My DD13 said that for her sweet 16 she doesn't want a party but wants to go on a trip somewhere. Her first choice was Paris. She has had 3 years of French so far and will have 2 more years of it before she reaches 16. We were in London last year and did a day trip to Paris on the Eurostar. We all fell in love with the city and want to go back and spend some time there. I thought about the ABD London Paris but since we saw many of the sights on our time there in 2007 we figured we would just go off on our own.
Her other two choices are
1 a cruise with my family as my niece turns 16 the same year too
2 Hawaii - we have been there and the kids absolutely loved it, plus we have friends that live in Maui and they enjoy spending time with them
My boss did the Cities of Knights and Lights and she loved it. I have done the Southwest Splendors and it was a lot of fun
We are all for a vacation somewhere instead of a sweet 16 party
We will see if she sticks with her decision when the time rolls around
Now that is a nice way to spend a special birthday
Hmmm might borrow the idea and mention it to DD