Where would you go for a cheap vacation in North America in Feb or March, somewhere cheap, warm & beachy and also cheap.

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I just want a week in the sun, I don't give a shit if it's tacky. However, I do give a shit if there are a million frat boys puking everywhere. It'll be me and my then-4-5 mo pregnant wife, looking to be comfortable and warm and not at home for a week. where do we go?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

A year ago I would have said Biloxi - on the water, casinos, mostly popular with old people.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Fly into Cancun and head South. My family and some friends rented a house (on the cheap...comparable to hotel) in some po-dunk small town somewhere on the coast. Ate at the local restaurants, etc. Good times.

Or: go to Cabo (on Baja) and head North. Camp.

― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Oops, I mean Tunica. I think that was the one with nicer casinos. But I think Katrina tore them both up.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

savannah georgia

― oooh, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

One-week Hawaii package deal maybe? California's not really warm at that time.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

The desert.

― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Apalachicola

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

San Blas Mexico. Fly into Guadalajara or Puerto Vallarta and take the bus. http://www.sanblasmexico.com/

― andy --, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

mesquite, nevada. a cheaper place you will not find. 1:30 from vegas. lots of old people. fucking beautiful desert-y scenery. utah national parks close by, lake powell too. you'd probably want a car.

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Beaufort, South Carolina

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Tunica is up near Memphis, not on the coast, and is undamaged. Maybe you meant Gulfport?

There are probably a lot of Florida coastal cities that aren't fratboy destinations, aren't there?

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

bump

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 1 December 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

Mobile or Gulf Shores, Alabama, maybe? They avoided the worst of the storms this year, and my wife and I both have family who like to go there instead of Florida or MS (which is kinda stank once you get away from the casinos anyway).

If you don't go during Spring Break, and don't go to a city with a large college or university, anywhere in Florida should be fine. Don't quote me, but I think I read that the Gulf side is warmer than the Atlantic side...?

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 1 December 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

what's your definition of cheap?

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 1 December 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

Baja... but personally, I would go to San Diego. I really like it, and the airfare there from Seattle is usually pretty cheap. I don't know how it is to fly there from other places, though.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 1 December 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

bump, last time, i promise.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 1 December 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

guantanamo - cheap accomodation, diets catered to, no need to learn a new language, all outdoors camping and a stereo system blasting eminem and meatloaf 24/7. to avoid international incidents, do not shiton the koran. I repeat, do not shit on the koran.

― Queen Gettin da most fromyour regime, Thursday, 1 December 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

actually mobile suffered some significant katrina damage (and ain't that near the beach), and gulf shores got hit pretty hard by ivan last year. not sure what has been rebuilt in the past year, so definitely check before making any plans.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 1 December 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

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