10 Easy, Non-Bank Breaking Memorial Day Getaways (PHOTOS)

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Even though summer doesn't officially start until a month or so after the Memorial Day weekend, most of us treat this three-day holiday as if it does mark the onset of the season.

Of course, it helps that it's often the first warm long weekend in months, which means barbecues in the back yard, alfresco concerts, picnics in the park, hitting the links – anything, really, so long as it's outdoors,

ShermansTravel.com put together a list of their top ten Memorial Day getaways that won't require extensive travel – or, an extensive budget, for that matter.

Text, photos, and captions courtesy of ShermanTravel.com, adapted from "Top Memorial Day Getaways."

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is just about as American as apple pie. Designated as the nation’s very first national park in 1872, this vast preserve of wilderness and wildlife is the perfect place to enjoy a Memorial Day getaway.

The park’s surreal natural landscapes, which stretch across the state lines of Montana and Wyoming, are marked by long plateaus that gloriously unfold between verdant, forested mountains. More than 300 steam-spewing geysers, 300-foot towering waterfalls, and an immense gorge known as the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (not to be confused with the Grand Canyon) join up here, as well, for a dizzying compilation of natural wonders. Aside from the grizzlies, elk, and otters that call the park home, perhaps Yellowstone’s most famous resident is Old Faithful, a steam-spewing geyser that predictably erupts every 90 minutes or so.

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nise55

Where are the specials for Bermuda for memorial weekend????

May 14 2011 at 5:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

joanne

are there any handicapped tours and can i rent a scooter

May 12 2011 at 2:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

lynvill12

To what airport do you fly? How about hotel stay? Please give me some feed back.

May 12 2011 at 12:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Caress

In this economy, how is bermuda a non-bank breaking getaway? Mind you, my family and I aree traveling to Bermuda this summer of a cruise, but we had to budget money out over a time period for a family of five!

May 12 2011 at 8:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply