<p>If you are looking for something easy to get to, one of our favorites for a family getaway is The Cloister in Sea Island, Georgia. Plenty to do for everyone - Beach Club, Golf, Tennis, Riding, Deep Sea Fishing, Skeet Shooting, Biking and of course exploring the surrounding area. Beautiful and relaxing place.</p>
<p>Check out all inclusives in Cozumel. I heard that not all are good though. I love ours, wnet back many times, lots of people there are regulars. However, one thing got worse in later years, occupancy is usually 100%, too many people. No probelm on a huge beach though. Next year, we are planning to check out Costa Rica.<br>
Well it all depends what you are looking for. We want all inclusive, we do not want to be bothered with going out. We are also looking for a nice of shore snorkling without going on a boat. Another requirement is to have a pool to swim in addition to the ocean and plenty of shades on a beach. Nice food is absolute must. We are NOT looking to visit interesting places, we want to stay on a beach for 2 weeks.
So, list your own criteria and go from there. </p>
<p>We’re leaving Saturday for St John in the USVI. What I like about that is how laid back the island is, but a lot to do like snorkeling, paddle boarding, going on day trips in catamaran’s, hiking, scuba, shopping, sitting around drinking cocktails. There is also a public ferry to take you back and forth to St Thomas and the BVI’s are right there as well for day trips over there. Soggy Dollar Bar is not to be missed. :)</p>
<p>Multiple suggestions for Costa Rica - any particular resort or is the whole place wonderful?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that July in Costa Rica is the rainy season. </p>
<p>My recommendation would be Croatia, where you can do the beach scene and some amazing sightseeing.</p>
<p>Quebec.
Calgary
Alaska</p>
<p>I would second going to London, Paris or Amsterdam but another thought is an Alaska cruise. Large ships depart from Seattle or Vancouver and smaller ships from Juneau. Seeing the glaciers in Glacier Bay is truly amazing. There is lots to see and do. Many people add on trips to Denali National Park in Alaska or other ground touring. I couldn’t do that when I was on Alaskan cruise 2-3 years ago but I had extra days in Vancouver prior to departure and absolutely loved that city.
You can never go wrong with trip to San Francisco and the Bay Area or San Diego/Southern California.
Hawaii is also a fantastic trip. It can be pretty hot in July on Oahu but still so interesting to tour Pearl Harbor and each other island has a different personality and so many interesting and outstanding sites.</p>
<p>We sent to Cost Rica in August last year. It rained every afternoon from around 3-5 so most activities took place only in the morning. Having said that…our kids of 24, 23 and 20 loved it. My H and I thought it was ho hum. We stayed in Manuel Antonio in case that makes a difference.</p>
<p>If you are a fan of food, Costa Rica is not a great choice. The food there is ordinary.</p>
<p>Two different (middle age) couples we know went to Alaska and loved it. My niece and her husband (mid-twenties) went to Alaska to visit college friends who are now living there. They had a blast and the pictures were just phenomenal. My BIL was stationed in Alaska (Coast Guard) for three years. My in-laws went to visit once each year and always thoroughly enjoyed it.</p>
<p>Tel Aviv has a beautiful white-sand beach alongside a vibrant city that young people can enjoy, walkable distances between them. Everyone can do their favorite thing; signs in English; food from all over the globe there. A day trip north to the Sea of Galilee/Tiberius or Mt. Carmel is interesting and cool in summer.</p>
<p>If that’s too far with just a week, is there anything for you in Scandanavia, Ireland or Scotland along the shorelines?</p>
<p>The best family vacation in recent years was to Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. When we went, all were college age or older (H and I, our three sons and our daughter in law).</p>
<p>We did an all-inclusive vacation which included a private, four bedroom, three bath villa with a private pool. It came with two free golf carts for getting around the huge resort area. The resort area had a wonderful beach, tennis, golf, sailing/snorkeling/kayak, scuba, hiking, bicycles–whatever you could think of.</p>
<p>It included meals at a large variety of restaurants and water sports. There was maid service at least twice daily, there was a fully stocked kitchen in our villa, and one night we arranged for someone to come cook at our villa so we could relax at our private pool while we ate.</p>
<p>We really enjoyed having the two golf carts–we could split up to do different activities.</p>
<p>We are thinking of going back next year, if everyone can coordinate calendars.</p>
<p>I had other thoughts for vacation. Driving up the Maine coast is great, so many quaint and historic places with the ultimate destination of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, plus the added bonus of lobster and blueberry pie. Someone else also suggested Montreal and Toronto as well as Quebec City in one direction or Niagara Falls in the other. Niagara Falls is a site to see if you’ve never been there, Toronto is a fun city and I would then add Niagara on the Lake, a beautiful town with fine dining, wineries, historic sites, quaint and walkable streets, shopping and the Shaw Festival theatres.</p>
<p>We had a fantastic trip to Iceland last year. Interesting history and truly glorious scenery that is day trip distance from Reykjavik. I can’t wait to go back.</p>
<p>We are planning to do the drive up to Maine this year with our high schooler and recent college graduate. We want to spend time in Bar harbor, Acadia and towns in between including Ogunquit. Close second was a few days in Turks and Caicos. The airfare pushed this into second place.Though the beaches are gorgeous, there did not seem to be much else besides snorkeling. I love the beach, but can only sit for a couple of hours. There seemed more to do for us in Maine. However, if you do enjoy the beach, they had some nice packages on Jetblue. Alexandra hotel seemed nice. Most have kitchenettes to keep the dining expense down. A nice option for a family.</p>
<p>Lia B, If you’ve not been to Acadia one fun thing to do is take (or rent) bikes and ride the carriage roads. We were there with DS and future DIL last August. We later put them on the bus back to Boston and continued up to Quebec, where we rented an apartment in the Old City for a week. More great biking there, good restaurants, wonderful farmers’ market.</p>
<p>How do you feel about Key West. Lots to do, great weather, etc. July should be pre hurricane season</p>
<p>thank you 1moremom. That sounds like a fun thing to do. Will definitely check out the carriage roads.</p>