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serynI think I know where I want to go on vacation. As in, I spent some time looking and I picked a hotel.
There is not a large likelihood that this will actually happen.
Someone recommended oyster.com. It has real-life pictures and people talk about their actual experiences. Kind of Yelp-ish, except with fewer drunken 24-year-olds. (Near me restaurants only get excellent Yelp ratings if they have a great bar selection or food for less than $5.) Oyster pointed out that the Four Seasons on Maui at Wailea has no resort fee. So although the rooms seem a lot more expensive, it's actually about the same price as a lesser hotel all totaled. Theoretically. Probably there are sale prices and much better combo deals for lesser hotels.
But the more I look at it, the more I'm convinced that I want to stay there. They have free tai chi, and yoga on the beach. They hand out fruit popsicles by the pool. Towels for going to the beach are readily available. There are people who drive you around when you want to go elsewhere on Maui, like you wouldn't need to rent a car just to go out to dinner. (And a lot of the excursions pick you up... so I would rent a car (available on site) for a day or so if I wanted one.)
It's not cheap (the prices I found today are all looking at about $4200 for 6 nights with airfare and taxes). There are definitely less expensive options. I'm the only one here who wants to go to Hawaii at all. My track record for vacation choosing has been lousy. (Last 4 trips were ones I planned and chose and they have all SUCKED.) It's hard to get a non-stop flight (especially since my local airport is also a secondary airport).
It's not possible to compare dates for a whole trip. You can compare dates on airfare... sometimes (Maui is not included in the fare compare tool for expedia or travelocity.) But what I want to know is: If I leave on a Tuesday, it will be $200 cheaper than leaving on a Monday. Or if that 6th night is worth staying for (5th one is free so that's definitely worth it if you have the time). Or if I stay 7 days there's an additional price break.
I want to go sometime in September or October, but I have no real preference as to when. There's no sale going on for that timeframe.
And we'll be honest. I don't actually care where we go. Just that if we're going to go to Maui, this Four Seasons place looks awesome.
We looked at going to Disney World (the Florida one, even though we live in California) but I'm completely put off that the people who built EPCOT and touted it as the vision of the future and all... they don't have wifi. ANYWHERE, not even in the hotels. Everywhere has wifi now. What kind of pathetic losers are they? We're not going there. They're obviously trading on past glories.
I kind of want to see the Grand Canyon, but if it's even vaguely like Yosemite, it's crammed full of tourists until it needs a PARK FULL sign outside. And it's in Arizona, though it turns out Rhode Island has been implementing a similar policy for years, they just didn't make a big fuss over it.
My SO suggested we go to Eureka.. but I doubt it would be the cool place for nerds and smart people to hang out that it is on the show of the same name.
Eventually I'll give up and we'll not go anywhere.
There is not a large likelihood that this will actually happen.
Someone recommended oyster.com. It has real-life pictures and people talk about their actual experiences. Kind of Yelp-ish, except with fewer drunken 24-year-olds. (Near me restaurants only get excellent Yelp ratings if they have a great bar selection or food for less than $5.) Oyster pointed out that the Four Seasons on Maui at Wailea has no resort fee. So although the rooms seem a lot more expensive, it's actually about the same price as a lesser hotel all totaled. Theoretically. Probably there are sale prices and much better combo deals for lesser hotels.
But the more I look at it, the more I'm convinced that I want to stay there. They have free tai chi, and yoga on the beach. They hand out fruit popsicles by the pool. Towels for going to the beach are readily available. There are people who drive you around when you want to go elsewhere on Maui, like you wouldn't need to rent a car just to go out to dinner. (And a lot of the excursions pick you up... so I would rent a car (available on site) for a day or so if I wanted one.)
It's not cheap (the prices I found today are all looking at about $4200 for 6 nights with airfare and taxes). There are definitely less expensive options. I'm the only one here who wants to go to Hawaii at all. My track record for vacation choosing has been lousy. (Last 4 trips were ones I planned and chose and they have all SUCKED.) It's hard to get a non-stop flight (especially since my local airport is also a secondary airport).
It's not possible to compare dates for a whole trip. You can compare dates on airfare... sometimes (Maui is not included in the fare compare tool for expedia or travelocity.) But what I want to know is: If I leave on a Tuesday, it will be $200 cheaper than leaving on a Monday. Or if that 6th night is worth staying for (5th one is free so that's definitely worth it if you have the time). Or if I stay 7 days there's an additional price break.
I want to go sometime in September or October, but I have no real preference as to when. There's no sale going on for that timeframe.
And we'll be honest. I don't actually care where we go. Just that if we're going to go to Maui, this Four Seasons place looks awesome.
We looked at going to Disney World (the Florida one, even though we live in California) but I'm completely put off that the people who built EPCOT and touted it as the vision of the future and all... they don't have wifi. ANYWHERE, not even in the hotels. Everywhere has wifi now. What kind of pathetic losers are they? We're not going there. They're obviously trading on past glories.
I kind of want to see the Grand Canyon, but if it's even vaguely like Yosemite, it's crammed full of tourists until it needs a PARK FULL sign outside. And it's in Arizona, though it turns out Rhode Island has been implementing a similar policy for years, they just didn't make a big fuss over it.
My SO suggested we go to Eureka.. but I doubt it would be the cool place for nerds and smart people to hang out that it is on the show of the same name.
Eventually I'll give up and we'll not go anywhere.
