gleam wrote:We'd also prefer not to have to rent a car ($25 a day surcharge for renters under 25), but it's an option if we need it.
ekpaster wrote:
L.A. without a car would be tough, but Vegas would be very doable.
Bruce wrote:I would vote for Charleston, SC. A great place for food and history. Indoor pools should be available. No guarantees on the weather, but I'm sure you would have some clothing necessary beach days.
San Antonio/Austin for food. No beaches though.
gleam wrote:Oh, I'm a good blackjack player (I actually know how to count cards properly, even if I don't usually take the risk), and a halfway decent poker player. I'm just not planning on gambling at all if I go to vegas. But I do both for pleasure, and $5 per hand at blackjack or $3/$6 limit hold'em are both too expensive for me to find pleasurable. Beth does neither, and I don't really want to make her be a railbird.
gleam wrote:Assuming we aren't the type to take a vacation for the sole purpose of eating barbecue, be it texas or pulled pork, what else do austin and charleston have to offer?
That is, we don't want to eat the same food, or type of food, for the dozen or so meals we'll have there.
And given my newfound discovery that I won't have to pay through the nose for a rental car, ignore that limitation.
LA is no harder to navigate for most food than Chicago is.
gleam wrote:If we do LA or San Diego or Charleston etc we would almost certainly rent a car.
Vital Information wrote:On the other hand, I just had a grand time in Milwaukee (2nd visit in 2 weeks!), so maybe I just like anything.
Mike G wrote:Actually, I think everyone should do Vegas once, and this is the perfect set of circumstances to do it in. Eat some good meals, ignore slots and learn to play blackjack or something more exotic, see the Liberace Museum (a hoot and a half), take a tour of Hoover Dam, there's three good days and then get the hell out of there before you forget reality even exists.
Vital Information wrote:ekpaster wrote:
L.A. without a car would be tough, but Vegas would be very doable.
Erik might be better able to respond to this, but LA CAN be attempted without a car, but yea, I would not think it is a good idea. BUT, I do think it is a a fun place to visit.