Every year in July there are two pre-carnival "fetes" (Caribbean lingo meaning seriously big parties that are generally all-you-can-drink and all-night affairs) that are widely regarded as being two of the best parties of the whole year. And I miss them both almost every year cuz that's when I usually take my holiday.
And every year, when I'm about to go away, without fail someone will comment that it sucks that I'm gonna miss the glow fete and/or blue jeans fete. And every year, without fail, I'll tell them that no way does it suck, while they're gonna be making the best of yet another couple weekends in Antigua, I'll be off somewhere else doing something completely different.