season, prices also drop dramatically. We did Crete in September when it was still warm and sunny (we swam every day) but the bulk of the tourists had gone home.
I suspect Hawaii is busy year round. But leaving a snowbound Canada in February to step out into a warm, sunny Honolulu was WONDERFUL.
Have a great vacation!
References :
March 6th, 2010
mindbender Says :
A trip to Alaska was a bit expensive but incredibly eye opening. The cities are as modern as any in the other 49 states but leave the city and it is RUGGED WILDERNESS. We were gone about 18 days. In 1994 it cost us about $3500 per person to take an all inclusive totally guided cruise and land trip combined. We arrranged it through AAA and never even had to carry a bag. The tour guide had tickets for us at every attraction and we never had to wait in line either. We went to a side door and they let us in as a group. It was a wonderful trip that combined a bus cruise through Canada and much of Alaska. We stayed in a huge log home lodge within site of Mt. Denali. We saw grizzly bears and moose and salmon leaping high into the air to get up those ladders that are built into streams. We flew in a small plane up to Kotzebue above the arctic circle and spent three days there learning about sled dogs and Native culture. Even got to pan for gold! Ate freshly caught salmon that was grilled right in front of us over hickory coals. We had Elk, buffalo, and caribou at a fancy restaurant and a cruise on a special boat that took us within 500 feet of a glacier. Saw a chunk as big as a house break off and go crashing into the water. Breath taking!
After all that we loaded on a cruise ship where we ate elegant meals at all hours of the day and went to movies all through the night and day and there was dancing and partying.
It was absolutely awesome.
That was the extravegant one.
A less expensive but very pleasant one took us through the Smoky Mountains by car. A stop at Branson and Dollywood proved most entertaining whereas the Smokies were peaceful and relaxing. It is so quite and peaceful up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. No trucks are allowed up there and there are numerous towns within ten to fifteen miles of the parkway that you can buzz down to if you need something.
References :
March 6th, 2010
plr2win Says :
I haven’t had a vacation I didn’t think was the best at the time.
What’s not to like about having nowhere to go and all day to get there?
See my pictures:
References :
http://PictureTrail.com/warren65