Springtime means it's that time of year again where I have to submit my request for vacation time at work. Where to go and what to do when we get there. We decided to rent a place in a location we've never been to, or had been to and liked enough to go back to. Let's see, that accounts for about 95+% of the United States, let alone the world. Well, we both like the east coast and love the ocean so that narrowed down the field a bit, in a budget frame of thought that is.
We're Bostonians that now call Florida home so vacations get a little funny since we're around every place that people want to go for vacation, and get the Florida resident discounts to boot! We've both been to other countries over the years and that was great but pricey right now. We both like enough things to do in the area without having too much going on to make it hectic to be around. South Carolina and North Carolina were on the short list and S.C. has some nice amenities like golf but I gave that up years ago and she doesn't play so it made no sense to go to a golf resort. N.C. has some great beach-front areas that are populated but not packed. This year we thought we'd check out some Outer Banks vacation rentals. My late aunt, uncle, and cousin Diane once lived in Charlotte N.C. so I asked their opinion and got a hardy 2 thumbs up. My cousin told me that since my wife and I both enjoy being by the ocean that this would be a great place to go and that we should look into renting an apartment instead of a hotel due to the cost. She said an apartment would have a dining and cooking area that hotels don't and we could save a bunch of money shopping for food as well. She presented a good case and sold us on it so I made the reservations for a rental unit in a place called Nags Head, just so I could give my wife a hard time if I so chose. With names like that I don't think there will be late night parties going on too often. We'll see how it goes and if we like it we'll shop around the other areas for future vacations.
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