Vacation Ideas for $800 - Palatine,IL

travelzoo.com is a great site for deals, if you watch it you might be able to get Cancun/Riveria Maya for a few days for that price. We booked the Iberostar beach resort, all inclusive for about $89 a night a person and kids are free. There are some more deals for that particular resort chain on this site also, I ended up saving $150 by booking thru them. If you go soon, your kid would fly for free also. http://www.iberostar-board.com/boards/index.php
Let me know if you find something there is also a coupon code on www.retailmenot.com for spiritair.com, although they charge for baggage now and seat assignments, We are hoping we won't have to pick our seats ahead of time I don't want to spend the money on that too.
I am going in Oct. with a 5 yr. old and my 20 mth old.

Hi A. - not sure where you live, but in Zion, IL (near Waukegan) there is the Illinois State Beach Park. Not too far and you get a beach! There is a resort on the beach also.
http://www.ilresorts.com/

Have you looked into the Wisconsin Dells, or I know there are some nice kid-friendly resorts at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH. They have beaches too, since it's on Lake Erie.
http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/park/resorts/hotels/inde...

Have Fun!
A.

Check out Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana. We went last year for the first time (my husband had been as a child several times). We rented a small 2 bedroom cabin for about $600.00. It is right on Lake Shaffer so there are beach areas and there is a small water park inside the amusement park. We enjoyed ourselves so much last year we are going again this year and renting a house on the lake.

The dells might be perfect for you - Stay at one of the waterpark hotels...go out to dinner, go on the duck, etc. I think you could do a lot there for $800.00. Myrtle Beach is another place that can be fun and rather inexpensive because you're primarily at the beach all day - The drive there would be the most expensive part!

Have a great vaca

There are a ton of beaches in Michigan along the Lake. Google for info....
You can plan a weekend road trip for sure! These are very popular beaches for families. St. Joe's is one of the closer beach towns. Grand Haven is another popular one, but i think a bit further.
Hope this helps!