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Posted by Barrance (Member # 581) on :

Good Morning Everyone,

Jo and I want to plan a trip next December. We want to go somewhere hot, sunny and quiet. We have been looking at some of the all-inclusive clubs but have heard that they are overpriced for what you get. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Barry

PS Alright I am now a member of the 100+ posts club.

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Posted by HotWheelSS aka HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :

Go to Pahrump, NV to Bragg-Smith Advanced Driving School!

http://www.bragg-smith.com

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Posted by Steve_Winters (Member # 128) on :

Depends on your budget, both in money and time.

When you get tired of Las Vegas and the driving course is done, consider San Diego.

We have the best Wintertime weather in the country. It been a bit cool lately, though.

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Posted by Barrance (Member # 581) on :

We already have planned to attend Bragg-Smith in Aug or Sept 2001. We are looking to do the tropical thing with white sand, palm trees and cool refreshing beverages. Fantastic recommendation though.

Posted by Happy_Dan (Member # 118) on :

Steve is right though, depends on budget. The best vacation I have ever been on was to Hawaii. I have not been to many places but I have been to Jamaica on an all inclusive package and I really enjoyed it but Hawaii was the best!! It really is paradise.

Posted by Joe Asarisi (Member # 204) on :

Like Dan said, Hawaii. Each of the islands are unique. Beaches, rain forests, it has it all.

Joe Asarisi

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Posted by KevinA (Member # 139) on :

Hawaii is tops in my book. we wnt there four our honeymoon.

Posted by Steve_Winters (Member # 128) on :

Ah, yes, I forgot about Hawaii. It has better weather than San Diego all year 'round. Kinda hard to drive there, though, unless you have a really big budget.

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Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :

Hawaii for sure! heading back for the third time in Feb or March

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Posted by Barrance (Member # 581) on :

Are there any particular areas or resorts you would recommend? I know nothing about Hawaii and I am a bit leary about travel agents. Again we are looking for something on the ocean, white sand, palm trees, pina colada's you know the Jimmy Buffet kind of thing.

Posted by Joe Asarisi (Member # 204) on :

I prefer the Princeville area on the island of Kauai. Right on the water, plenty of Palm trees. Real laid back.

Joe

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Posted by KevinA (Member # 139) on :

That is exactly where we were! very nice indeed.

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Originally posted by Joe Asarisi:
I prefer the Princeville area on the island of Kauai. Right on the water, plenty of Palm trees. Real laid back.
Joe

Posted by poSSum (Member # 119) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Steve_Winters:
Ah, yes, I forgot about Hawaii. It has better weather than San Diego all year 'round. Kinda hard to drive there, though, unless you have a really big budget.

Reminds me of the guy that picked up a bottle on the beach, opened it, and out popped a genie. Granted the customary 1 wish, fellow said he "wants a highway to Hawaii". Genie says "that's a kinda big request, do you have something else you'd like?" Fellow says. "Yes, I'd like to understand women." Genie says, "Would you like two lanes or four?"

Posted by Happy_Dan (Member # 118) on :

I stayed in Maui (sp?) as well. It was very laid back. My cousin lives there (jeolous?? me??) so we did a lot of native things instead of tourist things but there was lots to do there. Beaches, sand, mountain biking at down from the top of a volcano, waterfalls, snorkling, scuba diving, etc., etc., etc. The best thing is that he works for Blue Hawaiian and we wnet on a helicopter tour. IT WAS AWESOME!!

Oh yea, we spent a day on a nude beach too! Don't tell anyone though. LOL!

Posted by jimb0 (Member # 176) on :

I highly recommend Kaanapali Beach on Maui or Poipu Beach on Kauai...those two places are still fairly laid back yet not so laid back that there's nothing to do. And Haleakala Crater on Maui is an unforgetable experience to be sure...you drive up through the clouds to get there, then it's like being on the surface of the moon. Lahaina is a really neat kinda laid back party town there too. When you fly out there you'll probably go through Honolulu to get to the other islands, so you can spend a day there on each side of your stay and see Pearl Harbor and drive around the North Shoreand back to Wakiki...if you've never been there before it's quite entertaining seeing some of the places that were always featured on Hawaii 5-0...

Posted by SShane (Member # 582) on :

We stayed at the Hyatt on Kaanapali Beach on Maui and it was awesome, very laid back, but you can get to a lot of activities very quickly (really some of the best snorkeling we found was right in front of our hotel!!). Actually, everyplace we went on Maui was pretty great.

The only place that I personally wouldn't stay (although very nice nonetheless) on Maui is up by Kapalu. We went up there to golf three times and it was raining every time (can you really call it rain there??, it's more like taking a shower outside ), even though it was sunny everywhere else.

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Posted by Scott Chab (Member # 174) on :

All I can say is....

ARUBA... ARUBA... ARUBA!!! I've been there 3 times and am now looking at timeshares...

Aruba is out of the hurricane belt, it only rains November-January, it's always sunny, there is plenty to do (water sports, casinos, night clubs, etc.) or you can just lay by the beach/pool all day without sweating because of the constant tradewinds...

Th first time I went down I paid $1256 per person for an all-inclusive including airfare, hotel, tips, 3 meals/day, unlimited drinks and non-motorized watersports...

Chab

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