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If you're looking for a beach vacation and plan on staying in one place, then I would recommend Cape Cod over the Maine coast. The Maine coast is beautiful, but if you have any plans of actually getting into the water, the waters at the Cape will be warmer than Maine! The Cape Cod National Seashore is absolutely beautiful! We went on a great whale watch out of Provincetown.
When we would spend a week at the we rented a condo at this resort several times. In the old days, we would go through a local realtor, not the resort. I've since seen condos here on cyberrentals and VRBO and other online vacation home rental sites. There were lots of amenities and it really was very family oriented for a nice resort.
Brewster is one of my favorite towns on the cape-not too built up and lots of non chain businesses.
If you go to the cape in September, you will not get the foliage but you can easily take a drive out to Western MA, NH or VT. All are doable as a day trip.
The condos in the second link are part of the resort. some villas are rented through Ocean Edge and others through the private owners. We stayed at the hotel once (they have great winter specials-I think we paid $70./night) but have always gotten a weekly rental through a private owner. We used Better Homes and Gardens Realty in Brewster before the days of internet rentals.
When we rented privately, we still had full use of the resort, although some owners would charge extra for pool passes. We went when our kids were young and the golf course was quite welcoming to them-my DD even did a few days of golf camp.
Don't listen to Ashli! She LOVES it hot and humid! She can't be trusted! lol
I do love hot and humid, but I know that Disneybine doesn't, so that's why I said no to SC/GA in Sept. ( I think Sept is gorgeous here!) But keep in mind that Dana is in heaven with snow and 25 degrees - so beware! LOL
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I should have just said, "Hey have you ever thought about taking a trip to where Santa Claus lives"?
Erm, been there done that! In 2009, we took a trip up to the North Cape. Along the way, we stopped at the Santa Clause village at the Arctic Circle in Finland
Here's proof (and yes, that's what Santa Clause looks like in Finland):
I'm going to send you the other direction... try Las Vegas, NV or Phoenix, AZ. It can still be warm at times, but if you like the heat over the humidity...
Average Sept. temp for LV = 81 F
Average Sept. temp for Phx = 85 F
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Average Sept. temp for LV = 81 F
Average Sept. temp for Phx = 85 F
Now that's what I'm talking about! We went to Las Vegas in September 2005 and had perfect weather. Arizona is on our "maybe list" at this point, if we want to go for the longer flight (we're flying in from Germany so anything on the east coast is closer).
If DH can do without an ocean close-by, I'd love to spend a week in the southwest!
Now that's what I'm talking about! We went to Las Vegas in September 2005 and had perfect weather. Arizona is on our "maybe list" at this point, if we want to go for the longer flight (we're flying in from Germany so anything on the east coast is closer).
If DH can do without an ocean close-by, I'd love to spend a week in the southwest!
It is an amazing area with so much to see and, certainly from our experience at Bryce and Zion last year, the weather is great at that time of the year. If you can make it work - and I don't know if you could - Virgin Atlantic do fly direct to both Vegas and Orlando from Gatwick. I don't know if those prices are out of your reach and how much it would cost to get to Gatwick, but just another thought...
If you can make it work - and I don't know if you could - Virgin Atlantic do fly direct to both Vegas and Orlando from Gatwick. I don't know if those prices are out of your reach and how much it would cost to get to Gatwick, but just another thought...
I remember looking into it a few years ago to fly to Orlando but back then it was a lot more expensive because we had the extra flight to Gatwick. Lufthansa does fly direct to Orlando, too, so that worked better for us.
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I do love hot and humid, but I know that Disneybine doesn't, so that's why I said no to SC/GA in Sept. ( I think Sept is gorgeous here!) But keep in mind that Dana is in heaven with snow and 25 degrees - so beware! LOL
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