My husband and I settled on doing a trip within the continental United States.
We didn’t want to renew our passports, go through customs and do an expensive overseas trip.
Staying inside the United States is just so much cheaper and easier. You get a guarantee that everyone speaks English, that your credit card works, and that you have reliable wireless internet. That isn’t the same in another country. I picked for us to go to Phoenix, Arizona. I wanted something that had a great city and great national parks for us to visit. Phoenix is in a location that is near to a lot of different states. You can easily drive and be in another state to visit their natural park. For a few days we stayed in the city. Phoenix is known for its golf courses and my husband hit a few balls. I went to get a massage and a facial. We stayed in a swanky hotel and also did some shopping. After that we got in our rental car and would drive in a direction. We hit all sorts of national parks near us. Mesa Verde and Death Valley are close enough that the drive wasn’t too bad. We saw both of them and I couldn’t recommend it more. Also, the weather in Arizona is just gorgeous. You get intense heat, but nothing too bad. We actually went during the spring season so it felt kind of like summer to us. It wasn’t this humid like heat either. I didn’t get drenched with sweat hiking. Instead I felt toasty warm and got a nice tan. That’s the way to do it.