Affordable Winter Travel Destinations

Good thread thanks for bringing it up. As far as budget goes we have wayyyyy different standards....150$ a night seems crazy expensive to me but maybe I've spent too much time in Mex/centro/Indo where everything is cheap as flop. Wife and I went to Escondido for the holidays last year. Stayed in a really sick place w pool, hot tub, ocean view, great bar and food for 25$ a night butttttt....the surf wasn't great. Never got under chest hi and was usually head +....even had two pretty big days. On the first day only five or so guys were out and the second day it was a little smaller....caught a bomb but also caught a massive set on the head and literally almost died. The problem is at that time of year the swell is too West and there's crazy rips and backwash making it really hard to find a good one. I've spent time there in the summer and when there was no swell (read: chest to Head and half) it was an epic barrel fest up and down the beach....on the other hand, you are guaranteed surf and PE is a great place to hang.

I was thinking SW Spain could be cool....like Cadiz and such....or Morocco. What could really be sick is Northern Peru.....insane left barrels as well as some hidden spots. Should still be pretty cheap. Also just a short trip up the West coast from Cabo gets really good in the winter but a suite is needed.... Let us know what you do cheers

 

I was a little off in my calculation but not much. I just rechecked what the price was and it was $800 per person for 6 days though, not 5, and it was double occupancy. Hard to beat for an all inclusive location near good breaks.

Never felt sketched out down there, and we did a lot of walking. At one point though we saw this guy who was in downtown San Jose with a buck fifty scar on his face; if you don't know what that is, think the Joker. Did a few day trips and saw both of the Cabo cities. It was a good experience. If you like surfing rights you'd like it there. The water was warm in June and very blue. People were friendly. Locals weren't crazy. If I went back I'd probably rent a car. There were some breaks just too far to walk or cab it.

Next trip will probably be CR...

 

I guess I'm looking at this differently.

If you're going solo, 5 days, $650 including airfare.

Let's call airfare an even $300, which is a great rate anywhere outside CONUS, including bag and board bag fees.

So, $350 for 5 days/ 4 nights = $80-100/day.

How you can go all-inclusive at that rate I don't even know.

To do that rate anywhere in a hotel/motel/resort/ seems high to me. Possible, but high.

I only have a little experience traveling as a civilian. But, considering a trip to the north shore of Puerto Rico, our food was certainly in the <$30/day range, but add lodging, gas, rental car, etc...I'm not sure that $300 would have covered, and that's per person. I was bunking with a buddy; solo, definitely not possible.

If you go tents, buddy-up, etc, it can add to savings. Puerto Escondido...maybe but do the math. None of this is a yes/no answer.

 

So you're talking $800/6 or ~$80/day per person...lodging and airfare, or lodging only? Airfare including board bag fees? They add up.
All inclusive or paying for food, drinks, cars, rides, etc.?

Do the math...it adds up fast.

 

When it works out, send me the details because I want to go. Those pics gave me a woody...and not the surfboart kind.

 

Airfare and lodging and all you can eat food and drinks for $800. Rented a board for cheap and did not include pricing for our excursions etc.

 

In fact, just a "Toonces for $1300 you and your wife can do this, no additional "surprise" expenses" sells me, and I don't even care if the surf is good provided the sun is warm, beer cold, and potential for surf exists. Sell me, Kanman!

 

We're posting like 15 minutes apart...work your magic, bruddah.

 

Hah. Something like that. If you went 5 days you (and the wife or surf buddy) could expect to pay about $1350-$1400 total with all expenses included, including transportation. Bring a couple bucks for a board, taxis and tips. Where I stayed I could get to three different breaks within two miles.

We may have just scored a deal idk. Went in mid June. Our flights were only low $300ish. Resort was Barcelo Gran Faro and it was dirt cheap at that time we booked it.

Just booked your 4 night 5 day stay for you @ $800 total. Just buy your cheap airfare bruh.

 

Word....here's the place in PE that is sick and cheap. The "basic" rooms are 25ish w fan + private bath....there ae more upscale rooms as well that vary in price. Also, beers and shots are 1 $ at their bar !!!!!!! https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_R...ua_Luna-Puerto_Escondido_Southern_Mexico.html

 

Cabo needs summer souths, winter you gots to head to the pacific side.

 

I wanna do Barbados or Rincon next year. It would have to be sometime between Late April or early May and Labor Day, due to work schedule. I wonder if I can realistically do it with only $3-$4 grand? I'd be splitting costs with at least two friends. I'd pay for my own plane tickets back and forth, roughly a third of the lodging and food for myself. We've also discussed the idea with 34 other friends, so it might be 6-7 of us, if we can plan this thing right. One of them has already been to both places and another has been to just Rincon.

 

Are you talking about Rincon, PR? If so, your time span of May to Labor Day can guarantee you one thing...FLAT. Take snorkeling gear instead. And a chain saw--they may still be cutting up downed trees.....

 

LOL that bad, huh? I was already told that it wasn't the best place for the team we could go, by one of the guys who has been there before. I tried to do Costa Rica or Rincon last February, when I had 4 days off, but the flight schedules just really sucked and made no sense. Flights out of JFK at like 2:30 AM. The flight back to JFK would have landed just hours before I needed to be back to work, which wasn't enough time. And if I came back a day earlier, it would only been like literally 2 days there with all that flying.

I gotta find somewhere to go for next Spring/Summer.

 

The flight times into Aguadilla typically will be red eye but where we stay it's not an issue. Bobby at Mar Azul will accomodate. He will be there to let you in no matter the time. Just call him as you're driving up the hill and he'll be outside waiting to unlock the place and let you in. Super nice dude. He understands.

 

Man, this is bumming me.

While I've taken a few day trips, I don't know if I've ever actually gone somewhere without the family purely to surf. I'd like to try it...this thread has given me some ideas.

 

Thanks! I just wished I didn't have to be so rushed. I'd be cool with red eye flights if I had 6-7 days to spare. I take red eye flights all the time for work. With my off time in February, it's really only about 4 full days. I also have about 3 other consecutive days off, just a week or two earlier at the end of January. I really wish they were consecutive days off, combined with the 4-5 days in February.

 

In this order (cheapest to most expensive):
Puerto Rico
El Salvador
Nicaragua a
Costa Rica
Barbados
Hawaii