off season traveling

[SallyHoover Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close SallyHoover]

The Caribbean (and Mexico) in late November (after Thanksgiving) and early December (before Christmas) are considered as off season as you can get. It's usually cold enough at home that you feel like you are escaping to someplace else and it is after the hurricane season. Airfare and other resort and sightseeing deals abound. While some daytrip operators may not schedule tours during this time others do and you might be the only once on your snorkeling trip and get extra time and attention.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

We head to Hawaii in the beginning of December for 2 - 3 weeks and come home for Christmas. I'm not sure if this is off season. Mid September is good for Manhattan and many beaches. Some off season areas are way too hot during their off season but if you like heat then the sun belt areas would be good in summer.

[bhavani123 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close bhavani123]

[SIZE=1]Depends on you, what you like, and when you can go places.

[mpumilia Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpumilia]

Estes Park/RMNP would be nice in September. The elk all over the place is something special. Beautiful place.

Well, we are going there in June.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I highly recommend NYC in Jan/Feb. Crowds are low, as are hotel prices. Tickets to shows and reservations for fine dining are much easier to get. Weather can vary from the 50s on down to snow but the subway saves any real trouble getting around and you don't need to spend a lot of time outdoors.

[Jeanne Sz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jeanne Sz]

Last year we were lucky with weather and visited NE - Maine, NH, VT - in early to mid October. Colors were great, crowds were gone from most areas. Got out ahead of the first snow on Oct. 22.
We also enjoyed AZ in late April - early May. Rim country to Grand Canyon. Perfect temps, and we were at the North Rim when it opened for the season. CO mtns - Breckenridge to Steamboat - were beautiful in September, just after Labor Day. Plenty to do in all locations, without crowds to fight.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

California is great for off season vacationing. September-October are great with good weather and no crowds.

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

what are good spots to travel "off season"?

Depends totally on you. If we are going somewhere that gets tornadoes or very warm we like to go in May or the end of September. Try to avoid the weeks of school holidays. For us it is just the opposite of what we had to do the past 25 years or so when our kids were in school and we both worked. Now no kids in school and we are retired. We do have to keep one or two school vacation weeks open though for taking our grandaughter.

[Tommyboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tommyboy]

We love Lake Tahoe in late October or early November. After the crowds but before it starts getting cold. Sometimes the days are even hot (mid 70s) but the hiking is still great. Of course, you could get an early storm to mess with you. Spring (April-May) in Hawaii is good also, it is almost always nicer than where you started from...
We have had to go back to the school schedule to plan trips with the grandkids, so not always in the shoulder seasons.
BTW, we were in Yosemite a couple of weeks ago - not timeshare - and the waterfalls are SPECTACULAR this year. Worth the trip even if you have to fight the crowds.
Tom

[ronandjoan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ronandjoan]

Our first RCI week was a $99 getaway to Hot Springs in January, 1990. We had the place to ourselves. We had work to do, so took a trailer full of it, and sat in a condo there and did it.

Somehow it felt better than doing it at home.

Well, except for the snow/ice storm we drove back to Kansas City in.

We do that all the time - we are just "at home" - living in another place, hopefully with better weather than at home = WARM

[mav Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

We do that all the time - we are just "at home" - living in another place, hopefully with better weather than at home = WARM

Same with us, no season is off season. Follow the sun and warm weather, not the beach, just sun and warm weather. Everywhere is home

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Florida is great for off season travel.
You just gotta adjust your activities to the weather.

In summer which is supposedly off season just stay at the beach.
Not much else is inviting in the heat.

Orlando visiting the mouse in spring and fall is great.
Crowds are less and the weather is bearable for pools and parks.

Winters in north Fl are cheap for escaping the snow although too cold to go in the beach.
Lots of things to do.

I vacation in my state year round.
The timeshare lifestyle is great for anyone who lives in FL.