Planning the Spring Break Trip Carefully

We want to go on a 2o hour drive to Florida for spring break week. We found an amazing deal on a condo rental in Destin, really cheap compared to everything else we looked at, including military deals, right on the beach, swimming pool and tennis courts included. With our oldest soon to go to college, we are bemoaning the fact that we have had very few "family" vacations over the last 16 years of her life that were just our immediate family, building memories together, and soon she will be gone. So we made it our goal to do something together this April, but to do it as cheaply as we can. Since Caroline wouldn't tolerate a super long car ride, we think we will fly her and me down there, and everyone else will drive in our new minivan with the DVD player and headphones! So now I am waiting for the airline prices to drop, because right now they are not cheap at all. When you have a special needs kid, you have to plan trips carefully or pay the price.