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Where's a good cheap vacation destination for the middle of winter?
Our only requirement is that there is a beach and the weather is warm. We'll probably be going in march. We're not too picky about nice hotels or anything either.
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If you go to Orlando the last week in Feb/first week in March (if Easter is not early this year...I don't know when it is!), you will have no crowds, and the hotels will be rock bottom. We did it last year, it was sooo nice. No beaches, though, unless you drive to either the east or west coast of the state. Oh, and Disneyworld is anything but cheap, LOL.
Or you can come to Port Charlotte/Englewood/Venice area, (FL) on the west coast, and enjoy white sand beaches..... don't know about hotel prices, though I do live in Port Charlotte....
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Orlando is super cheap to fly into See a theme here?? LOL New Smyrna beach is pretty - and might be warm enough for you (not me!!!) in late Feb, early March. Hotels are pretty booked aroung here (maybe not so much in Orlando) from Speed Week (Daytona 400/500, something like that) through Bike week (next week after the race) and then there's spring break. But in Feb, the manatees are in Blue Springs (2 min from me and they're AWESOME!!) and you can see dolphins in the intercoastal. Lots of cheap cool stuff to do
Just wanted to bump this to see if anyone has anymore ideas.
We don't want to do vegas b/c we want a beach. Basically, we don't care if *all there is* is a beach, lol.
Have you stayed at Sanibel, Laurie? I've always thought it looked gorgeous, but from what I can tell the lodging would kill us. We're talking $260/night for the holiday inn! Just wondering if you had any lodging secrets.
If you can go in Feb South Padre Island is really nice. Oct-Feb are off peak rates so its cheap for hotels. Then, you can also go across to Mexico if you'd like. There are some good resturants and markets over there.
don't go if it needs to be in March though. Spring Break time is crazy. We don't venture anywhere near the island until after Easter.
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I wish we could go earlier, it would def. save some money! Unfortunately dh has to be here during the coldest months because the stupid barns are always freezing up! Argh!
Where's a good cheap vacation destination for the middle of winter?
But umm, spring is high tourist time in FL. So nothing's cheap as far as hotels go. (unless you stay with someone for free 
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