Magical Destinations

I always advise my clients to book any vacation that they are contemplating as early as possible.  The reason for doing this is you always will get the best availability  and usually the best pricing.  Plus I monitor pricing, so if the price decreases and the vendor allows it  I will get the discount get applied.  Thus when a client comes to me less then a month before the April break, one of the most expensive times of the year to travel, I usually advise them availability and pricing may not be the best, but let's see what we can do.   So just like the shoemaker whose children have no shoes, so goes it in my family with regard to a vacation for April break. 

 This morning my husband said to me "Honey, what should we do for this April break?"  I immediately answer, "Paint the back bedroom."  "No, No" he says "I mean what should we do for a vacation"  Oh Boy, I am thinking to myself, when I asked him in October, November, December and January (stopped asking by February) " Honey, what should we do for April break?", each time he responded , "I don't think we can get away in April this year."  OK, I am always interested in going on vacation so I ask, "What's the budget?"  "Under $2500." he immediately responds.  "Are you taking this vacation by yourself or are Juli and I coming with you?  $2500 is not much to go on."  His response was  "Don't be ridiculous, of course we are all going!"  OK, so I ask a few more qualifying questions.  "Do you want to leave the great state of NY?"  he laughs and proceeds to tell me he wants to go somewhere hot, prefferably a Caribbean island, with white sand and turquoise waters. Somewhere we have not been before, between 5 and 7 nights.  It does not have to be an all inclusive resort and we can leave anytime April 4th or later. Oceanviews and non stop air are prefferable, but not a requirement.  "Don't overthink this, I am sure you will find something" were his parting words to me. One thing that I know and he doesn't is that my daughters passport expired in March. I did not get it renewed because I knew we were not going away in April. So that immediately leaves out all those gorgeous Caribbean islands whose airfare alone would blow his budget.  I am down to looking for pricing and availability in Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Florida and California. 


 We have been to the Virgin islands before but he and my daughter love both St Thomas and St John, so they are a definite possibility.  They also both love Puerto Rico.  Between airfare and hotel we could actually get to St. Thomas and Puerto Rico, but if we wanted to eat during the week that would be a problem.....Hmmm, what to do?  I know, what about a short cruise?  We all LOVE cruising, plus food, entertainment, and  basic beverages are included.  After a quick check to see what is available I come up with Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas.  She does a 4 night itinerary with stops in Nassau, Bahamas, Key West Fl. and  Royal Caribbean's private island of Coco Cay.  So a little flexibility on his part is in order.  We have been to Nassau and Key West, we will not have an oceanview or balcony stateroom, and we need to drive and not fly down. On the flip side, we enjoy those ports of call, the weather is usually gorgeous this time of year, the seas are stunning and will hopefully be calm, it is 5 days and 4 nights on a beautiful ship, entertainment and meals are included, and we are within budget (actually quite a bit under!) .  Is this acceptable to my other half?  It is!


 So we ARE going away for April break.  I stayed within budget, it might not have been the exact experience he was looking for but it had enough of the elements "my client" required to book it. Not bad for last minute.   There are still vacations out there for April 2012 and a Dream Vacation Maker at LBAC Travel  will help  find the right one for you, so give us a call at 631 648 8032.