where to next?

Me and my gf are looking for a vacation spot to go to this year.last year we went to belize.so that's out but it was amazing.we are on a pretty tiight budget unfortunately.she just graduated and im still a student.and unfortunately she can only get 4 days off from work,mabe 5 if I really try hard mabe with a little help from some rum lol.

So any ideas where to go this year?

 

Try Big Pine Key, amazing in the middle of a nature preserve, about 10 minutes from great diving sites and reefs. Plus if you drive, and get a Florida fishing liscense, you can collect fish for your tank.

 

the time is your biggest enemy there unfortunately. Almost anywhere tropical will burn a day to travel on each side. I flew from NY to Cancun once. pretty quick flight and the snorkeling in that area was great. Stay away from it in april though!

 

Yeah my gf wants something tropical unfortunately.mabe a cruise;all inclusive is nice.probably in aug...unfortunately she's. Not much intoo swimming so the diving im on my own lol we were thinking of atlantis but we would prefer something not as touristy

 

Well we narrowed it down we think...costa rica or hawaii...any insight?

 

Not to sure about costa rica ne er been..hear it was real nice...but I have been to hawaii. It is amazing there you guys would love it..problem is your time frame..its a long flight just to get there..plus once there you will want a lot of time...you could try different parts of mexico most of it is nice and short flight..bahamas maybe...

 

HI rocks...but as mentioned it's a full day of travel there and a full day back...doesn't leave much time to do anything...one of the great things about HI is each island has it's own personality...so you can go back many times and have a different experience...Costa Rica is great too...much different than HI, but awesome rain forest and nice secluded beaches...Costa Rica is probably more affordable.

 

if you want to see a reef and have good food the pacific side of costa rica. unless you want to see monkeys.

 

we priced them out and surprisingly they aren't much different cost wise....last yr was only 4days.and that's 3 planes a taxi and a water taxi each way lol I was pushing for tthe bahamas but this year its her turn to pick im just looking for some personal preferences from ppl who have gone to these awesome places.

 

Oh and I managed to talk her into the 7th day mabe even an 8th and 9th for travel ...her mom was a big help...for any1 interested my tactic was what's 7 days if your already gone for 6 lol...slowly I've been easing into the what's 8 days really hehe