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everyone PLEASE help...?

ok me and my boyfriend are planning to take a nice little vacation together in august. we want to go somewhere real nice, with nice beaches, good food, lots of shopping and fun, cheap nice hotels. weve been to new york, mass, rhode island, new jersey and more down south throughout our lives but not together. hes gonna be the one driving and we dont want to drive waayy to long. hes 20 next month and im 18.. we will have plenty of money.. just not a good idea of a place to go.. oh also we live in connecticut

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1. New Zealand if you guys can afford it! It's beautiful there.
2. you should drive down to florida - it's a little farther than you want to drive but good beaches, shopping, food, and fun!
3. Try Pensacola Beach. You can also try the Mississippi Gulf Coast - there are some good hotels and great beaches since the Katrina cleanup.
4. Come to Chicago! We have nice beaches, Alot if places to shop, alot of places to go!
5. go to vermont its beautiful there
6. Most beaches in Maine are nice, but they can be a bit chilly. I would recomend North Carolina but you said that you do not want to travel too far. I believe it is about 13 to 15 hours to NC. =] Hope this helps.
7. Turkey Scotland Ireland hope it helps
8. How about Miami Florida.... it's warm has a beach, lots of stores and you guys will have fun because it's a really cool place..... good luck and have fun on that trip!!!
9. Florida!! Tampa area: Bush Gardens (new Jungala resort just opened in it), Adventure Island, awesome beaches and free sunsets (can you tell I live here?) Orlando Area: Disney, Sea World, Universal St. Augestine has the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum Miami has, well, Miami.
10. hope this help its in pennsylvania http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/vac/736797733.html
11. MICHIGAN!!!!!!!!
12. florida like destin or miami but the best place in florida is amelia island we got a $258 per night rate at the Ritz Carlton for 4 people b/c it was the end of the season. charleston, sc but stay in mt. pleasant way cheaper also got to expedia travelocity & other places like that i hoped it helped!! MeReDiTHaNNox
13. If I were you, I would hit areas like Florida. I would go to the theme park Discovery Cove, where you can swim with dolphins and snorkel amongst a variety of wildlife. I went there and had an amazing time. Sea World is overrated as Shamu is in too small a tank and does the same routine. I have also heard that Busch Gardens is pretty fun too. Orlando is a very big touristy area. They have food, shopping, nice beaches (Cocoa beach). I hope you two have fun.
14. Mega Mall, in Minneapolis, Bloomington, MN and a short visit to the city of Duluth, Minnesota Duluth is the city for lovers. While there, Go to the top of the Raddision Hotel on a week day at noonish. It is a revolving Cafe... Order one Monti Crisco sandwich and divide between the two of you. It will be an experience you will not forget. I know many couples who have popped the question in Duluth.
15. Why not try Atlantic City? "Down on the board walk..." It could be fun! Casinos, hotels, beach... It's been an American playground for over a century. Plus you can visit all the streets from the monopoly board! ;) http://www.atlanticcitynj.com/ http://www.atlanticcity.com/
16. Cape May, New Jersey Some believe that good things come to those who wait, and finding a decent beach in New Jersey may be the best test to that theory. Far down the Jersey Shore, beyond syringe-on-the-beach jokes, beyond thong-thronged boardwalks, beyond the point where anyone says "Joizey" is the Grande Old Dame of the Eastern Shore, Cape May. Cape May is the aristocrat of beaches with the prices and lineage to prove it. When nearby Philadelphia was the capital of the Colonial states, several of the Founding Fathers came to Cape May to let down their wigs. Later the fashionable members of New York society flocked to the area, but the flash point (literally speaking) for Cape May didn't come until 1878, when a fire devastated most of the town. Out of the ashes arose an ornate Victorian fantasy world of elegant seaside hotels and gingerbread mansions that became the sandbox for gilded society. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, held her debutante party in Cape May, and so many presidents have vacationed here that several hotels still vie for the title of "The Summer White House." If earlier straw-hatted glitteratti were to return to Cape May today, they would instantly recognize many of their old haunts, thanks to the town's status as a National Historic Landmark and its preservation-mad citizens. The locals are passionate about their role as cultural custodians, and it shows. The sand is always raked and the area's signature Victorian trim, which adorns the town like cobwebs, is always fresh with paint. But Cape May is not a place full of crusty Miss Havishams. It is peppered with the same warm, easy-going personalities typical to beach Meccas around the world - it's just that the tune they march to is more Gilbert & Sullivan than Jimmy Buffet. Child-Friendliness rating: 3 of 5 more: Cape May's wholesome atmosphere and pristine beaches are ideal for kids, though precious few hotels will take them. Most of Cape May's B&Bs are intimate, antique-strewn affairs better suited for making children than bringing them. Swimming rating: 4 of 5 more: This is the Atlantic at its cleanest - though it gets a bit chilly. Sand rating: 5 of 5 more: Given that the beaches are regularly cleaned, raked and pampered, this is some of the best sand money can buy - and with the hefty $4/day beach pass, you will be buying it. Atmosphere rating: 5 of 5 more: A 19th-century ambiance pervades the entire resort, right down to an overwhelming propensity for politeness. Is Cape May really only 200 miles from New York? Non-Beach Activities rating: 5 of 5 more: Cape May is probably one of the few seaside resorts where lust, passion and voyeurism occur primarily off of the beach - in the context of its myriad gourmet restaurants, antique stores and house tours.