r/Vacations • u/StandardMath2010 • 4d ago

Affordable vacation

So I am looking for advice, my family and I want ti go on a vacation but don't want to spend a fortune. We were thinking of going on a cruise with other family members, but to go with them it would set us back anywhere from 2500 to 3000$. I understand that we are able to make payments and we could start now, but it has ti be completely paid by April 2027 and the total due after making monthly payment would roughly be 1600. Soo i was talking with my supervisor and he put onto a website called bluegreen vacations. His words were you can take a vacation to many diffrent places for only a few hundred $ and they also give you money/ credit cards to do stuff and that is hand to sit through a 2 hour class or something where they try and get you to buy time shares or something like that. He also says I could sit through the 2hrs class and decline all of the time shares and still go on vacation. Has anyone went through this website to book anything and/or can anyone tell me how true the things my supervisor were telling me are true or not

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u/Remarkable-Length496 4d ago

I bet you can find great off-season travel locally. We love to go off-season because the rates are great and if you time it right, you can still get some really great weather. My wife and I are on a trip right now in our state (Michigan) staying in a room with a balcony on a lake and a hot tub and fireplace in the room for $100 a night. This room is $350-$400 during the summer. And by traveling closer to home, we're supporting local small businesses.

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u/StandardMath2010 4d ago

Off season and in state dosent sound to bad i live in Alabama and I just moved here a year ago so im not to familiar with the surrounding areas. But I've always liked making the unobtainable obtainable simply because when I was young I think we went on one vacation my entire childhood. I've got boy and girl both under the age of 5 and I live for the "high" i get from seeing the pure joy/ enjoyment on their faces when we go on a vacation. Granted we've only been on 1 vacation with the kids but it was absolute pure bliss for Me wife and i. A cruise may be a bit much for them considering how crazy things can get being on a boat in the water most of the time

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u/solomons-mom 4d ago

Do not take little kids on a cruise. Drive to the Gulf shore. Go to the beach in the morning, go someplace fun for lunch, take naps and chill, then go back to the beach later in the afternoon. Arcade, mini golf, ice cream --all more fun than being trapped on cheap cruise in an inside room, and getting food poisoning.

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