Favorite resorts (east coast)

[Kls2286]

my husband and I are new to Wyndham and not sure where to book our first get away. We love exploring new place but would like to stay on the east coast to make it driveable (we live in NY). Planning to travel next summer. What are your favorite resorts on the east coast for 30’s couple. We have 200,000 CWA points.

 

[Avislo]

Wyndham Seawatch Plantation, Wyndham Ocean Blvd, Wyndham Westwinds, Wyndham Towers on the grove, these are on the beach with easy access to the Ocean. Wyndham National Harbor and Wyndham Old Town Alexandria, these are the Nation's capital. The Wyndham resorts at Shawnee Mountain, Crestview and Ridge Top, great Mountain Resorts. Wyndham Atlantic City.

 

[MaryBella7]

Governor's Green in Williamsburg. Newport Onshore in RI. Crestview in Shawnee. Bentley Brook in Jiminy Peak. I have stayed at National Harbor, which is nice, but more expensive and further from DC than Alexandria (which I haven't stayed at yet). Smoky Mountains Tennessee is also drivable from NY fairly easily.

 

[chapjim]

my husband and I are new to Wyndham and not sure where to book our first get away. We love exploring new place but would like to stay on the east coast to make it driveable (we live in NY). Planning to travel next summer. What are your favorite resorts on the east coast for 30’s couple. We have 200,000 CWA points.

What do you consider "driveable?" One day's (e.g., 8 hours) drive? If that's it, I would cross Myrtle Beach and Smoky Mountains off the list. If you can split driving, get an early start, and run for 11 hours or so, put them both back on the list.

One other thing, to get to Sevierville, TN from NYC (if that's where you are starting), you will pick up I-81 outside of Harrisburg, PA. By the time you get to I-40 in Tennessee, you will be so sick of all the trucks on I-81 you'll want to fly back. Same goes for I-95 -- a totally white knuckle drive all the way to the Richmond bypass (I-295), then the rest of the way into South Carolina with virtually nothing to look at. I-95 from Richmond south has to be one of the most boring, least scenic major highways in the US.

We do I-66 to I-81 to Eastern TN fairly often (on the way to New Orleans or the Florida panhandle). Five hours after leaving home, we are still in Virginia! At least I-81 has some pretty views.

For a young couple, I agree with Atlantic City (casinos & shows); Williamsburg, VA (tons of history and lots of opportunities for day trips but not a lot in the way of nightlife); either Old Town Alexandria or National Harbor (we go to both now and then even though they are less than 20 minutes from the house); and Newport, RI. Consider heading north to Smugglers' Notch (expensive points-wise, as is National Harbor).

Newport and Myrtle Beach are difficult places to book in the summer -- probably already too late.

 

[hjsweet2002]

We live in upstate NY. We love going to Bentley Brook in MA, the Inn on Long Wharf in Newport RI, Governors Green Williamsburg, VA, Nashville and Smoky Mountains in TN, Edisto Island SC, and Cypress Palms in Florida.

 

[Kls2286]

What do you consider "driveable?" One day's (e.g., 8 hours) drive? If that's it, I would cross Myrtle Beach and Smoky Mountains off the list. If you can split driving, get an early start, and run for 11 hours or so, put them both back on the list.

One other thing, to get to Sevierville, TN from NYC (if that's where you are starting), you will pick up I-81 outside of Harrisburg, PA. By the time you get to I-40 in Tennessee, you will be so sick of all the trucks on I-81 you'll want to fly back. Same goes for I-95 -- a totally white knuckle drive all the way to the Richmond bypass (I-295), then the rest of the way into South Carolina with virtually nothing to look at. I-95 from Richmond south has to be one of the most boring, least scenic major highways in the US.

We do I-66 to I-81 to Eastern TN fairly often (on the way to New Orleans or the Florida panhandle). Five hours after leaving home, we are still in Virginia! At least I-81 has some pretty views.

For a young couple, I agree with Atlantic City (casinos & shows); Williamsburg, VA (tons of history and lots of opportunities for day trips but not a lot in the way of nightlife); either Old Town Alexandria or National Harbor (we go to both now and then even though they are less than 20 minutes from the house); and Newport, RI. Consider heading north to Smugglers' Notch (expensive points-wise, as is National Harbor).

Newport and Myrtle Beach are difficult places to book in the summer -- probably already too late.

Coming from Buffalo actually and 14 hours or less. We road trip at least once a year with the kids and we can accomplish 14 hours in a day usually. We are very familiar with the pains of 95 south especially at spring break time

 

[Kls2286]

We live in upstate NY. We love going to Bentley Brook in MA, the Inn on Long Wharf in Newport RI, Governors Green Williamsburg, VA, Nashville and Smoky Mountains in TN, Edisto Island SC, and Cypress Palms in Florida.

Yes we are from Western New York and will check these out thank you.

 

[WinniWoman]

I think for a young couple and to stay away from hellish driving south, I would do Newport, RI.

 

[e.bram]

Wyndham Newport Overlook in Jamestown RI. Two Br townhouse across the bridge
form Newport.
We love it!!!!!

 

[chapjim]

Coming from Buffalo actually and 14 hours or less. We road trip at least once a year with the kids and we can accomplish 14 hours in a day usually. We are very familiar with the pains of 95 south especially at spring break time

Fourteen hours with kids? I'm in awe!!

 

[ronparise]

my husband and I are new to Wyndham and not sure where to book our first get away. We love exploring new place but would like to stay on the east coast to make it driveable (we live in NY). Planning to travel next summer. What are your favorite resorts on the east coast for 30’s couple. We have 200,000 CWA points.

Tough question to answer

Favorite ski resort or
favorite urban resort or
favorite beach resort or
favorite theme park resort

 

[Kls2286]

Tough question to answer

Favorite ski resort or
favorite urban resort or
favorite beach resort or
favorite theme park resort

We are definitely are more of a theme park or beach resort.

 

[hjsweet2002]

Favorite Ski Resort: we don't ski but love watching the skiers at Jiminy Peaks which is adjacent to Bentley Brook.
Favorite Urban Resort: Nashville some may not consider that urban but we do as our city is less than 30,000 people
Favorite Beach Resort: Edisto Island SC and Inn on Long Wharf, Newport RI
Favorite Theme Park Resort: Smoky Mountains (Dollywood) and Governors Green (Busch Gardens), Cyprus Palms Florida many theme parks near Orlando to include the Holy Land Experience.

 

[Avislo]

If you like Willamsburg and do not mind no significant amenities, the existing points that you have could be expanded greatly through rental from a VIP member. Here is a example that includes Christmas 2018.

Wyndham Patriots' Place
Williamsburg, Virginia

• CHECK-IN Dec 20, 2018 4pm
  
  
• CHECK OUT Dec 26, 2018 10am
  
  
• PRICE
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  66,000 33,000 Points

• UNIT TYPE 2 Bedroom Lockoff
  
  
• Managed By Wyndham
  
  
• 
  
• UPGRADE Upgraded - Oct 21, 2018
  

 

[Sugarcubesea]

Coming from Buffalo actually and 14 hours or less. We road trip at least once a year with the kids and we can accomplish 14 hours in a day usually. We are very familiar with the pains of 95 south especially at spring break time

Fourteen hours with kids? I'm in awe!!

Wow, I’m also in awe. I can only last 6 hours in a car before I have to stop and call it a day

 

[chapjim]

If you like Willamsburg and do not mind no significant amenities, the existing points that you have could be expanded greatly through rental from a VIP member. Here is a example that includes Christmas 2018.

Wyndham Patriots' Place
Williamsburg, Virginia

• CHECK-IN Dec 20, 2018 4pm
  
  
• CHECK OUT Dec 26, 2018 10am
  
  
• PRICE
  MORE
  66,000 33,000 Points

• UNIT TYPE 2 Bedroom Lockoff
  
  
• Managed By Wyndham
  
  
• 
  
• UPGRADE Upgraded - Oct 21, 2018

Agree with Robert here. Patriots' Place is a totally acceptable place to stay in Wms

Wow, I’m also in awe. I can only last 6 hours in a car before I have to stop and call it a day

I can go for 11 or 12 hours but not if the last 5 or 6 are after dark. The problem is we rarely get out of the house before noon. Thank heaven for AmTrak's AutoTrain for trips to most of Florida and Wyndham Smoky Mountains for trips to the Florida panhandle and New Orleans. We are way past having children travel with us.

 

[Kls2286]

Wow, I’m also in awe. I can only last 6 hours in a car before I have to stop and call it a day

you guys crack me up. The key is an early start (4 or 5 am) so they sleep through most of it and ALOT OF COFFEE!

 

[Cyrus24]

you guys crack me up. The key is an early start (4 or 5 am) so they sleep through most of it and ALOT OF COFFEE!

We made 12-14 hour 'duty' trips from Southern WV to Western MO once or twice a year, every year, for a number of years. Our 3 kids were 'Travel Trained'. They learned at an early age how to eat in the car/van, without making a mess, while managing their liquid intake. They were happy with VCR tapes that played in a crappy (and large/heavy) 12" all-in-one TV. They started hooking up the Nintendo at one point. The trips were well choreographed; bathroom breaks, gas stops, food, etc. Vacation trips to MB, Gatlinburg, Jersey, DC were always a piece of cake due to their 'training'. Today, the DW and I make 9 hour drives at least 2X/Month with only 2 (and sometimes 3) stops. More than anything, enjoy your trips with the family and, enjoy your Wyndham ownership. Those large condos beat life in a Hotel no matter where you go!!!

 

[chapjim]

you guys crack me up. The key is an early start (4 or 5 am) so they sleep through most of it and ALOT OF COFFEE!

I understand that concept. But, as a token, symbolic gesture, I don't leave without my wife and if she's not ready until noon, I (we) don't leave until noon.

And, I can't drink a lot of coffee. If I do, it means stopping every 20 minutes. It's a guy thing. An old guy thing.

 

[Sugarcubesea]

I understand that concept. But, as a token, symbolic gesture, I don't leave without my wife and if she's not ready until noon, I (we) don't leave until noon.

And, I can't drink a lot of coffee. If I do, it means stopping every 20 minutes. It's a guy thing. An old guy thing.

This is my problem I drink a ton of water and that leads to tons of pit stops...

 

[hjsweet2002]

I can drive about 10 to 11 hours if we are on the road by 9 AM. We spend the night at a Wyndham hotel if we need to stop. I find that I can't drive past 8 PM. If we are less than two hours from home I may try to push it. When we drive south to the southeast we take 81 to 66 to17 then back on 95 to get around the DC area. When at Edisto Island, we have taken 95 to 26 to 77 to 81. I try to avoid 95 around the DC area as much as possible.

 

[Jan M.]

I understand that concept. But, as a token, symbolic gesture, I don't leave without my wife and if she's not ready until noon, I (we) don't leave until noon.

And, I can't drink a lot of coffee. If I do, it means stopping every 20 minutes. It's a guy thing. An old guy thing.

I am so laughing at the "old guy thing". I can count on my husband being able to point me towards the restrooms should I need it pretty much everywhere we go. When we are on the road I'm usually good until his second pit stop. We both like to drive and can do 12-13 hours driving days. However we haven't done it in a couple of years so this coming year will be seeing if we are still up for that!

I drink green tea and my husband drinks coffee. I might drink anywhere from 0-3 cups of tea whereas he "says" he only drinks 3 cups of coffee a day now that he's retired. The cup he uses is larger than the regular sized cup I use and I doubt he's counting the iced coffee he drinks in the afternoon. When we lived up North he had the same territory for 32 years and his appointments usually had some social interaction from knowing the people he was meeting with for years. They always had coffee ready and it was particularly welcome in cool or cold weather. Since we moved to Florida he developed a taste for iced coffee in the afternoon and appointments in Miami introduced him to Cuban coffee.

Last year my husband started talking about how good coffee made in a percolater used to be and wondered if anyone still made them. So I did some research and priced them online. After hearing the prices on a good one, $60-$70, he decided to keep an eye out for one at the two thrift stores we sometimes stop at to look for things for our granddaughters visits. He eventually found one and was so excited he immediately took it to the check out. Because who knows what might have happened to it if he had waited until I was finished and checked out with me. Lol! He was even more thrilled with his $4.95 treasure when we got home and I had a chance to look it over and told him it had never been used. This summer was the first time he's stayed at our son's in a few years. Our DIL is a tea drinker like me and our son either makes french press or cold brew for himself. You would have thought our son was trying to kill his father from the lack of decent coffee. We stopped there first staying overnight to get our DIL and two granddaughters to go to Wyndham Glacier Canyon. My husband asked housekeeping for extra coffee so he had some to take back with us so he could survive the two more nights we were staying with them after we got back from the resort. That experience put him on a mission to find a second percolater to pack in our timeshare box for when we start traveling more with our timeshares. And he did find another one so reminiscent of Scarlett O'Hara he'll hopefully never go hungry, at least for decent coffee, again.

So where on the East coast will we be looking at going back to now that he's retired?
Wyndham Old Town Alexandria, Virginia/DC
Wyndham Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach
Wyndham Ocean Walk, Daytona Beach, FL (I found a reservation two days ago and we are going back for the Turkey Rod Run over Thanksgiving weekend.)
Resort on Cocoa Beach or Discovery Beach Resort, Cocoa Beach, FL
Plantation Beach Club at Indian River in Stuart, FL
Ventura at Boca Raton, FL
Wyndham Sea Gardens, Ocean Palms building, Pompano Beach, FL
Anchorage, Key Largo, FL
Caloosa Cove, Islamorada, FL

If the West coast of Florida counts then I'll add:
Sarasota Sands, Sarasota, FL
Casa Ybel, Sanibel Island, FL
Caribe Beach Resort, Sanibel
Lighthouse Resort, Sanibel
Plantation Beach Club and Plantation Beach House in the South Seas Island Resort, Captiva, FL

 

[chapjim]

I am so laughing at the "old guy thing". I can count on my husband being able to point me towards the restrooms should I need it pretty much everywhere we go. When we are on the road I'm usually good until his second pit stop. We both like to drive and can do 12-13 hours driving days. However we haven't done it in a couple of years so this coming year will be seeing if we are still up for that!

I drink green tea and my husband drinks coffee. I might drink anywhere from 0-3 cups of tea whereas he "says" he only drinks 3 cups of coffee a day now that he's retired. The cup he uses is larger than the regular sized cup I use and I doubt he's counting the iced coffee he drinks in the afternoon. When we lived up North he had the same territory for 32 years and his appointments usually had some social interaction from knowing the people he was meeting with for years. They always had coffee ready and it was particularly welcome in cool or cold weather. Since we moved to Florida he developed a taste for iced coffee in the afternoon and appointments in Miami introduced him to Cuban coffee.

Last year my husband started talking about how good coffee made in a percolater used to be and wondered if anyone still made them. So I did some research and priced them online. After hearing the prices on a good one, $60-$70, he decided to keep an eye out for one at the two thrift stores we sometimes stop at to look for things for our granddaughters visits. He eventually found one and was so excited he immediately took it to the check out. Because who knows what might have happened to it if he had waited until I was finished and checked out with me. Lol! He was even more thrilled with his $4.95 treasure when we got home and I had a chance to look it over and told him it had never been used. This summer was the first time he's stayed at our son's in a few years. Our DIL is a tea drinker like me and our son either makes french press or cold brew for himself. You would have thought our son was trying to kill his father from the lack of decent coffee. We stopped there first staying overnight to get our DIL and two granddaughters to go to Wyndham Glacier Canyon. My husband asked housekeeping for extra coffee so he had some to take back with us so he could survive the two more nights we were staying with them after we got back from the resort. That experience put him on a mission to find a second percolater to pack in our timeshare box for when we start traveling more with our timeshares. And he did find another one so reminiscent of Scarlett O'Hara he'll hopefully never go hungry, at least for decent coffee, again.

So where on the East coast will we be looking at going back to now that he's retired?
Wyndham Old Town Alexandria, Virginia/DC
Wyndham Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach
Wyndham Ocean Walk, Daytona Beach, FL (I found a reservation two days ago and we are going back for the Turkey Rod Run over Thanksgiving weekend.)
Resort on Cocoa Beach or Discovery Beach Resort, Cocoa Beach, FL
Plantation Beach Club at Indian River in Stuart, FL
Ventura at Boca Raton, FL
Wyndham Sea Gardens, Ocean Palms building, Pompano Beach, FL
Anchorage, Key Largo, FL
Caloosa Cove, Islamorada, FL

If the West coast of Florida counts then I'll add:
Sarasota Sands, Sarasota, FL
Casa Ybel, Sanibel Island, FL
Caribe Beach Resort, Sanibel
Lighthouse Resort, Sanibel
Plantation Beach Club and Plantation Beach House in the South Seas Island Resort, Captiva, FL

Sending PM.

 

[WinniWoman]

I am so laughing at the "old guy thing". I can count on my husband being able to point me towards the restrooms should I need it pretty much everywhere we go. When we are on the road I'm usually good until his second pit stop. We both like to drive and can do 12-13 hours driving days. However we haven't done it in a couple of years so this coming year will be seeing if we are still up for that!

I drink green tea and my husband drinks coffee. I might drink anywhere from 0-3 cups of tea whereas he "says" he only drinks 3 cups of coffee a day now that he's retired. The cup he uses is larger than the regular sized cup I use and I doubt he's counting the iced coffee he drinks in the afternoon. When we lived up North he had the same territory for 32 years and his appointments usually had some social interaction from knowing the people he was meeting with for years. They always had coffee ready and it was particularly welcome in cool or cold weather. Since we moved to Florida he developed a taste for iced coffee in the afternoon and appointments in Miami introduced him to Cuban coffee.

Last year my husband started talking about how good coffee made in a percolater used to be and wondered if anyone still made them. So I did some research and priced them online. After hearing the prices on a good one, $60-$70, he decided to keep an eye out for one at the two thrift stores we sometimes stop at to look for things for our granddaughters visits. He eventually found one and was so excited he immediately took it to the check out. Because who knows what might have happened to it if he had waited until I was finished and checked out with me. Lol! He was even more thrilled with his $4.95 treasure when we got home and I had a chance to look it over and told him it had never been used. This summer was the first time he's stayed at our son's in a few years. Our DIL is a tea drinker like me and our son either makes french press or cold brew for himself. You would have thought our son was trying to kill his father from the lack of decent coffee. We stopped there first staying overnight to get our DIL and two granddaughters to go to Wyndham Glacier Canyon. My husband asked housekeeping for extra coffee so he had some to take back with us so he could survive the two more nights we were staying with them after we got back from the resort. That experience put him on a mission to find a second percolater to pack in our timeshare box for when we start traveling more with our timeshares. And he did find another one so reminiscent of Scarlett O'Hara he'll hopefully never go hungry, at least for decent coffee, again.

So where on the East coast will we be looking at going back to now that he's retired?
Wyndham Old Town Alexandria, Virginia/DC
Wyndham Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach
Wyndham Ocean Walk, Daytona Beach, FL (I found a reservation two days ago and we are going back for the Turkey Rod Run over Thanksgiving weekend.)
Resort on Cocoa Beach or Discovery Beach Resort, Cocoa Beach, FL
Plantation Beach Club at Indian River in Stuart, FL
Ventura at Boca Raton, FL
Wyndham Sea Gardens, Ocean Palms building, Pompano Beach, FL
Anchorage, Key Largo, FL
Caloosa Cove, Islamorada, FL

If the West coast of Florida counts then I'll add:
Sarasota Sands, Sarasota, FL
Casa Ybel, Sanibel Island, FL
Caribe Beach Resort, Sanibel
Lighthouse Resort, Sanibel
Plantation Beach Club and Plantation Beach House in the South Seas Island Resort, Captiva, FL

My husband always drank instant Folgers up until a year ago when our son bought him an inexpensive Kurig single cup machine. He used that- with a reusable cup- for like 6months, but the coffee never really came out hot and then he would have to microwave his mug of coffee. Plus- he had to clean the machine a lot.

Meanwhile we have had an electric peculator since my bridal shower- yup- since 1977- that I would use if we had company, etc.. I convinced him to use it and now he does so every day.

I also have one of those giant ones that I use each year when we have all our old friend over for what we call the Big Chimilia! People do say the French Press is the best, but this I don;t know. I am a tea drinker myself.

That said- I know a lot of people that actually get dressed in the morning and drive to Dunkin' Donuts for their coffee every day. SMH....

 

[Crafty71]

I am very partial to Smugglers Notch (VT), but that is because (A) we love mountains, not beaches and (B) it is about an hour from home (so more vacation time) which leads to (C) we have been going there for 30+ years (winter and summer). There is lots to do (including lots of hiking, which my wife and I love to do). You can easily keep yourself occupied from morning until night...it is like summer camp...

YMMV.

Cheers!