help me plan my 40th bday getaway

[Anonymous]

My 40th bday is on a Friday and I just realized DS's daycare is closed the following Monday and Tuesday. The stars may be aligning for a 40th bday getaway for the family.

It will be the end of September/beginning of October and DS will be just one year. What immediately popped to mind were: Vegas, Puerto Rico, St. John, and Bermuda but I am looking for other suggestions. It'll be a short trip. I'd like to go somewhere we could get to early Saturday morning and have most of Saturday there, be there all day Sunday and Monday, then back Tuesday afternoon.

Thanks in advance!!

[Anonymous]

Vegas sucks for little kids. I know they advertise it as "family friendly", but that's pretty much B.S. 2nd-hand smoke EVERYWHERE, it's hot outside, and they are not even supposed to be in the casinos.

[Anonymous]

It is hurricane season in the carribean so you will be taking a chance with PR, St John and Bermuda.

If you warm and not worry as much, curacao and aruba are better bets. However the flight is longer.

San diego is a great family place for a vacation.

You could also do vt/upstate ny for a fall foliage getaway.

[Anonymous]

Charleston, SC or Chicago

[Anonymous]

Good suggestions 11:15 and 11:35. My husband said the same thing about the caribbean. We are actually going to San Diego at the beginning of September to visit family. I like the Vt/Upstate NY suggestion. What would the weather be like then? Is Oct 1 too early for foliage? We also thought about Martha's Vineyard -we had a great trip there a few years ago but I wasn't sure about the weather in late September.

Charleston could be good too. Not sure I want to do a big city... we did NYC last year and it's just exhausting. I think with the kiddo would be tough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good suggestions 11:15 and 11:35. My husband said the same thing about the caribbean. We are actually going to San Diego at the beginning of September to visit family. I like the Vt/Upstate NY suggestion. What would the weather be like then? Is Oct 1 too early for foliage? We also thought about Martha's Vineyard -we had a great trip there a few years ago but I wasn't sure about the weather in late September.

Charleston could be good too. Not sure I want to do a big city... we did NYC last year and it's just exhausting. I think with the kiddo would be tough.

Given the warm winter and early spring my guess would be it would be earlier. But you never know. It is always a guess this early.

[Anonymous]

Turks and caicos

[Anonymous]

Hmmm. Personally I would want the Caribbean, even though there would be a threat of hurricanes. I might do a short cruise with a nursery/babysitting options to have a night out or two just with DH. Plus, cruises just change their routes or schedules for storms, and therefore can miss them all together.