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Originally Posted by l2ridehd
No matter how little you use it and how much you rent it, it doesn't work. For just what you pay in property taxes you can rent a place for a month every year. And you can chose a different place to go each year. We plan to rent some place new every year for a couple months. A cottage on an island in Casco Bay, a cottage on a lake in Canada, a place in Hawaii, A ski month in Tahoe, a catamaran in BVI, something different each year. I have owned many "vacation homes" and it just seems every vacation was working on the vacation home. There was always something that needed to be fixed or updated or changed.
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I was going to suggest Moosehead Lake in northern MAINE for a log cabin or one of the islands around Bar Harbor.....but your posting makes a lot of sense and is actually the conclusion we've most likely come to ourselves.
Keeping two homes going, paying taxes on both, utilities on both (not renting them out) would be better spent on alternating trips to places such as you mention above.
Not everyone wants to stay with their adult children for four months out of the year, nor would we want to impose or intrude into their lifestyle...........again, your idea makes the most sense to us.
A "family vacation spot" alternating, as you mention, would also be great reunion wise.
As far as Canada goes, we loved the Canadian Maritimes and return again and again to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, etc. Gorgeous scenery, the Cabot Trail, etc.............ditto for Maine.
Obviously, everyone has their own "dream" but we seem to be on the same page as you are.
p.s. There are also "timeshare" clubs which do not lock you in to the same place each year.....but allow many locations all over the U.S.