I grew up in Michigan, which means I knew a lot of people who visited Florida for Spring Break or in the winter to escape the horrible, cold temperatures, but I never really had the chance to visit until I was in college.

My first visit to Florida was in 2013 on an Alternative Spring Break trip through my university. We completed a week of service in Orlando at Give Kids the World Village, which is an amazing organization that gives kids with critical illnesses a chance to visit this resort with their families for week-long vacations at no cost. I will definitely be writing a post about this soon, so look forward to that.

I was able to visit again on a personal trip that I’d love to tell you all about, but on that trip, I stopped at Universal Studios! (blog post coming about that!)

I later visited Hollywood, FL with my best friend on a weekend getaway and we absolutely loved it. I actually loved it so much, I went back a few years later with my boyfriend at the time and we stayed in Hollywood for a weekend while visiting for a Miami Dolphins game.

In addition to Orlando, Kissimmee, Miami, and Hollywood, we road-tripped our way from Texas to Pensacola for my best friend’s birthday in 2022.

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All of the above visits deserve their own posts, so look forward to those coming in the future!

5 Years of Traveling the U.S. With My Best Friend