Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
You don't seem to be getting many viable suggestions. So here's my go
- Southern / quieter resorts in Florida / Texas / Louisiana area
- Caribbean
- Mexico
- Costa Rica (depending on the vaccine status of the teenagers)
- Canaries
- Azores
- Cape Verde
- Persian Gulf / Oman.
I would say that Oman rarely disappoints in this department.
Don't forget California, although it certainly won't be cheap over Christmas! I love Oman at this time of year and have spent New Year's there before but it's a bit of a pain to get there at the moment with no BA direct flights and Oman Air only flying a few times a week. I think connecting with a large family for what should be a 7 hour direct flight is not going to be the most fun. My advice would also be to be cautious on the Middle East generally given it would be the logical next domino to fall if travel restrictions spread given Dubai and Doha are probably the two busiest flight lanes from Southern Africa.( I say this as someone that has two trips to DXB booked in December currently and is getting slightly nervous about this.)
If you are going to connect anyway I would be tempted to make it worthwhile and go to Thailand or similar.