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Vacation Question
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Vacation Question


Apr 8, 2021, 3:30 PM

Any of y'all ever pay for a vacation, get to your destination, and IMMEDIATELY regret your choice of location?

FBCoachSC® isn't having a good time at all in Gatlinburg. I am not sure what he expected, but it certainly is not living up to expectation. He says everyone is a tigermanac® from up North just there to get a few slices of pizza.

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


Yes and strangely enough it was


Apr 8, 2021, 3:34 PM

Gatlinburg

We left 3 days early and went to Lake Jenuluska had a great time.

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Isaac Asimov


Yeah, although I didn't pay for it


Apr 8, 2021, 3:38 PM

The Dominican Republic. Got there and after trying to eat a couple of meals at the resort and realizing that the food sucked, and that there was nothing to drink but their national version of Budweiser (Presidente is what it's called), and that there's really not that much to do, I was ready to go home after about 6 hours.

If all Carribean countries suck like that, I don't wanna try to go to another one.

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They do not.


Apr 8, 2021, 3:47 PM

Isn't DR where you pretty much have to stay on the resort property, and the resorts have armed guards?

Yeah..there are islands in the south Bahamas you can go to and not see anyone for several days if thats your thing.

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No armed guards, but riding in from the airport to the


Apr 8, 2021, 3:56 PM

resort is a sight to see. Nothing but abject destitution. It's a dump.

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A buddy went to Punta Cana 2 years ago and said it was like


Apr 8, 2021, 4:05 PM

a prison outside the gates. Armed guards standing at the gates, some on patrol, etc. They usher you into the resort, and then when you leave, its straight back to the airport.

Bimini is no heaven, but you probably won't get mugged. There are def parts of Nassau to stay away from, but you can camp on a lot of the islands. All you need to worry about are mosquitos on land, and tiger sharks in the water.

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I will say this. I was able to walk into the cigar shop


Apr 8, 2021, 4:16 PM

on the resort property and flat out ask "hey, yall got some cocaina?", and he walked me into a dehumidifier room, closed the door behind him and opened a drawer that has a couple of dozen pre-packaged grams of coke. Pretty good coke too.

I didn't last too long at the company who sponsored the trip.

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I see your problem.


Apr 8, 2021, 4:31 PM [ in reply to No armed guards, but riding in from the airport to the ]

You should have landed in Haiti and drove to the DR so it looked like paradise when you finally got there.

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Agree completely.


Apr 9, 2021, 8:20 AM [ in reply to No armed guards, but riding in from the airport to the ]

Wife of won two award trips in 2019...the national one was in Cabo and was incredible. First class everything and you didn't want to leave. The regional one was to DR, and this was when everyone was getting killed down there. Just a trashy dump.

Atlantis/Nassau isn't much better, but then you hit the Abacos in the same country, and it's incredible.

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The Abacos won't be the same for decades.


Apr 9, 2021, 9:59 AM

Having a CAT 5 hurricane sit over your island(s) for a couple days tends to have some less than desirable affects.

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No doubt, but hearing they're making a pretty quick


Apr 9, 2021, 10:04 AM

recovery.

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I haven't been back since


Apr 9, 2021, 10:16 AM

next trip will be some of the southern islands. Since Eleuthera/Harbor Island is only 50 miles from Nassau, its a quick puddle jumper flight.

Might be a good late fall trip.

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St. Johns. Go there.


Apr 8, 2021, 3:52 PM [ in reply to Yeah, although I didn't pay for it ]

Bahamas, just for the water. Better than any other Caribbean water.

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Like H3O, or H4O, or even better?***


Apr 9, 2021, 8:23 AM



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A lot more C37H34N2Na2O9S3***


Apr 9, 2021, 10:20 AM



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I mean...


Apr 9, 2021, 10:23 AM

who doesn't love that beautiful Cherenkov Effect?

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Hasn't every married man in this joint done that?***


Apr 8, 2021, 3:45 PM



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Nope


Apr 8, 2021, 3:55 PM

Never had a vacation with Red that I didn't enjoy.

-Spain
-England and Scotland
-Charleston
-Asheville
-Tahoe
-Riverside/Orange County
-Vegas/Glendale for Natty
-Bar Harbor
-Nashville
-Disney
-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
-New York City x 2

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


bar harbor was going to be our


Apr 8, 2021, 4:05 PM

trip last year for wife's bday. Bookended by a String Cheese show in portland. fukkin' covid

no idea when that window will open back up

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Re: bar harbor was going to be our


Apr 8, 2021, 4:11 PM

Covid scrood me up with music too. Had 3rd row tix to take my gf to see her 2nd favorite band Smashin' Punkin's for her birthday last May. Postponed... postponed... canceled. Can't take her to see her No.1 favorite band, what with Curt Cobain now pushing up daiseys.

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just let go of that idea and do Block Island


Apr 8, 2021, 6:36 PM [ in reply to bar harbor was going to be our ]

best place I have ever been to on the East Coast. Have to go in July/August, but go and you will not regret.

dawghater23

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Re: Nope


Apr 8, 2021, 4:09 PM [ in reply to Nope ]

.



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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


You asked the OP question


Apr 8, 2021, 7:02 PM [ in reply to Nope ]

Waiting for your chance to post your destinations. Nice!

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LMAO...that wasn't even subtle was it.***


Apr 9, 2021, 8:22 AM



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No sir.


Apr 8, 2021, 4:06 PM [ in reply to Hasn't every married man in this joint done that?*** ]

The Mrs. and I have been vacation experts over our married life, and other than a trip to Disney when Joonyer was like 7 or 8 (which we enjoyed) we've not done the traditional sheepcations that the average culturally stunted family endures in the name of tradition...just because the SC Coast or NC mountains was good enough for your parents doesn't mean you can't show some creativity and get out on the edge a little bit. We decided from day one we would see the country, and the world and not throw away money on any place that has a hootie and the blowing fishes marketing commercial or the equivalent thereof shilling for it.

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This is it


Apr 8, 2021, 4:35 PM

Having a partner that is willing to challenge you to step out of your comfort zone, including vacation destinations, is important.

While I had great family trips, we did the normal stuff too: Myrtle, Gatlinburg, Vegas. If I am spending money to go on vacation, its going to be something fun, something worth it, and something interesting.

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


I bet that Charleston trip really pushed you outside


Apr 9, 2021, 8:28 AM

your comfort zone. Probably had to get a palmetto flag canvas belt and a new pair of chubbies shorts in a color you normally wouldn't have bought.

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Cottam if Chubbies are not great bathing suits though


Apr 9, 2021, 8:37 AM

Better than baggies, but not as universally useful as baggies.

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I'll have you know


Apr 9, 2021, 8:53 AM [ in reply to I bet that Charleston trip really pushed you outside ]

I got my first pedicure the first time we went to Charleston. I also proposed to my wife that weekend.

The second time we went to Charleston together, was the second part of our honeymoon. So yeah, pretty big occasions.

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What do you have planned for this years anniversary


Apr 9, 2021, 9:28 AM

of your first pedicure? Something HUGE I bet!!!

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Hopefully another one


Apr 9, 2021, 9:42 AM

My feet are looking rough after not getting a pedi for over a year

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Nope***


Apr 9, 2021, 8:15 AM [ in reply to Hasn't every married man in this joint done that?*** ]



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One time in Greece - but didn't really pay for it


Apr 8, 2021, 4:03 PM

(wife and I took a two week trip on miles / points. only thing we paid for was food)

- one of our longer stops (2 nights) was at this bad ### looking resort in Elounda Bay on the island of Crete. The resort was bad ###, don't get me wrong, but I ####### hated it. We were surrounded by what felt like the New Jersey/NYC people of Europe. There was nothing to do outside of the resort. The food was all themed (i.e. Mexican Night - I #### you not...in ####### GREECE). The kids were running around, being little #####. It was too cold to lay out. Everything was expensive AF...I was ready to GTFO of there asap

We were treated like peasants b/c we were young Americans, dressed in splorin' type gear. The whole thing just sucked. The trip we went on was tight, but should've just stopped at the bay for a picture then spent more time on the south part of the island.

The last night we spent in Chania...and it was off the chain. If you go splore the island of Crete, I recommend making that your entry/exit point or base camp b/c it's awesome.

We also like to do trips where you can do stuff and check stuff out. Like while we were in Crete, we went hiking into the cave where Zeus was born...which was tight. This was like a resort where a bunch of rich ##### bag Europeans went and I wanted to head butt some people.

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There are three things that get an automatic veto from me


Apr 8, 2021, 4:23 PM

without looking any further...the word 'resort', the word 'cruise', and any trip that involves family beyond Mrs. Tig or Joonyer and his fiancé. I would rather spend the week volunteering at the county landfill than have Auntie Estelle or sister-in-law Bertha Jean dictating my activities for a week.

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Avoid resorts at all costs


Apr 8, 2021, 4:45 PM [ in reply to One time in Greece - but didn't really pay for it ]

If it even hints at "all inclusive" anything, its a no for me. Stay as far away from city centers/tourist traps as possible. Red and I try to check boxes, but we also try to wander off of the beaten path on places we go.

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


We did St Lucia for our honeymoon


Apr 8, 2021, 6:53 PM

Didn’t stay at Sandals like the 2 planes full of people that landed with us.

We thought we made a mistake.

Not even close, all inclusive, plunge pool, views, activities and a handful of people. We lucked out big time and it was the awesome

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This is our typical approach


Apr 9, 2021, 9:48 AM [ in reply to Avoid resorts at all costs ]

wife wanted to chill for 2 days b/c we did some serious splorin through ITaly and Greece, and this place looked real tight on the Marriott website, so I snagged it.

The last night in Rome, we did stay at the St. Regis, which was pretty tight.

This one stop was the only thing I'd change on that trip.

We hiked all over the Amalfi Coast, and then had a dope splorin' day on a polaris driving around Santorini. It was so sick. Took some Greek moonshine shots w/ some farmers. Found this abandoned bar on a beach, had some seggs. did it right

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If you could expand on the seggs on the beach part***


Apr 9, 2021, 9:50 AM



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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


it was in here


Apr 9, 2021, 10:01 AM

on the balcony...place was deserted



and this was the view


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Re: it was in here


Apr 9, 2021, 10:24 AM

Tharealdonjuan

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Mister, I know Fred didn't bite you. Cause Fred.....he just


Apr 9, 2021, 8:51 AM [ in reply to One time in Greece - but didn't really pay for it ]

don't like Greece.



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Re: St. John, Aruba, Caymans.......all worth it


Apr 8, 2021, 4:18 PM

St. Thomas, too many cruise ships. Bermuda okay, but not in January. Bahamas, nice but too many cheap flights = too many FBCoachSCs. Cancun.....meh, good food but not impressed.

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Yeah, Hayman Island is not a good place to have a heart


Apr 8, 2021, 4:35 PM

attack.

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Wouldn't call it a vacation, but that's how I feel about


Apr 8, 2021, 4:40 PM

Lake Jocassee. Sure, it's pretty I guess, but we got around the whole lake in like 45 minutes and it was too crowded to get to any beaches. A week build up for that Saturday trip that lasted maybe 2 hours.

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Thats kinda how Keowee was this summer.


Apr 8, 2021, 4:42 PM

I rode around for 3 hours and the only place to drink beer was in my boat.

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and the water is too freaking cold.***


Apr 9, 2021, 10:04 AM [ in reply to Wouldn't call it a vacation, but that's how I feel about ]



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I used to play around in that town......in High School


Apr 8, 2021, 6:35 PM

and my meth head cousin got married there, so it is what it is.

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Like a lot of places, it's probably not as nice as it used to


Apr 8, 2021, 6:50 PM

be. Back in the day, you could spend a week at a hotel on the frontage road with a view of the Gaffney Peach for a reasonable price. A vibrating bed that took quarters, and a Stuckey's within walking distance for pecan log rolls... damm man, that's living.

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A drunk will run a STOP sign, but a stoner will wait for it to turn green.


No, since we live on the coast, we can avoid those crappy


Apr 8, 2021, 6:52 PM

hot beach vacations.

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Too bad avoiding those means, avoiding out local amenities***


Apr 8, 2021, 6:54 PM



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We usually vacation in the summer. We do the local


Apr 8, 2021, 7:13 PM

amenities in the winter.

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