Vacation Spot for the Week After Christmas?

Florida, Tampa/clearwater/Mediera etc.. it is all right there. We stay in Pinellas Park with my parents every March. This is a very nice area.

Or Smoky Mountians (but that would be more perfect in the fall if you ask me) . If you do this, becareful where you get the cabin, some of the roads get impossible to pass and are very steep, but extreamly beautiful

A cruise might be good this time... because of the problems, you might get a really great deal.

I don't have a suggestion, but would you adopt me? Lol!

You might consider going to the Tampa/Clearwater Beach area of Florida. Beautiful gulf coast beaches and you have Bush Gardens in Tampa that you could easily spend two days enjoying. My other thought was Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg TN area...beautiful area with the Great Smoky Mtns and lots to do. Many people rent cabins there.

Fort Lauderdale/ Miami is typically warm enough to be on the beach at that time. If you're up for it, the Keys are a BLAST! You could fly into Miami and drive an hour South to Islamorada or Key Largo.

St. Augustine is beautiful, but there is no promise of warmth at that time of year.

Driving 10 hours south of DC gets you into North Florida, I think. It is 15 hours from Ft. Lauderdale to Richmond, VA (did that drive twice a year for 6 years in college and grad school). So... shift everything "north" by two hours and you will find yourself around the Daytona/ North Palm Beach area.

Charleston, SC. It's historic. A great place to take the family.

My husband and I went to Indian Rocks Beach, FL (Pinellas county) for our honeymoon. It's west of Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico, near Clearwater. It was beautiful. We rented a ocean front house for very little money (cause we were BROKE back then). We went to Busch Gardens in Tampa for a day, spent another day at the Florida Aquarium (great!), went on a couple of harbor cruises, etc. The food was to die for, esp if you love crab and seafood. We want to go back and take the kids soon! I think they would have a blast.

There's always Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg ... Busch Gardens is decorated for Christmas still and I hear Colonial Williamsburg at Christmas is GORGEOUS! I know it's not warm, but with the indoor water park, you could have the best of both worlds ...

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There's always Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg ... Busch Gardens is decorated for Christmas still and I hear Colonial Williamsburg at Christmas is GORGEOUS! I know it's not warm, but with the indoor water park, you could have the best of both worlds ...

I would fly non-stop to Fort Lauderdale or Miami, rent a car, and drive down to the Keys. Hawk's Cay is very fun for families. The drive through the Keys is neat too.

The only downside is that is a busy time of year for the Keys.

We had a warm Christmas this year here in southern Florida, but some years it is quite cool during that week (but certainly warmer than DC).

If it MUST be a driving trip I might shoot for St. Augustine, FL or the Tampa/St. Pete area as someone else mentioned. Still dicey on the weather though.

How far is Key West? If I am going on vacation in Dec I either want to go skiing or to the beach. Maybe check out a cruise I bet you could get one of those without breaking the bank. Right now I bet they would even up your room for free if you were to ask them.

Rachel - does it HAVE to be driving???? aawww man!!! I was thinking....

Texas....New Mexico....Arizona....California....

Savannah, Georgia...
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Williamsburg, Virginia

I have a girlfriend that has a 3 bedroom condo in Florida. I will ask her when it's available and hook you two up if that's what you want!!

We have family that have winter homes in Tampa and Bonita Springs--they're always sending us pictures of them at the beach in December ;-)