Ft. Myers 2020 – Tomatico Travels

Fort Myers 2020: Conclusions

October 5, 2021October 2, 2021 Matthew Jucius

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

Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Days 6-7

October 4, 2021October 2, 2021 Matthew Jucius

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

Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Days 3 through 5

October 3, 2021October 2, 2021 Matthew Jucius

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

Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Day 2

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 Matthew Jucius

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

Fort Myers 2020: Diary – Day 1

October 1, 2021October 2, 2021 Matthew Jucius

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

Spring 2020 – Planning

September 30, 2021September 28, 2021 Matthew Jucius

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