1 week mother-son trip in August. Where?
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1 week mother-son trip in August. Where?
I am planning a 1-week mother-son trip (tween son) in the first week of August and struggling to decide on a destination. Our budget for the trip, flights included, is about $3500 and we will be flying from ATL. General regions on the table are the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America (but flights for the latter two will eat up a lot of the budget!).
We'd like to stick with direct or one-stop flights so as not to lose too much travel time.
Things we do and don't prefer:
- Yes to beaches or coastlines, watersports, history (especially ancient history), good food, adventure activities, beautiful natural scenery. And, we like city-based trips as well. Both of us appreciate the quirky and unusual.
- No to camping, theme parks, lots of driving. I'm not opposed to renting a car but don't want to spend hours in it every day. I cannot drive a stick shift so renting a car in areas where an automatic is expensive would be hard.
- We're okay with inexpensive hotels as long as they are clean and pleasant, and in a safe area. In general, we'd rather spend money on activities and experiences than a place to sleep.
Any ideas and suggestions for places we might consider?
Thank you in advance!
We'd like to stick with direct or one-stop flights so as not to lose too much travel time.
Things we do and don't prefer:
- Yes to beaches or coastlines, watersports, history (especially ancient history), good food, adventure activities, beautiful natural scenery. And, we like city-based trips as well. Both of us appreciate the quirky and unusual.
- No to camping, theme parks, lots of driving. I'm not opposed to renting a car but don't want to spend hours in it every day. I cannot drive a stick shift so renting a car in areas where an automatic is expensive would be hard.
- We're okay with inexpensive hotels as long as they are clean and pleasant, and in a safe area. In general, we'd rather spend money on activities and experiences than a place to sleep.
Any ideas and suggestions for places we might consider?
Thank you in advance!