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By: * How To Vacation Without Disappointment

* How To Vacation Without Disappointment — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:14:12 +0000

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By: Learn The Basics of Investing - Edition #197 of Carnival of Personal Finance

Learn The Basics of Investing - Edition #197 of Carnival of Personal Finance — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:13:51 +0000

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By: MyLifeROI

MyLifeROI — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:22:41 +0000

Weakonomist –

The trip was great, actually much better than I expected.

Me and my g/f laughed at the people who would complain about the 45 minute wait to get in one of the a la carte restaurants. We just didn’t get it… (#1, it is a 3 star place. #2, its all inclusive go have some drinks while you wait they have bars next to EACH restaurant!. #3, what would you be doing otherwise :P)

So if you are easy going the DR would be a great place to go. I have heard good and bad about Jamaica. Where are you thinking? Negril?

Knowing some spanish did make the trip a lot easier, although still very doable with only English or French and to a lesser extent German or Italian.

And you are 100% right about the Myrtle Beach! That was a silly mistake. I was thinking Hilton Head AND Myrtle Beach and obviously mismatched the states. Thanks for pointing that out :)

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:07:12 +0000

Let me know how your trip goes, my honeymoon will likely be in Jamaica, but we’re considering the Dominican because of its value. Where did you stay? What did you do?

Also for the readers, Myrtle Beach is in South Carolina. It’s about a 15-30 minute drive from the NC/SC border. NC has a much better coast.