It's all about where you live, and where you are in your life. I'm from the midwest, but have lived in SoCal for over 30 years now. I grew up going to Florida every summer and the caribbean every winter. Living in SoCal, I now visit Mexico and Hawaii for most of my trips away trips. When my children were little, we spent a week in Carlsbad every summer, visiting Legoland many days. (Grand Pacific Palisades was a fantastic place for taking little people.) I always thought it would be great to go to Southern Carolina or Massanutten when the kids were small because the water parks seem great, but the flight was too long to rationalize flying all the way to the East Coast. Mexico for Xmas or New Years breaks were and still are great - short flights from SoCal. We have been gettting 2 to 4 units every winter break for about 15 years now. We travel with friends and family with a big group of people each year. That would be difficult to do in Hawaii because you typically can't get so many units at the same resort for Xmas or New Years. Now that the kids are grown, travel has changed up a bit, but we still think Hawaii and Mexico will be destinations for us for many years to come.