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We went to Ambergris Caye and rented a house for a week. I've traveled to a lot of places in the Caribbean so I have a lot of places to compare it with. It was my least favorite place I have been. Very poor, not many good places to eat, etc.

We rented golf carts to get around. That was very convenient and fun but there are a ton of golf carts in town at San Pedro. The beaches on the reef side were below average, with lots of seaweed. Small beaches. On the cove side or inland side, the sea lice sucked. You could feel them the entire time. Bring lots of bug spray. We had two Bluetooth radios disappear at night so I'm guessing someone was coming around at night looking for stuff we left out and we had the private house to ourselves.

If you do decide to go, make sure to buy your liquor before at the airport. Buy extra. We ran out and for one 750 ml bottle of Titos was about $90 in San Pedro. If your plane to Belize City gets delayed, don't feel rushed for the puddle jumper because they just take whoever is there at the time and fill that plane then just put you on the next one. They are non-stop every 20-30 minutes so take your time to buy alcohol at the airport.

The best part was diving for lobster. That was fun and then taking them back and cooking at the house. There is a season for that which opened July 1st so just check before if you want to do that.

I am going to Purg at the end of January. We are staying two nights in Purg and one night at the Doubletree. The resort restaurant is nothing special and very expensive. Other than that there is the Nugget that has a food truck and the School House for Pizza.

I agree with the other post with the Double Tree and Strater are the best two options. Both are nice. You can walk downtown from both hotels. The Strater has a cool Saloon.

The only reason we are staying at Purg is its a guy's trip and everyone drinks so we don't have to drive. Other than that I would say stay in town.

Check out Steamworks in Durango. Good food and fun atmosphere for drinks. Also, Durango Bagal has good breakfast in the morning when heading up to Purg.

If you didn't already, buy your lift ticket online before and you get a credit you can use for drinks and food on the mountain on certain days.

Yes, we left 1 vehicle there.

I have the club card and 99% of the time I travel alone for work but how strict are they with the plus 2 allowances? If traveling with my wife and 2 kids, would it be a problem to get us all in?

We did St. Lucia with our two kids and it was great. We stayed at Coconut Bay. Everything with the resort was great besides the seaweed. Didn't realize at the time the difference between the Atlantic and Caribbean sides difference with seaweed amounts. We felt very safe there.

We also have done the Bahamas. We really liked all of the snorkeling and crystal clear water. Nassau and surrounding area. I would not go back to Freeport. I didn't find it had as much to offer and very industrialied.

I did Belize last year and had the hopes of bringing the kids back there. We stayed in Ambergris Caye and San Pedro area. I know there is a lot of buzz about there but I did not care for it at all and definitely would not bring my kids there.

Other places we liked and felt very safe were Aruba and Antigua.

USVI and the British Islands are next on our list.

We have stayed away from the Gulf Coast due to the high prices and going to the Caribbean for the last few years because of the price. We use airline miles for the flights and have been staying at all-inclusive. By the time you factor in gas, meals, etc. traveling, the flights aren't much more even if you had to pay for them.

Now that we are playing baseball, we are paying $3,800 just on a rental for the week in June in Gulf Shores. We are paying $1800 to go to the Bahamas in July for 8 days lol
Of the $3800, $1,000 of it is taxes and fees.

We have been to St. Lucia, Aruba, and DR all-inclusive for a family of four cheaper than what we pay for a condo on the Gulf Coast.

I'm not looking for that level of detail. We already have access to other video training with the club. I was just wondering if it worked fine with GameChanger to stream games and stuff.

United sucks with all the pre-boarding they do. What I learned to get a group 3 boarding is to get a window seat. They were making people in group 4 check carryons the other day. So if you have a late boarding group you might want to pay the extra to get a window seat and a higher boarding group.

Just a heads up if this is your first time using your TSA pre-check number, make sure it is uploaded to your airline account before checking into your flight. If not, they will have to "un-check" you in and it is a mess. And if you're flying Southwest, you lose whatever boarding number you had and it's back of the line. We dad it happened to someone we were flying with.

Agree with the global entry upgrade. I'm doing that next time I have to renew.

I've been talking with Clem. I got his name from one of your older post. He said lobster fishing is a full day but seems long for an 8-hour day. Did you do snorkeling and lobster fishing all in one day?

We use it every year. We don’t get the blackout dates. They list the days ahead of time so you know. Mardi Gras and Presidents’ Day was the same week but the blackout days were the Sat and Sun before President day. So we arrived on the Sunday and skied the rest of the week with no issues.

You just need to make sure you want epic pass for all the Vail resorts or the icon which is another set of resorts. They don’t cross. And you must use it or lose it. No refunds or transfers.

If you know you are going, the passes are definitely the way to go. Way cheaper than buying lift tickets later on.