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Anonymous wrote:From what I’ve observed: European cities.

I saw an obviously wealthy Indian family on the beach in DE—several generations—and they seemed bored and confused. Only the youngest kids seemed to know how to enjoy a day at the beach.

LOL. Considering that my earliest memories of fun family days at the beach actually took place in India, this kind of trolling is ridiculous.

Yea not mine.
Lots of diff types of Desi exp.
I was born here.
I’ve only been to India 5 times! And never ever to a beach in India… Waste of time.

Anonymous wrote:From what I’ve observed: European cities.

I saw an obviously wealthy Indian family on the beach in DE—several generations—and they seemed bored and confused. Only the youngest kids seemed to know how to enjoy a day at the beach.

LOL. Considering that my earliest memories of fun family days at the beach actually took place in India, this kind of trolling is ridiculous.

I’m not Desi so maybe I should not answer. I always see lots of Desi families when we go to national parks and on cruises. Often traveling with grandparents which I love to see. And that’s consistent with most of my Desi friends. Probably fewer long trips to Europe because most of my friends go to India/Pakistan go visit grandparents for the long vacations.

Most of the Desi families I know are doctors, engineers, etc. if you’re talking about really wealthy folks (ceo, investment bankers, etc.) it might be different. I assume they travel like every other extremely wealthy folks!

From what I’ve observed: European cities.

I saw an obviously wealthy Indian family on the beach in DE—several generations—and they seemed bored and confused. Only the youngest kids seemed to know how to enjoy a day at the beach.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not surprised. They are not big beach goers in general!

+1 I am Indian-American and we sometimes went to the beach for the day, but it would never be the focal point of a vacation.

I would say national parks, Caribbean, Europe etc. And of course going back to visit family.

I saw a bunch of Indians at Acadia over the summer. Maybe they stopped in Cape Cod first and you missed them, OP.

I think Acadia attracts a lot of Indians because of the light houses.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not surprised. They are not big beach goers in general!

+1 I am Indian-American and we sometimes went to the beach for the day, but it would never be the focal point of a vacation.

I would say national parks, Caribbean, Europe etc. And of course going back to visit family.

I saw a bunch of Indians at Acadia over the summer. Maybe they stopped in Cape Cod first and you missed them, OP.

Truly depends on how much you were spending. Indians tend to be cheap on vacation spending.
Though there are a fair number of really really really wealthy desis now due to sale of startups etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not surprised. They are not big beach goers in general!

+1 I am Indian-American and we sometimes went to the beach for the day, but it would never be the focal point of a vacation.

I would say national parks, Caribbean, Europe etc. And of course going back to visit family.

Agree that was true when we were growing up. I am first generation my parents immigrated in the late 60s but now for my family and my children the sea/beach is a big point or focal point.
We are boating family.
They also spend a fair amount of time in the Mediterranean, so sea, Boat, sun is a big part of our vacation time

Anonymous wrote:I’m not surprised. They are not big beach goers in general!

+1 I am Indian-American and we sometimes went to the beach for the day, but it would never be the focal point of a vacation.

I would say national parks, Caribbean, Europe etc. And of course going back to visit family.

Desi here. Born in the US.

You guys are lame/nuts and weird.
We are normally wealthy ppl and vacation where a lot of other ppl vacation!

Europe/Med.
Beach in US winter.
Ski.
Africa for safari.
Yes we swim - lot. Have pool at our 2nd home.

Indian-American here - I find the whole “take the same beach vacation every year” thing really boring. I’d rather go somewhere with more to do.

Where do we go in summer? Or winter?

Summer- Europe 2-3 weeks (loving the Balearic Islands these days and they are very welcoming).

Winter: ski and beach (aspen or telluride; followed by Mexico or Caribbean)

Mexico - montage Cabo
Caribbean - all over

We take Nat Geo/Lindblad trips every chance we get. I’d be bored to tears in Cape Cod.

I’m not surprised. They are not big beach goers in general!

I am Pakistani and I was recently in Cape Cod for the first time. I was surprised to see no Indians or Pakistani families considering there are lots of high achieving south Asians in the North East. Where do you guys vacation?