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My husband gets the week between Christmas and New Years off and we are thinking of doing a two week trip using that week plus a week of vacation time for 2019/2020. I'm looking for suggestions of where to go taking into account the following parameters:
1. Need to be able to get a week via exchange (we have too many weeks at the moment and need to get through these first - so hotels are out for now)
2. I don't like crowds - for example no to Orlando, Las Vegas or New York. Just couldn't do it.
3. We go to Mexico and Hawaii frequently so we want to do something else for a change.
4. We are doing Sedona this New Years, so that is out for a location.
We would be fine with cities in the off season, places where we could hike/bike without too much worry about the weather (we hike when it's in the 40's, but 30's and snow is usually a little much), or some place warm. We don't want to be stuck in our unit.
We are considering NZ/Australia (works for weather, but exchanging would be tough and then...crowds ), Spain/Portugal, Italy, Hilton Head, San Francisco (but we have been there a lot - but we love it). We have deposits at Interval, SFX, and Grand Pacific, points through HGVC, and have access to RCI via HGVC. We don't need to stay at a Marriott or Starwood but have preference in both systems. We tend to prefer smaller resorts, but we are honestly pretty easy going and can be happy anywhere. Since it's a two week trip, we're not too fussy about airfare costs.
Any thoughts?
1. Need to be able to get a week via exchange (we have too many weeks at the moment and need to get through these first - so hotels are out for now)
2. I don't like crowds - for example no to Orlando, Las Vegas or New York. Just couldn't do it.
3. We go to Mexico and Hawaii frequently so we want to do something else for a change.
4. We are doing Sedona this New Years, so that is out for a location.
We would be fine with cities in the off season, places where we could hike/bike without too much worry about the weather (we hike when it's in the 40's, but 30's and snow is usually a little much), or some place warm. We don't want to be stuck in our unit.
We are considering NZ/Australia (works for weather, but exchanging would be tough and then...crowds ), Spain/Portugal, Italy, Hilton Head, San Francisco (but we have been there a lot - but we love it). We have deposits at Interval, SFX, and Grand Pacific, points through HGVC, and have access to RCI via HGVC. We don't need to stay at a Marriott or Starwood but have preference in both systems. We tend to prefer smaller resorts, but we are honestly pretty easy going and can be happy anywhere. Since it's a two week trip, we're not too fussy about airfare costs.
Any thoughts?