Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 11:19     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Sanibel or Marco Island, Florida.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 07:46     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
It really depends on the weather, but my hearty offspring have swum in the ocean on the warmer Christmas weeks along the Carolina Coast south of Wilmington. So, you might have slightly warmer weather the further south you go. Look around the Georgia coast or northern Florida.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 06:24     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Anywhere in the Carribean.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 06:20     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the suggestions! The more I think about it, the more I think we’d want to rent a house on the beach and rent a car rather than stay in a self-contained hotel (even though I’m never one to turn down a lazy river). Looked at Puerto Rico and there are some lovely looking places, though more condos than homes. Still very open to additional suggestions. Thanks all.


I don’t think you’re going to find a rental house on the beach in the winter tbh that isn’t a villa that costs a fortune.

Puerto Rico is really easy to navigate and would be in budget. Lots of air bnb type options.

Maybe Turks and Caicos? But I think it will be a condo there too.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 06:13     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Anonymous wrote:Puerto Rico


+1 I’ve done this a few times and it was perfect.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 05:29     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Panama
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2025 04:21     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Canary Islands are extremely pleasant for Christmas and New Years. Tenerife is particular has stunning landscape and you can easily escape package tours.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 21:56     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Miami? Hawaii? The Doubletree Palm Springs and La Casa del Zorro nearby each have an Olympic-sized pool but it does get chilly there over the winter. If an indoor pool would work, the Plunge in San Diego is very nice and there's a lot of other stuff to do nearby.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 20:33     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Florida Keys?
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 20:17     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Rent a condo on seven mile beach, grand cayman. Rent a car.

Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 19:52     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Thanks for the suggestions! The more I think about it, the more I think we’d want to rent a house on the beach and rent a car rather than stay in a self-contained hotel (even though I’m never one to turn down a lazy river). Looked at Puerto Rico and there are some lovely looking places, though more condos than homes. Still very open to additional suggestions. Thanks all.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 19:40     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
somewhere with a lazy river, that sounds amazing
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 19:14     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
The Hilton with a pool
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 19:06     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
Puerto Rico
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 19:03     Subject: Where to swim and read over new years?
We always take our family trips in summer and typically go to places like Maine and eastern Canada and rent a house by the water. The itinerary is floating, reading, grilling dinner, repeat repeat repeat. Maybe a day trip with a short hike and some good food and a trip to a bookstore every few days.

We’d like to take a trip for a week or so after Christmas and want to do more or less the same thing but have no idea where to go. Swimming is key. Tolerance for cold-ish water is pretty high so a place that locals won’t swim is still okay with us provided it’s not wetsuit cold. Budget is max $10K for two adults and one kid. Any recommendations? Thank you!