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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anywhere they want or they don't go.  They either save for a trip or charge it and pay it off later.  I'm sorry what other type of response did you want?

But some may go to visit relatives?  I know some lower income families that take day trips over to OC, or to the amusement parks.  Some go mid week in the summer, when hotels are less.  Others drive to see family or drive to the family beach/lake/mountain house.  Others do Disney on the cheap, drive to get there, stay off site in a lower ties hotel, don't buy souvenirs, take their own food.  Some camp.

If you are looking for ideas of how to vacation on a lower income, that's a differently worded question.  But you can save towards it or go in debt to go somewhere.

I agree on the cost of hotels at the beach.  We try to use a timeshare instead (plenty of family or friends have one that they aren't using) and we will just pay their maintenance fee or less to use it, but we do plan ahead for that.[/quote]

You can also rent unused timeshare units.  I have used Skyauction before with good luck.  They used to let you buy a certificate for a week for around $300 and then there's a site you can use it on for the week.  Of course there are seasonal add on fees for many places, but we actually rented a week in Williamsburg for $299 or so several years in a row when kids little and bought the annual passes to Busch Gardens (which you can often get for around the same price as a day pass).  We then could go to the park for only a part of the day and come back to timeshare and swim (and not eat the overly priced food) or do historical outings nearby, plus you can cook as much as you want and have breakfast before going anywhere.  Sometimes they will have last minute weeks that are really inexpensive.  Other sites do this as well, like eBay.  [/quote]

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