The Bahamas. It conjurs images of clear blue waters and white sandy beaches as well as luxurous rooms and meals in fabulous restaurants. All of that is real and wonderful but you need not spend massive amounts of money to enjoy a trip to the Bahamas.
My wife and I recently took a cruise to the Bahamas that was incredibly inexpensive without being cheap. If you look around and do your research you can find ways to bring down the cost of a trip. You can book solely with budget packages, you can make it a point to go during off season or you can get in some cases look at property packages in the area. All are valid ways to travel for less. The last one would probably get you the best deal from a price perspective but will also entail your sitting taking a tour of some kind and then listening to some pretty high pressure sales pitches.
Consider a 3 day cruise for the easiest and most inexpensive experience. If you cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida you can easily have the cruise experience as well as the experience of being in another country very easily. Nassau is an overnight cruise. You leave Florida late efternoon and are in Nassau just after breakfast the next morning. Nassau is a beautiful city with freindly people and good food. You will find food of all types and you can find the Straw Market just minutes from where many of the cruise ships dock. The Straw Market is what would be called a Flea Market in the United States and has vendors of all types hawking their wares.
You can take some form of transportation, and there are a number of choices, to see more of the island if you like. There are beaches that you can can enjoy and there is the Paradise Island Resort not far from the docks which you can visit. You can also just tour the entire area for a an hour or so to see what you can see. Please take advantage of the things we have quite close but ar still other countries. You really have no lived until you have experienced other cultures at least to some degree so you can see what some of the rest of the world lives like on a daily basis.
