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Wild

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Ok, so I need some advice for our family vacation we're planning for our kids fall break in October.

Freeport Bahamas or Kauai? Duration 10 days.

My wife's sister & her husband live on Kauai. They own a 3BR condo about 20 minutes from the beach, where we could stay. I have enough miles to get our family to LAX. From there, I would have to pay for the flights to Kauai, which are approximately $650 each + $100 in bags & fees. So $3000 in flights. We would have to rent a car, so $600-$700 for that. Then another $2500 for groceries & entertainment. So approximately $6000. We have been to been to Oahu for 2 weeks when they got married, and loved the experience. Problem with this scenario is, my wife's mom & dad, grandmother, and aunt are talking about going out there sometime this year as well...and my guess is, they will want to go when we do. I love her family. but they went to Oahu and I hate traveling with them. Everyone has different tastes, ideas, opinions...no one wants to make a decision, and we end up doing things half the group doesn't want to do. Never fails.

Freeport. Never been. I have enough miles to get the family to Miami. Flights from Miami to Freeport are approximately. $290 + $100 in bags & fees. So $1600 in flights. We would rent a car. Already checked and it's $535 for the 10 days. Found a great condo on the beach for $1075.00 for 10 days. Then another $2500 in groceries and entertainment. So approximately $5700 - $6000. Same as Kauai. Big difference here is, we would be traveling alone...just our family. Wake up when we want, go where we want, relax, nobody to deal with, etc.

Which option would you choose?
 
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If those are the only two choices under consideration, definitely Freeport, hands down. A vacation should be just that, a vacation. Kauai would be a family reunion which is the opposite of a vacation IMO.
 

teamquestnorth

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You couldn't pay me enough money to be stuck on an island for 10 days with in laws.
 

Wild

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Looking into Belize now, lol. Early stages of planning, but flights out of San Antonio are reasonable. $385 and lodging is very reasonable.
 

sgotwalks

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Nah, fuck all that..........Slocan, British Columbia brother. Beers, bears and bomb fires. Magic mushrooms, misty mountains, mary jane and magical mystery tours! Good times, bad rhymes and zero crimes! Come one, come all, Slocan is awesome in the fall..........see you when you get here!

Go sell the wife and kids on it now. We'll have a blast, I promise you............even if you end up divorced by the time you leave, it might be worth considering!
 

Wild

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Nah, fuck all that..........Slocan, British Columbia brother. Beers, bears and bomb fires. Magic mushrooms, misty mountains, mary jane and magical mystery tours! Good times, bad rhymes and zero crimes! Come one, come all, Slocan is awesome in the fall..........see you when you get here!

Go sell the wife and kids on it now. We'll have a blast, I promise you............even if you end up divorced by the time you leave, it might be worth considering!
Sold!
 

Splinty

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Looking into Belize now, lol. Early stages of planning, but flights out of San Antonio are reasonable. $385 and lodging is very reasonable.

Now we are talking about stuff I know.

Belize is amazing.

First trip? I'd probably go sit on an island.


Go to Ambergis Caye. Looks like this:


Errr I mean this...




You have access to the world's second largest barrier reef.
Which is pretty cool:





When you land you'll get to belize city... It's a fucking shithole...


So you get on an airplane (since you have kids) or a water taxi (if they can handle it)




In Ambergis rent a golf cart and get around that way like everyone else.
Drink belizean beer and eat porkchops with rice beans and the patented local mango habanero hot sauce...




You'll also be glad to know that if there is a UFC while you are there, the island has essentially a pirated cable signal coming in and they can't select what channels they want to single out. So if anyone is watching the UFC PPV, its available to all :)


Which of course you will watch while eating your conch or lobster pizza ( cost the same as pepperoni )




If your kids can handle the boat from the islands to the mainland, you can call up Phil Belize Tours || Belize Cave Tubing Zipline tours || Phils Tours Belize
This is Phil and his team. Phil is on the right



He American raised and super professional. He also once helped me fight off a 'spot head' in Belize City that was going to "kill me for a dollar"
 

Fett_Loadin76

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For $20 bucks I got to chill out with a tribe, they told me their history, cooked us a traditional dish and I got a badass selfie... oh and afterwards I found out they were descendants of the amazon head hunters lol
 
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Fett_Loadin76

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Flooding River






Ecuadorian Chuck Norris says "Fuck you flood, I want a fish" with nothing but a string
 

Wild

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I thought you were joking dude, but wow...that looks amazing. I always thought of Ecuador as a shit hole, but I was wrong. Flights would be steep for me though.
 

Fett_Loadin76

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I thought you were joking dude, but wow...that looks amazing. I always thought of Ecuador as a shit hole, but I was wrong. Flights would be steep for me though.
It was only $650 per person from las vegas with one 2 hr layover in Panama City, Panama
 

Wild

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It was only $650 per person from las vegas with one 2 hr layover in Panama City, Panama
i hear ya, but I can get to Costa Rica, Belize, and the Bahama's for $350-$400, and I only have to fly from Louisville to Dallas, or Louisville to Miami. Saves me time and money. Don't get me wrong, I am open for anything...just trying to maintain a budget.
 

Fett_Loadin76

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i hear ya, but I can get to Costa Rica, Belize, and the Bahama's for $350-$400, and I only have to fly from Louisville to Dallas, or Louisville to Miami. Saves me time and money. Don't get me wrong, I am open for anything...just trying to maintain a budget.
Oh yeah I hear ya.. money's a bitch lol. When we got down there I had $500 cash and it took me 3 weeks to spend it all :)
 

Wild

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Oh yeah I hear ya.. money's a bitch lol. When we got down there I had $500 cash and it took me 3 weeks to spend it all :)
My wife and daughters would find a way to spend that in 2 days...guaranteed. I'm married to the Kardashians, and making Sanford & Son money.