workingmom Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Since its our first year hs I just realized we aren't bound by school holidays to travel. Any suggestions on the best off season time to travel. We just booked our first trip a cruise in late January to Mexico and the Carribean. I'm thinking of spending the first few weeks of Jan doing unit studies on the places we'll visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 We always take our family vacation in early October. We usually go to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and it's still fairly warm (70's-80's) and you can still go to the beach without freezing. This past October, we rented a 4br oceanfront condo in a building with an indoor pool for an entire week for $500. We brought our own food and linens, etc. and ate most of our meals in, except for a few times that we went out to eat. All the restaurants and attractions are still open and it's not crowded at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 It depends on where you want to go. We've found November (not Thanksgiving) and early December are great times to visit Disney World. The end of April was a great time to visit Provence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in TX Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 We always travel in early May - my dh works at a university, so as soon as the students are gone -- we take our two weeks. Everyone else is still in school (so no crowds), and it usually still counts as off-season (for hotels, etc.). The only caveat -- if a beach is in your plan, the water will not be warm (unless you go to Jamaica!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Late spring or late summer--Europe. Early December--Disney late sumer--mountains We thought we'd have more time to travel, but have to work our vacations between sports. That's more prohibitive than school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Oct-early Dec for most places we enjoy (theme parks, & cruises mainly.) The Caribbean is bargain priced then due to hurricane season, but if there's not one, it's great traveling time. The Florida theme parks are virtually empty then--no lines, no waiting, see the whole place in 1 day while riding the favorite rides 5 times. During Oct, they'll be decorated for the Halloween after-hours things they all seem to do while in Dec. they're all decorated for Christmas. BTW, we did DisneyWorld one spring & it was CROWDED! Zillions of teens on school band/choir trips there at the same time, plus the reg. spring vacation crowd. It probably would be better in early May since it's too close to school getting out for school trips. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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