11-21-2017, 01:55 PM
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Portland
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11-21-2017, 02:35 PM
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Another couple good options are Sante Fe, Albuquerque and Denver. Sante Fe has a lot of cool stuff to see in the area of historical significance and lots of interesting art.
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11-21-2017, 02:57 PM
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A lot of good ones mentioned. This is how I'd rank it:
1. San Diego
2. Austin/San Antonio (only an hour away and also great)
3. Portland, Oregon
4. Nashville
5. Kansas City
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11-21-2017, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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San Francisco is super fun. Plenty to see and do, along with great restaurants. Alcatraz is a must see.
Boston, Seattle, Portland, and San Diego are all great as well.
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11-21-2017, 05:35 PM
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Chicago is an absolute blast, I cannot recommend it enough. Flight is extremely reasonable at 3.5 hours (often arrives faster in my experience) and the city has enough to do/see for a handful of trips, particularly in May.
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11-21-2017, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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I would recommend Tampa Bay purely because you will probably be able to catch games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Flames and Lightning.
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11-21-2017, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Boston is my favorite city in the US. The history and the quaintness of the the area is awesome.
Nashville is pretty sweet too.
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11-21-2017, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
Any recommendations for a weekend trip in May?
Two couples in our thirties looking to go somewhere fun for a long weekend.
Wouldn't mind catching a baseball game, want some good bars/restaurants and something to do/see.
I have been focusing my search on a few US cities like Boston, Chicago and New Orleans but am open to ideas.
Price isn't the primary concern but don't want to go somewhere crazy expensive or spend 12 hours in an airport each way.
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For a long weekend only and assuming you are flying from Calgary, I would stick to the west coast and preferably direct flights. It will give you a lot more time to enjoy the destination city. Flying to the east coast can kill a good chunk of the day in travel.
San Fran is great and one of my favorite US cities to visit. Its got baseball, great restaurants and bars, and tons of stuff to see and do. Seattle is great as well and youd have more than enough to see and do for a long weekend.
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11-21-2017, 07:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GP_Matt
Any recommendations for a weekend trip in May?
Two couples in our thirties looking to go somewhere fun for a long weekend.
Wouldn't mind catching a baseball game, want some good bars/restaurants and something to do/see.
I have been focusing my search on a few US cities like Boston, Chicago and New Orleans but am open to ideas.
Price isn't the primary concern but don't want to go somewhere crazy expensive or spend 12 hours in an airport each way.
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My vote would be for Chicago, with Seattle in second place (Seattle's closer and cheaper, but you said price wasn't a primary concern). I actually did Chicago on the May long weekend five years ago. Lots to see and do, food, shopping, and the Cubs and/or White Sox. California's not bad either (LA, SF, SD), but more of a summer destination in my opinion.
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Austin, Santa Fe and Charlotte NC are on my 4-day weekend list.
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Cool choices. Can you elaborate why?
Last edited by tvp2003; 11-21-2017 at 07:13 PM.
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11-21-2017, 07:17 PM
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Lots of good choices
Of those mentioned my vote would be for Austin
Great music. Great food. Great people. Fun town
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11-21-2017, 09:31 PM
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The wife and I did a 4 day trip to Dallas in October which was a lot of fun. Lots to see and do.
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11-21-2017, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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11-21-2017, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kelowna
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Seattle
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11-21-2017, 10:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Calgary
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For a weekend destination, I would choose LA (Beach Cities, not downtown) or Seattle.
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11-21-2017, 10:12 PM
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The risk of Seattle for a weekend is that it rains the entire time. But even then there are plenty of cool indoor things to do. The POP museum is fantastic.
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11-22-2017, 12:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Not Abu Dhabi
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There are a lot of good choices. Ones that I liked:
- Seattle
- San Francisco
- San Diego
- Denver
- San Antonio
- Dallas
I believe other than San Antonio, each of those have direct flights with Calgary.
I'd definitely like to do more exploring on the east coast, but as others have mentioned, that might be a bit ambitious for a weekend. Right off the hop you lose the 2 hours for time zones and then if you're connecting somewhere, you may lose a whole day for traveling.
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The wife and I did a 4 day trip to Dallas in October which was a lot of fun. Lots to see and do.
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Back in 2010, my brother and I managed to see all 4 major sports in one weekend in Dallas. Mavs game on Friday night, Stars game Saturday night, Cowboys game Sunday morning, Rangers in the World Series later that night. Awesome weekend!
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11-22-2017, 01:11 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Canterbury, NZ
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Originally Posted by Hockey Fan #751
2. Austin/San Antonio (only an hour away and also great)
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I was going to suggest this as well. Both cool in their own way and very close together.
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11-22-2017, 01:19 AM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Minneapolis St. Paul
Drop the wives off at the Mall of America and say goodbye to them for the whole weekend 
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11-22-2017, 07:29 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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Anchorage should be fairly cool in May.
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