Family Vacation Possibly Florida?

We go to SanDeston, FL eery Spring break and usually in early August before school starts again.

We fly from DFW, renat a car and drive about an hour.The beaches are beautiful, very family friendly area.

We stay at the Hilton Golf Resprt and Spa. It is in a gated area, safe for teens to hang out and have fun, shuttle to other dining, shopping areas, indoor and outdoor pool, steps away from the beach.

There are a lot of condos there. I have no clue on pricing but there are several buildings within the gated area. You can go across the Hwy to the Wharf and have dining, shopping, lodging and fun as well.

Enjoy!!

Mariott marco island beach hotel and resort....heaven!!!! :)

We love Destin. We stay at the Silver Shells resort. Huge pool and it is a beachfront property. There is shopping close by and so much to do!

Check out VRBO.com (vacation rentals by owner) and look up Silver Shells. You will get a much better deal this way.

Have fun planning!

You have lots of options. We love the Outer Banks, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, and Carolina Beach here in North Carolina. They are all fairly inexpensive. As for Florida, we love the Sanibel Island area. There are a lot of neat little islands in/around the area (it's on the gulf side), so I suggest looking there. We also used to own a condo in the Clearwater/Tampa area, and that was also a nice area. If you stay there, you get the benefit of being able to do things in the Tampa area (baseball games, Busch Gardens, etc.). Good luck!

The Orange Beach area/Gulf Shores Alabama is AWESOME on the Gulf of Mexico. Great place for families, nice condos and good prices normally, and especially NOW they are practically giving away rentals! We also really love St. Augustine Beach, FL on the Atlantic side. Another place with tons to do and a gorgeous, wide, wonderful bike-riding beach. There are a number of economical places there as well. We enjoyed the Colony Reef Club there. Check out www.vrbo.com (I am NOT employed by them, but I use them all the time -I just posted this site for another post too).

My suggestion is a little different, but I hope you check it out anyway. We always go to the Gulf, however, this past summer, we didn't b/c of the oil spill. For the first time ever, we traveled to the atlantic side of FL. We found a place called Cinnamon Beach in Palm Coast, FL. It was by far the most wonderful place we have EVER been. There were 8 of us with kids ranging from 15yrs old to 4yrs old. There was something for everyone. It's a gorgeous beach with sand the color of cinnamon. The gated community we stayed in was called Ocean Hammock. There were two pools (one adult only and one family with a kiddie pool, splash pad, big pool and hot tub). Plus, you're right on the private beach as well. TONS OF FUN and we already have our trip back planned for June of 2011. =0) Please check this video out........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9D_cPM_EsM

I would be happy to email you some of our actual pictures from our vacation in July. This video doesn't even do this place justice!!! =0)