{"id":40924,"date":"2015-07-01T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T05:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/?p=40924"},"modified":"2018-05-14T06:57:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T20:57:23","slug":"whatevs-winter-lets-heat-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/whatevs-winter-lets-heat-things-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatevs&#8217; winter: let&#8217;s heat things up"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>It\u2019s chilly outside and I&#8217;m\u00a0really starting to crave that long lost summer feeling&#8230;Think poolside cocktails, sunshine, summer dresses and late night ocean swims. Yep, I&#8217;ve got the #winterblues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rather than sit at home and dwell about it, I&#8217;m gonna #livelastminute\u00a0and get my wanderlust on. Farewell winter and let&#8217;s defrost over these \u2018dream\u2019 tropical destinations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/Amalfi-Coast-Hotels.d180060.Travel-Guide-Hotels?brandcid=lastminute-au.display.blog.whatevswinter-post.generic\"><strong>AMALFI COAST: <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture long lazy days of people watching, boating, island hopping and afternoons of limoncello on ice while watching the sunset.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/lm\/blog\/7_2015\/amalficoast_positano.jpg\" alt=\"Escape winter with lastminute.com.au\" width=\"1048\" height=\"698\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/Destinations-In-Mexico.d117.Hotel-Destinations?brandcid=lastminute-au.display.blog.whatevswinter-post.generic\"><strong>MEXICO: <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ditch the Aussie winter for a Mexican fiesta filled with tacos, margaritas, white sandy beaches and rich cultural history.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/lm\/blog\/7_2015\/mexico.jpg\" alt=\"Whatevs' winter | lastminute.com.au\" width=\"1048\" height=\"697\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/Destinations-In-Hawaii.d213.Hotel-Destinations?brandcid=lastminute-au.display.blog.whatevswinter-post.generic\"><strong>HAWAII:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aloha! Don\u2019t have FOMO this Winter, live it up roadtripping Maui\u2019s exotic coastline and incredible waterfalls, while stopping at cute roadside cafes for fresh juices and fruit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/lm\/blog\/7_2015\/hawaii.jpg\" alt=\"Aloha! #livelastminute\" width=\"1048\" height=\"696\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/Bali-Hotels.d602651.Travel-Guide-Hotels?brandcid=lastminute-au.display.blog.whatevswinter-post.generic\"><strong>BALI: <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warm up and take a boat to the coconut filled Gili Islands, Bali\u2019s tropical paradise and home to luxe villas, a fun party scene and incredible diving. What more could you\u00a0want?<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/lm\/blog\/7_2015\/bali_giliislands.jpg\" alt=\"Escape winter! | #livelastminute \" width=\"1048\" height=\"851\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/Destinations-In-Maldives.d109.Flight-Destinations?brandcid=lastminute-au.display.blog.whatevswinter-post.generic\"><strong>MALDIVES <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up the ante and really escape Winter with that DREAM holiday to the Maldives. Sit smugly on your overwater bungalow and upload a selfie or two.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/lm\/blog\/7_2015\/maldives.jpg\" alt=\"Maldives dreaming! Escape winter now @lastminutecomau\" width=\"1048\" height=\"699\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Can\u2019t manage to jet-off to a tropical oasis? \u2018Fake\u2019 your own Winter oasis by checking into a <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/Destinations-In-Australia.d10.Hotel-Destinations?hop=0&amp;brandcid=lastminute-au.display.blog.whatevswinter-post.generic\">luxe city hotel<\/a>, and:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head straight to cocktail bar. It may be freezing outside but a Mai Tai or two is sure to warm things up!<\/li>\n<li>Relax into holiday mode by booking yourself an indulging hotel massage treatment.<\/li>\n<li>Lie by the indoor pool and read a book, or hop in the heated spa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Where do you want to go this winter? Tweet us @lastminute_au.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s chilly outside and I&#8217;m\u00a0really starting to crave that long lost summer feeling&#8230;Think poolside cocktails, sunshine, summer dresses and late..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":40925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[54,796,2038,4451,4397,1666,1588],"acf":{"credits":[{"name":"","label":"","full_url":""}],"enable_review_score":false},"posts_api_cpm_point":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40924"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40927,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40924\/revisions\/40927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}