Last weekend while at an interview on THE EARLY SHOW, the anchor, Jim Axelrod, scoffed at my suggestion of Newport Rhode Island as a fantastic wintertime getaway. But Jim, I stand by my claim. I love a winter weekend getaway! You can drive or fly to a popular summer spot and enjoy the off-season trifecta. Better prices. Fewer crowds. Great sales!
It's precisely this which calls my girlfriends and I each winter. In fact I'm just back from our annual trip, this year to the Hamptons. In the summer you can't pay me to deal with the traffic or the scene in the Hamptons – but in the winter, if you ask me, the bare beauty of the place is at its best. You can get into all of the restaurants. And the shops are making way for their summer merchandise with outstanding sales. Even at the designer shops. The house we rented had beds for all 12 of us. During the summer it would be attainable for only a handful of bankers, but for the weekend, it was less than $300 each.
Sometimes you get heaps of snow, slush, or rain so be sure to check the weather before you set out. But with the weather, you get the wonder or what I like to call the winter mystique – which is just the quiet of a place. Quiet which to me, seems a rare thing, in our busy travel-filled and bustling lives.
Winter getaways are equally good for lovers as families, friends and relatives. In fact, I love the winter getaway so much, I'm already thinking about my next one…
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