An important part of any perfect day, or any vacation for that matter, is that at the end of day, everyone should be happy. If you have a family and kids, or even just a significant other, that's not always easy.

Port Charlotte, FL and the surrounding areas of the Gulf Islands offer a wonderful mix of activities that are relaxing and educational while staying stimulating enough to keep everyone entertained. Due to the current economic environment, there are some amazing luxury condominiums up for grabs at some sweet rates that allow your pocket book to stay happy too.

Sorry Walt, but right in your backyard there is a place better than Disney World, and no matter how hard you must have tried, you just can't beat Mother Nature.

Siesta Key Beach, only a scenic hour's drive from the airport in Tampa, was recently rated 2nd in "America's Best Beaches of 2009", by Dr. Beach (a well-respected professor of environmental studies who has been featured on ‘Oprah' and has published his findings since 1991).

If you think Tampa is only about the Super Bowl and warm weather, you haven't taken the two-hour Ybor City Walking Tour in the historic Latin Quarter on a brisk Florida winter day. For $6 this is literally one of the best priced deals in Tampa. Its right up there with a movie at the old restored Tampa Theatre.