Jeez, tell us how you really feel.
Canada might actually be a decent choice. You guys will get a 30% discount on the dollar. I would selfishly nominate whistler as a hosting town. Close to a major airport, plenty of hotels/accomodations, good food, drinks and nightlife. Aim for shoulder season and you can get some good deals.
Is it possible to do a virtual meet up for those that can’t travel? I’m not even sure how that would work depending on how many people would show but there might be a way too ok get some value out of a virtual.
I’ll throw my place out there here in Xantusia, you all can ask Cathy about it as she hosted at least a dozen Womens camps up here. But it would just be mostly nature, drinking, and talking shit, and that other forum thing if you are into that.
I do like the Vegas idea though, cheap flights from just about everywhere, lots to do like drinking, talking shit, and some wild poker stuff. I’d be up for that, but probably not many other places…
from Google: “Shoulder season” is called that because it sits between the “peak” (high) season and the “off-peak” (low) season, much like how a shoulder sits on either side of the head on a body, essentially acting as a transitional period between the two extremes; it’s considered the “in-between” time with less crowds and often better prices than peak season.
For Vancouver, shoulder seasons are Spring and Fall. High seasons are winter (for snow sports) or summer (for great weather and outdoors).
Seems like the middle of no where(which is the beauty) but we are within 50 minutes to an hour and a half of 4 major airports(without traffic). And you get to pet Joshua trees too!!
Winter and summer are peak seasons for skiing and mtn biking. Spring and fall are shoulder seasons, when you can’t usually do either activity or at least not under good conditions. Those are typically good times to get good deals or enjoy the resort when it’s less busy.