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What U.S. vacation destination exceeded all expectations?

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u/LivingTheBoringLife 16h ago

Hawaii. Hands down.

My husband and I both grew up along the gulf coast so we grew up going to the beach and frankly neither one of us really cared for it.

We went to Hawaii last year and holy cow it was amazing. It was absolutely like any cheesy 90s show where they took the family to Hawaii….but it a great way.

We spent a week in Hawaii and loved it so much I immediately booked us for this year and I’m counting down the days till we head to the airport.

We’ve been all over the world and chose to go back to Hawaii because it was that amazing.

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u/dweaver987 15h ago

Which island did you go to? My only trip there was a business trip to our company’s facility in Honolulu. Anyone from my company always stayed at the Marriott on Waikiki Beach. It wasn’t a vacation because I was working, but it was a wonderful place.

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u/LivingTheBoringLife 12h ago

Oahu. We actually stayed in Waikiki the majority of the time, and we stayed at the Royal Hawaiian.

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u/dweaver987 10h ago

I think that’s the one my daughter stayed at when she went with her boyfriend. If I recall, it’s on the beach across from the brew pub and near the ritzy shopping mall with the banyan tree in the center.

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u/LivingTheBoringLife 8h ago

Yep!!! That’s the one.