re: I don't get peoples fascination with the beach.

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But you don't. And the brag about your 10k Alabama vacation

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wtf...who was bragging?

done talking about it.

again if you dont like the beach or mountains or cant have fun on any vacation....thats on you and not being a fun person.

i mean how many weeklong family of four+ vacations cost less than 10k? assuming you're not camping or staying at a redroof inn and eating mac and cheese every night?

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i mean how many weeklong family of four+ vacations cost less than 10k?

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Pretty much all of them.

But I don't value fancy dinners or having le crueset cookware in the place that I'm staying as I'm not going to be there.

The only $100 a plate restaurants I enjoy are steakhouses and my place to stay needs to be nice, but I don't want to spend time there anyway so all the shite they bone you on, I don't want anyway.

I went to Cabo last year and stayed in a house with a concierge who would get you hookers and blow for like $1,500. $250 flight and once your there everything is cheap because of the exchange rate.

I spent a third of what this jabroni paid to go watch beached whales waddle around on Alabama sand.

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Your the one who has to drop $10k to have fun.

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His point was, if you don't live the high life, you can't enjoy the vacation as much. In order to enjoy the beach you have to spend mega bucks. The Beach don't sound that great then..

I could understand if you're Bill Gates, but none of those here.

In response to the beach 10K vacation. If you pick fares right can fly family of 4 to Costa Rica (and many other places in the Caribbean/Central America) for $1,500. Can get a nice 2-3 bedroom beach villa for a week for $2,000, and that might be high end. Can add a personal chef for 2 meals a day for $500-$1,000.

You could probably do every excursion you want (off-shore fishing, mountains, rainforest, scuba) for $1,000 total for the week. Add in another $1,000-$1,500 for eating out, shopping, alcohol, incidentals, etc., and that comes out to $6,000-7,000.

Nothing is wrong with the gulf coast, but value wise most folks would be better going to the Caribbean or Central American beaches, especially if kids aren't in the picture.

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Beach Pros: Hot Chicks in Bikinis

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Good enough for me.

I love to do all of the cooking on vacation

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In response to the beach 10K vacation. If you pick fares right can fly family of 4 to Costa Rica (and many other places in the Caribbean/Central America) for $1,500. Can get a nice 2-3 bedroom beach villa for a week for $2,000, and that might be high end. Can add a personal chef for 2 meals a day for $500-$1,000.

You could probably do every excursion you want (off-shore fishing, mountains, rainforest, scuba) for $1,000 total for the week. Add in another $1,000-$1,500 for eating out, shopping, alcohol, incidentals, etc., and that comes out to $6,000-7,000.

Nothing is wrong with the gulf coast, but value wise most folks would be better going to the Caribbean or Central American beaches, especially if kids aren't in the picture.

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i actually agree...but when you have multiple kids...that changes things until they are teenagers.

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To take one out of your book, who said that?

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not you but that was my original point

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Your the one who has to drop $10k to have fun.

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not once did i say that. in fact i specifically said i enjoyed a good tent camping trip in the mountains.

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I'd love to have you as a customer if I sold anything, you seemingly wear getting taken to the cleaners as a badge of honor.

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yea ok. because i like to do things on my vacation which cost money? because i like for my kids to expierence things?