Ok, now that the bickering is over. My wife and enjoy both all inclusive and other variations of vacations.

Each April we go to Dominican Republic for a week of two. After tears of searching, we have found a hastle-free, all-inclusive hotel we love, with the friendliest staff where we exclusively go to relax. We have always met new friends at this lication, with no issues with other guests. We do take other vacations, where we meet locals, visit sites etc. But, in this location, we reserve to unwind and stay put - we eat well, go to the beach, sit by the pool, have good drinks, enjoy participating in the sports, joke with the staff and enjoy the entertainement. It has been 6 years that we visited this vacation spot. Since we have already visited most of the local sites, we have no desire to move beyond.

Two weeks can seem a bit long at one location. Some folks arrange a two location vacation, a week at either. That seems like a good alternative to me.

While the experiebce varues by location, and hotel, all inclusive is not for everyone, but we like it.