Where to swim and read over new years?

[Anonymous]

We always take our family trips in summer and typically go to places like Maine and eastern Canada and rent a house by the water. The itinerary is floating, reading, grilling dinner, repeat repeat repeat. Maybe a day trip with a short hike and some good food and a trip to a bookstore every few days.

We’d like to take a trip for a week or so after Christmas and want to do more or less the same thing but have no idea where to go. Swimming is key. Tolerance for cold-ish water is pretty high so a place that locals won’t swim is still okay with us provided it’s not wetsuit cold. Budget is max $10K for two adults and one kid. Any recommendations? Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Puerto Rico

[Anonymous]

The Hilton with a pool

[Anonymous]

somewhere with a lazy river, that sounds amazing

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestions! The more I think about it, the more I think we’d want to rent a house on the beach and rent a car rather than stay in a self-contained hotel (even though I’m never one to turn down a lazy river). Looked at Puerto Rico and there are some lovely looking places, though more condos than homes. Still very open to additional suggestions. Thanks all.

[Anonymous]

Rent a condo on seven mile beach, grand cayman. Rent a car.

[Anonymous]

Florida Keys?

[Anonymous]

Miami? Hawaii? The Doubletree Palm Springs and La Casa del Zorro nearby each have an Olympic-sized pool but it does get chilly there over the winter. If an indoor pool would work, the Plunge in San Diego is very nice and there's a lot of other stuff to do nearby.

[Anonymous]

Canary Islands are extremely pleasant for Christmas and New Years. Tenerife is particular has stunning landscape and you can easily escape package tours.

[Anonymous]

Panama

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Puerto Rico

+1 I’ve done this a few times and it was perfect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the suggestions! The more I think about it, the more I think we’d want to rent a house on the beach and rent a car rather than stay in a self-contained hotel (even though I’m never one to turn down a lazy river). Looked at Puerto Rico and there are some lovely looking places, though more condos than homes. Still very open to additional suggestions. Thanks all.

I don’t think you’re going to find a rental house on the beach in the winter tbh that isn’t a villa that costs a fortune.

Puerto Rico is really easy to navigate and would be in budget. Lots of air bnb type options.

Maybe Turks and Caicos? But I think it will be a condo there too.

[Anonymous]

Anywhere in the Carribean.