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We would have three different hotels to plan. Our first night would be a quick one night stay in Fort Lauderdale. Then we would have a seven night stay in Fort Myers and finally a nine night stay in Orlando. Fort Lauderdale We just needed a single night stay. We were looking for someplace convenient,… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Hotel Planning
We wanted to fly into Fort Myers and return from Orlando since we were going to rent a car and drive between the two mid-trip. Flights: Take One We have a high preference for nonstop flights, especially in the COVID era. We don't want to be stuck in an airport any longer than necessary. Since… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Flight Planning
The year 2020 was challenging and as fall approached we hoped to find a way to travel over the holidays. Originally we had looked at going to Dubai for a couple weeks, but with the COVID restrictions that was not even a remote option by the fall. We would restrict ourselves to a domestic destination,… Continue reading December 2020 – Planning
Readers of this blog will know that free breakfast is a core part of our travel experience. While it's not the reason we travel, it plays a huge part in deciding where we stay at our destinations and what drives our loyalty. For a family of four with two active and, usually, hungry boys, getting… Continue reading Tomatico’s Top 10 Free Breakfasts
Highlights Hotel beat expectations (by a mile!)Water park was a huge hitHotel took COVID precautions seriously and it was easy to physically distanceDoorDash saved the day when restaurants closedEating delivery on the hotel patio created fond memories Lowlights Lounge and restaurant closures -> But the hotel did a fantastic job to try to adapt during… Continue reading Fort Myers 2020: Conclusions
We kept up our daily school routine as best we could. The boys were getting to the end of the work packets they had from school and there weren't any online zoom classes like there are now. The whole remote thing was still quite new. With the hotel lounge and eventually most of the restaurants… Continue reading Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Days 6-7
On day 3 we woke up at about the same time as the previous day and headed to the club lounge for breakfast. Afterwards we split up again for the morning to do work/school work. We were quickly getting into a routine. In the afternoon the boys enjoyed the pool until around dinner time. We… Continue reading Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Days 3 through 5
We slept in until about 7:30 before heading to the club lounge for breakfast. The boys are quite used to that kind of breakfast so it was no big deal. The breakfast options were the normal bacon, eggs, sausage, yogurt, etc and was above average in quality. We had to eat quickly because we had… Continue reading Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Day 2
We had booked our mid-morning flight the previous day on JetBlue. I had booked the Basic Blue fare which is their basic economy fare which charges for seat assignment (among other restrictions) but since we were within 24 hours of the flight we could choose our seats immediately at booking time. The boys were with… Continue reading Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Day 1
We usually try to do a trip during the weeks the boys have off from school in February and April. In February we had gone to Spain for 10 wonderful days. April is a little more constrained because of soccer schedules. In 2019 we had a great trip to Los Cabos in Mexico but were… Continue reading Spring 2020 – Planning
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