Stay at a Hyatt with free breakfast (like Hyatt Place). Eat half daily calories there. Stuff yourselves and also take a few muffins and bagels back to the room. You will all be full until 3pm. At 3pm, stop in a Chipotle when it is slow and order 2 or 3 burrito bowls for $10 each, ask for extra everything that is free (sour cream, veggies, rice, beans, salsas). Each bowl will be 4 pounds. So 8 to 12 pounds of food for 4 peeps. Ask for water cups. Buy tortillas on the side for 50 cents each if you stilk need more calories. No dinner except the muffins from earlier. Food budget is only about $30 a day this way.

Anonymous wrote:What are the dates? That's a good stash of points. I might have some ideas.

The points are not the issue necessarily. It’s the money when they get there. Having hotel and flights mostly covered still doesn’t make $1000 stretch 6 days for 4 people on vacation.

We drove to St. Augustine last year and had a blast. The beach was lovely, the kids swam in the ocean, the pool at our place was perfect. We enjoyed the different activities in the area and ate at home for breakfast and lunch all week. We stayed at a beach front Air Bnb. St. Augustine is unique enough that it felt like going somewhere special. It was a really affordable trip but still felt like a nice vacation.

What are the dates? That's a good stash of points. I might have some ideas.

For that budget, I’d plan a road trip. New River Gorge, Niagara Falls, Mammoth Cave, or even Florida. And/or shorten the length. Regardless, you’ll need to eat groceries & not eat at restaurants to stay in budget.

Even our 5 day spring break trip to Niagara/Toronto/Pittsburgh was more like $1300-$1400 for 4 people (& we stayed at cheap hotels and mainly ate fast food, brought snacks, etc).

I’ll dissent. It is goofy to try to go anywhere for 6 days with $1000. You need more money or cut it down to 3 days.

Anonymous wrote:We had a great time in Charleston for Spring Break last year. We got really lucky with the weather though - it was in the low 80s so beach weather! Even if no beach, there is a ton to explore.

Wild Dunes is a Hyatt property too!

Puerto Rico is doable