Coming of age trip -2k budget
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Anonymous
| I don't think you could do it on 2k, but San Diego would be great for that. I personally don't think Boston is great, but he might like it. NYC would be my second choice. |
Anonymous
| 13 is coming of age / significant to warrant a fancy trip? Anywhere that’s really special is going to cost more than your budget and take up more days than 3. Your best best is somewhere local. Go to the outer banks or Busch Gardens or something. Your options are extremely limited. |
Anonymous
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Can't recall where OP is but Amtrak fares are cheap on the non Acela trains. Takes a long time. Also the better buses.
Cambridge has lodgings, Mr. BARTLEY Burger Cottage, things to do like MIT, MIT Museum, Harvard Museum, Science Museum. Easy to get to heart of Boston. |
Anonymous
March weather can still be pretty cold in Bermuda. |
Anonymous
Of all the places to eat in Cambridge, I wouldn't pick Mr. Bartley's. |
Anonymous
| At that age, my son really enjoyed a trip to the Everglades and Florida Keys. |
Anonymous
Nonsense. 2 people and 3 nights is doable in many places for 2,000 |
Anonymous
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OP, tell us which cities interest you most and we can help refine the itinerary...
Also...what kinds of history and what kinds of museums? When I was a 7th grader, I went on an architecture walking tour of older Atlanta buildings. It gave me a lifelong interest in that kind of tour. I also recommend hop on/hop off bus tours in a lot of cities. Boston and New Orleans are two. |
Anonymous
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Another vote for Atlanta. Last time, we stayed at Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park. It’s right by the aquarium, World of Coke, the College Football Hall of Fame, and the Ferris wheel (SkyView Atlanta, which was cool at sunset).
They can rent a car for a day or Uber to whichever of these sound interesting: MLK site, Stone Mountain, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Fernbank Museum, The Varsity. They can also take the streetcar to the MLK site. It will have homeless and not many other people, but it’s only $1 if trying to save money. Plus I think the idea of a streetcar is fun. We did the whole trip without a car. We’ve stayed somewhere outside of the city and rented a car before, but it was really fun staying right by lots of stuff. |
Anonymous
DP. I’ve enjoyed the hop on/hop off trolleys in Nashville and San Francisco too. Nashville airfare might be reasonable. (That’s why we went there. San Francisco may cost too much.) You can get to so many Nashville attractions on the tour. We stayed at Embassy Suites downtown on a high floor. It’s really close to a lot and also near the trolley tour stops. If you start early in the day you have plenty of time to get off at many attractions and you can do the stuff in walking distance a different day. A good thing about Atlanta or Nashville (probably Boston too but it’s been so long I don’t remember) is you can fly early in the morning and be there before lunch so you get almost the whole first day to explore. |
Anonymous
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Boston?
Charleston, SC? Savannah, GA? All should have seafood, art, and potentially science stuff (sorry I’m not up on all the science museums). Lots of history, too. |
Anonymous
Well of course, but op wants something memorable and amazing. A trip to Boston, Atlanta or the Florida swampland is anything but. |
Anonymous
I don’t understand this thinking. Most anywhere can be amazing, he apparently hasn’t been to those places, and a lot of the fun of it will probably be that he can choose the activities. Fun can be had on most any budget! |
Anonymous
You put that on OP, she said nothing of the sort. If you’re not a cynical , miserable jerk any trip can be memorable and fun. I’m guessing yours are memorable for all the wrong reasons |
Anonymous
| That’s a gross out dated term. |