I Need a Vacation

August 14, 2009

This month has been crazy, and in another post I’ll go into a little more detail about all the exciting stuff that happened this summer, but for starters my daughter and I just returned from an overnight trip to Charlotte to tape a show for the Raggs PBS children’s show. It was fun and furious and we’re both exhausted, but school started yesterday and there’s no more time for vacations. Luckily, we got to sleep in this morning!

My perfect vacation right now would be a beach house retreat!  We’ve toyed with the idea of timeshares over the years, but could never get over the high maintenance fees which alone could pay for a fun vacation! Plus, as nice as the resort atmosphere sounds, truth is, we’re too much of a siteseeting family to really enjoy the resort. But I recently came across a website that lists a whole bunch of vacation rental homes across the us and abroad. It seems perfect!

I browsed some of the homes and I started to drool. The homes were gorgeous, and honestly not much more than a night in a fancy hotel. Plus, if you went in with a family and rented for the week, it’s a very affordable vacation.

Check out this 3 bedroom beach home rental in Oregon. If only I lived closer! How about this Texas beach condo!

What’s neat about this website is you pick a state and a map pops up like in google and you just click on the marker to where you’d like to go. Then all the information you need to make your decisions is a click away. Of course, not all the rentals are by the beach and the next time the family needs to take a trip somewhere this site will be our first stop to finding a great place to call home away from home.

I never got to take my 40th birthday trip with friends this year because no one could go! I know, pathetic. I either need more friends or friends with more money! Maybe both;) But I’d still love to get away with some girl friends to a beach home one of these years! Are you game?

Maybe if I start planning now, all chip in for my 45! But I sure home I don’t have to wait that long!

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Gina Conroy

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