I can haz summer vacation?

[next_to_normal]

Parents were here again this weekend, and my mom and I started talking about where to go for a summer vacation (Dad of course has no interest). She has 23 vacation days that she has to use this year or she loses them, and I desperately need a vacation before I snap and stab my boss with a pencil or something. However, since I am in the "close to broke" tax bracket, we need something kinda cheap.

My mom suggested we drive somewhere, but having spent my entire life driving up and down the East Coast, I feel like we've sort of done everything within a reasonable distance? We could always go back to Virginia Beach or the Outer Banks, but I'd be going just to go somewhere, not because I really want to go to the beach.

It's possible we could get cheap airfare somewhere and expand our radius, but then I'm overwhelmed with choices, lol. Well, international airfare is still pretty expensive, so that at least narrows it down.

Any thoughts on good off-season destinations for July, oh flist?

Comments

[rebcake]

I'm guessing a staycation is not that attractive? I mean, I'd consider your area a vacation destination, but you seem to take advantage of the local features fairly often, so maybe it wouldn't be different enough. Sometimes being a tour guide will take you to places that you normally wouldn't try. Three weeks is awfully long for that, though.

I've never been, but would Montreal be exotic enough? Or, if you really want to go for the gusto, you could see if flights to Las Vegas are cheap enough. Sometimes you can get amazing deals, and there are shows and things, plus the natural beauty outside of town is pretty spectacular, if hotter than blazes.

IDK. Vacations in my world are unpaid these days, and distant family and semi-pro fandom take up most of the available time. In the olden days I liked to go places where I could a) look at old stuff, and b) eat something delicious that is hard to get at home. What are your vacation goals?

[next_to_normal]

Yeah, not feeling the staycation this time. That's really all I've used my vacation days for in the past couple years. (Okay, there were a few days in Williamsburg, but that's barely out of town, lol.) So I'm itching for an actual adventure.

In the olden days I liked to go places where I could a) look at old stuff, and b) eat something delicious that is hard to get at home.

Haha, those are pretty much my vacation goals, too. The Southwest is what's on my mind right now, although... yeah. It'd probably be a gazillion degrees in the desert in July, lol. Plus, I checked airfare and it's not great. Vegas might be an option, though... not the city so much, because we've been there, but it might be cheaper to fly there than to Albuquerque or Phoenix.

[eilowyn1]

If you're willing to fly out to San Francisco then drive a couple hours, Lake Tahoe has a wonderful summer off-season and it's absolutely beautiful on the lake. It's what my family usually ends up doing. We're kind of boring in that we do the same thing again and again.

[mcmegan]

Have you been to Maine? I've only been to an island up there that's an Audubon reserve, but it was really pretty. And not so gross hot like here. I think it was July that I went, and some days were pretty chilly. On one warm day (70s maybe?) I jumped in the water, and it was so cold that it tensed up your muscles and lungs. Refreshing. Lots and lots of mosquitoes at night though.

I'd offer to come with, but we have to ask of vacation days 2 months in advance. Unless I can get someone to work a shift or 2 of mine.

[next_to_normal]

I've been to Maine once, but it was just a stop on a cruise. All I really remember were lobsters everywhere.