Need a cheap Vacation
 

My wife will be done with Law School this spring. I can't wait to add a second income!!!!!!!! Anyway I would like to suprise her with a quick 4 day or so vacation. Where can I go for a reasonable price. I just want to go some place cool, to reward her.

Any Ideas, I'd like to keep it under 3K

Deadwood South Dakota.....then you could see Mount Rushmore, SPearfish, and all the other things, even go to Devils Tower

:eek: I went on a cheap vacation for New Years and it cost about $350, I think.

It seem like everytime we go someplace it costs us 3K...

Anyway, unless the location is Chicago, KC, or the Twin Cities we will need to fly, she doesn't like to ride in the car. Can you even fly to South Dakota?

Now I would like to go to Vegas. She is not into gambling so I wonder, but there is a ton of cool stuff to do there.

I was also thinking about going to DC, for an extended weekend.

If it's only four days, you're not going overseas, I presume.


It's hard to beat Manhattan as a quick getaway. I stayed at the Algonquin Hotel recently for about $300 a night, and it's got a great location just off Times Square. You can walk to Broadway Shows, go check out David Letterman, go through Central Park, and eat some really good food.

My second choice would be Charleston, South Carolina, but I think you can get more action in Manhattan if you're limited to four days.

Vegas.

Cheap and it has it all.

For a long time, I've wanted to go to Lake Tahoe. I like the whole quiet-cabin-on-the-lake thing, tho. If this vacation is a surprise for her, it really depends on what kind of vacations she prefers.

Yeah, we are both into that too, but we just went to Brithis Columbia again last year.

Deadwood is less than one hour drive from Rapid City's airport. You can get a taste of a mini-Vegas, coupled with cooler scenic beauty, and some interesting historic stuff too... :hmmm:

Skiing, snow-mobiling, fishing and hunting that you won't find in Vegas too.

I'm not sure how good an idea the surprise part is. She just might want a say in where she's going. And you should appreciate her input since she's smarter than you.

I plan on heading up to Deadwood and hitting all the sights in the area in a few more months, like May or June.

I-29 North to I think 90 West...



Btw,,,,DEADWOOD comes out on DVD on 2/8/05...just a few more days..Finally

:LOL:

ahhh she doesn't care, but I'd tell her if it was Vegas

Drop a couple hits of acid, you will take a trip without ever leaving home.

I'm the smart one, I married her.

Here's what your wife would say if she was reading this thread.


New York is where I'd rather stay
I get allergic smelling hay
I just adore that penthouse view
Dahling I love you but give me Park Avenue.

Vegas baby

Fly to Phoenix and stay with Delt. I love Phoenix.

Iowa City or Grinnell or Sioux City

Sucks City, Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

If it was me, I'd take her to New York.



If you want something completely different, go to Santa Fe and get a hotel on the town square. There are some great spas there for pampering oneself, and if you stay downtown it's a very unique city. It's also small enough that four days is a reasonable amount of time to spend there.

I was wondering what an expensive vacation must be like, too.... I don't think we spent $3000 on our two trips to Orlando combined.

You must've been stealing your food from small children or something.

Ok, if you fly its going to cost you $300 per person round trip, and thats cheap.

So thats $600

You got to stay some place thats not a rat hole. Lets say $150 a night, 3 nights thats $450, so lets say $500 with taxes.

So we are at $1100 with out doing anything.

$100 bucks a day for food. Could it be cheaper? Yes, but we like to go out for nice meals when on Vacation. Lets say $300

$1400, plus any activitys

OK maybe I should look at doing this for $1500

"Oh, I'll hold that while you get your picture taken with Mickey & Minnie"

"What a nice young.... hey!"

More power to ya... it's just funny to hear that it's "cheap" compared to all the ways we tried to save to go on those trips while on a college budget. I love to travel, so if I ever get a job that allows it, I'm sure I'll spend lots and lots of money on vacations ;)

Rental car, souvenir t-shirts and refrigerator magnets, entry into some shows or exhibits or something, and you'll spend more on food than that. Maybe $2,000, but more likely $2,250.

We are looking into an all inclusive vacation in Mexico leaving on Friday and returning on a Monday for about $1800. This would be in cancun....

Exactly. To me, "cheap vacation" means "within driving distance." For $3k, I think I'd be going on another cruise. :)

Can you PM me some more info on that?

I went to Charleston a summer ago, it was awesome. I'd recommend it.

Free lodging at hotel De Lyon

Oh! I just had a brainstorm. How about New York?

Not a whole lot going on up there, just like the rest of Iowa

I did the Charleston last summer, threw out my hip.

As cool as the Hotel De Lyon sounds, I would recommend Naples, Florida. Awesome city. Great beaches. Everglades are a 30 minute drive. Keys really aren't that far away either. Check the web for rates at the Ritz - Carlton. Want to pamper yourself and the wife? The Ritz is the place to do it. Enjoy.

HA. Little do you know that we have a riverboat casino, Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, and you get to drive by the city sewage lagoons and John Morel pork plant on the way into town...

Yeah, I could cash in the offer from a guy I help out, he has a time share or something with all the Ritz Carltons

Hey... We got that too!

Hoover, i sent you a PM... check it out..

? ROFL

If the wife is into gawking at celebreties, the Ritz is chock full. Great margs by the pool. Yo, cabana boy!

Jamaica mon....

:bong:


We stayed here...
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Got a heck of a deal on the Superclubs SuperSurprise package. It was under $3K. All-Inclusive is the ONLY way to go.

Someone should ask Rain Man for his input. I'm sure he'd have an opinion on the matter.

I don't see how NY is a good place to vacation. Bad weather, bad air, hard to relax by the beach/in the forrest.

You might take a look at taking I-70 west to Goodland and going north from there. I used to live in Lawrence and that route was much quicker(~3 hours). Better scenery too. The bonus is this: Carhenge

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It's New York! Not just once, but twice! It's New York, New York! The Empire State Building, Broadway, cheap pizza, Madison Avenue, Greenwich Village, the Statue of Liberty, Seinfeld, Alexander Hamilton's grave, Little Italy, the Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Center, subway adventures, Central Park, the Dakota, the Radio City Rockettes, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Guggenheim, Park Avenue...the list goes on an on. If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere, so here's to you, New York, New York.

You guys have a Titty bar too...........don't ya?

Try the Wisconsin Dells. They have alot to do.
Even In the winter they have some cool indoor water parks. The ducks run in the summer.

Two actually, a nice one and one's a dive.

Didn't think Hoover's wife would be interested in that, tho.

TWO.....?

All ya'all ain't been around, have ya?

Ya - Teaser's and Mavericks. JP's is closed.

Okay, I'm finally seeing a viable alternative to New York.

Last Titty Bar i was in in Sioux City was on Lower 4th before the
new convention center. SO that's dating my presence in those fine
establishments !!!! I might have to make a road trip some time :)

Count me in. I love road trips. I've also got a Super 8 discount card.

I bet your wife can't wait either, heheehehhehhehehhehhehehhehhaahhahhahh!!! :p

The Pink Pussycat? Yup - that is a looong time ago.

Anytime Bro!

Your not sleeping with me this time !!! You snore too :cuss: loud

The pink pussy cat. Right now I'm picturing the old Saturday
morning cartoon called Josie and the Pussy Cats. My mind is
mysterious sometimes !!!

That was along-long time ago. It seams like we had a belly full of beer and went to that fine stablishment. Then we endedup a the Red Onion
for munchies...Wow, memories !!!!

I miss the RO. :huh:

obviously it wasn't Vegas, where I went. That vacation ran me a little over 3K. It was AWESOME though.

ROFL dude, that's just cold.

Yeah, I'm sure vacations are a lot more expensive when you can't get laid for free.

ROFL ROFL ROFL

Yeah, separate rooms this time. It creeped me out to wake up and see you standing over my bed staring at me.

I was thinkging DC might be cool.

I have three Congressman who are clients so I could pull some strings and get a behind the sceans tour with one, breakfast in the congressional dining room. Then tour the White House, Smithsonian, and the Spy museum.

come on, picking up girls there was easier than on Spring Break. And no, I didn't buy a hooker. All you have to do is do something crazy like TALK to them, jazz them up a little bit.

I hear that some women love jazzz, too.

Cancun. Its cheap and its warm

Dave

ROFL Yeah we get it! The white trash guy who wants to prove he is high class by bragging about spending 3k on his vacation. BTW, it probably ended up being at the "Brown Panty" where his mom dances.

His mom dances there too?
:harumph:

Sounds like every girl I dated in high school.

Them were the years.

ROFL ROFL ROFL

I'm a big fan of the Black Hills. Very reasonable prices, and you won't find prettier country anywhere, IMO. Custer State Park is pretty much my favorite place on earth.

Getting there can be a problem, though. Flying is a pain in the ass since you have to hop a flight from a nearby hub city like Denver. Those regional flights can get expensive. I always drive (about 14 hours from Chicago), but obviously that won't work for 4 days, since you'll burn two travelling.

If you ever have more time, you really should check it out.

Did someone say cheap vacation? I'm going to Jamaica next week for free!
For what's its worth Dawes I'd suggest Lake Placid. If you want her to get away from it all and you want to take her someplace romantic it's the place to go.
Great small town with awesome scenery and the ladies love it so much they don't mind you dragging them around to see all of the Olympic stuff.
You can fly into Albany on Southwest pretty cheap, rent a car, and find a very cozy romantic B&B for a lot less then 3k.

take her to the crescent city. new orleans. It won't be too hot yet, you can get some great food, and book the fishing trip of your life for like 300 bucks. Art museums antique shopping old homes\plantation tours swamp tour, hornets games, titty bars gret live music.

you sound pretty stupid "redneck"raider. Ya I dropped a few grand in Vegas, its not a vacation you're probably used to in the woods or whatever. Just because YOU couldnt afford it, redneck, does not mean that I couldn't, bud.

Yeah you have to go out of your way to have a bad time in New Orleans. So long as you book your hotel early enough it can be pretty cheap.

ROFL

The only time I worry about someone is when KCChiefsman is not making fun of you. If he is trying to call you out then you are doing something right.

It does not take to much to put him on the defensive, he then likes to post out of a pure inferiority complex.