First off, VA Beach is not within a 3 hour drive of NYC and certainly not in the Summer, as it is at least a 6 1/2 drive at the best of times!

I would recommend either the Country Inn and Suites Queensbury in upstate NY where the beaches would be on beautiful Glenn Lake and nearby Lake George -- well he did not say the beach had to be on an ocean!! -- as well as being near the Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark.

Perhaps also, one would consider the Radisson Providence Airport property that would be near the Rhode Island beaches of Newport, etc., as well as the Country Inn & Suites in Absecon, NJ which is near Atlantic City, NJ.


I also agree that award mapper would be one's best bet.