Help me plan a luxury vacation, US only

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Anonymous wrote:Budget? (What is luxury to you?)

For luxury, I would look at c Lazy u dude ranch, or Amangari resort in Utah.

Budget would be like $5,000-$7,000. total not including flights.

this is not a luxury budget for a family of four...

Exactly. Not luxury for a couple really.

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For west coast, you could check out Shutters in Santa Monica.

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https://www.gocollette.com/en

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I would look at ski towns like Breckenridge or Telluride. Lots to do in the summer, typically not too hot, gorgeous mountain scenery, and lots of accommodation options.

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Anonymous wrote:I know you said you don't want to be hot, but two places to think about for your budget are Sea Island and Ritz Amelia Island. We have done both in July and both are a good compromise of a beautiful, luxury resort with lots of kids activities at a reasonable price. This was pre-Covid, but at both we were able to get nice suites for under $1000/night, and brought a ~5 night vaca in around your budget.

Why in the world would she want to go to Florida in July???? Especially when she said she doesn’t want hot. Florida is cheaper in the summer for a reason.

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Anonymous wrote:We love Maine in August. Once we did the keys in August thinking they would be far enough south to be more tropical (vs Florida swampy) but we were so, so wrong. Like 100 degrees with oppressive humidity.

It depends what you’re looking for by “luxury”. New England does kind of an understated, casual luxury.

I love New England vacations and agree they are not " luxury" even when super expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:We love Maine in August. Once we did the keys in August thinking they would be far enough south to be more tropical (vs Florida swampy) but we were so, so wrong. Like 100 degrees with oppressive humidity.

It depends what you’re looking for by “luxury”. New England does kind of an understated, casual luxury.

I love New England vacations and agree they are not " luxury" even when super expensive.

So true. I was very underwhelmed by Martha’s Vineyard and Kennebunkport. I considered going to Nantucket but I know it will be more of the same. We can easily afford to go but I just don’t want to go. We are POC. Not sure if that matters.

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Sorry, but I loathe Maine and anything New England in the summertime.

Our family loved Ketchikan, Alaska in July. We stayed at Waterfall. It’s a pretty quick flight from Seattle. I am sure Waterfall is already booked up and very expensive for the summer, but I’m sure you could give them a call.

Otherwise, Rush Creek @ Yosemite might be more your speed. Great base for traveling around Northern California. My kids are older, so they have more tolerance for car rides.

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Anonymous wrote:We love Maine in August. Once we did the keys in August thinking they would be far enough south to be more tropical (vs Florida swampy) but we were so, so wrong. Like 100 degrees with oppressive humidity.

It depends what you’re looking for by “luxury”. New England does kind of an understated, casual luxury.

I love New England vacations and agree they are not " luxury" even when super expensive.

So true. I was very underwhelmed by Martha’s Vineyard and Kennebunkport. I considered going to Nantucket but I know it will be more of the same. We can easily afford to go but I just don’t want to go. We are POC. Not sure if that matters.

It does not.

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The Sagamore on Lake George.

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Anonymous wrote:The Sagamore on Lake George.

Or the Lakehouse on Canandaigua Lake.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Budget? (What is luxury to you?)

For luxury, I would look at c Lazy u dude ranch, or Amangari resort in Utah.

Budget would be like $5,000-$7,000. total not including flights.

You need to up that to at least $15-$17k, just for hotel costs, if you want to go to places like the PP have suggested.