Money Monday: Vacation Grand Total $

2012

February – LA

March – Austin

May – NYC

July – Yosemite

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2011

March – NYC

April/May – Italy honeymoon

July – Jasper Canada

August – Burning Man

September – LA

September – NYC

November – Arizona

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As you can see, we haven’t gotten our international fix this year which is why we’re going to Roatan, Honduras in a couple weeks! For those of you who know me, I LOVE Central America. I’ve been to Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Excluding Honduras, that leaves El Salvador and Panama. You’d think I speak Spanish considering all the times I’ve been, but no; I don’t have a mind for mastering languages. Probably because I’ve never lived abroad which is how you pick it up. C’est la vie.

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We’ve had our hearts set on going to Greece, but the $1500 flight per person to Athens plus additional flights to get to the coast. Nah, we’ll save that for another time.

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I booked round-trip flights from SFO to San Salvador which is 5.5 hours, with an hour layover, then 1.5 hours to Roatan. Easy!

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After non-stop research and perusing a multitude of reviews, I settled on Barefoot Cay, a luxury resort with a 5 star dive center. Every meal is cooked to order which makes me fear we’ll never leave the resort. However there is plenty to do in Roatan. We’ll probably rent a car for a day to swim with dolphins at Anthony’s Keys and hang out at the zoo. I went to Barefoot Cay’s site and they were running a special for $99 per person per day for accommodations, 3 meals a day, airport transfers, kayaks, and snorkeling gear during Labor Day weekend!

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Photos below from http://www.barefootcay.com

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Here’s the cost breakdown

Flights for me and Dean $1,530

Resort for 7 nights and all meals inclusive of tax and service charges  = $1,608

But wait, there is a New Yorker in SF for work, renting our apartment during this time for 6 nights through Airbnb for $946.

Grand Total $2,192