Expert advice on family trips, girlfriend getaways & romantic escapes
April 16, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Once spring break is over, family travel planners naturally start thinking about ideas for their big summer vacations. The Best Family Travel Experts, a group of respected, award-winning and experienced travel bloggers, are happy to share their recommended [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Travel Tips | 20 comments
March 28, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
There are several world-class luxury resorts and boutique hotels in Napa Valley -- The Auberge Du Soleil, Meadowood, and the Vintage Inn, just to name a few -- but the high price points of those hotels place them out of many of our budgets. The Hilton Garden [Read more]
Posted in: Hotels, Romantic Getaways | 13 comments
March 21, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Waking up and getting out of bed before the sun rises isn't usually on anybody's list of things to do during a couple's weekend getaway, but there we were, at 5:00 in the morning, groggily brushing our teeth and trying to stay out of each others' way. My [Read more]
Posted in: Romantic Getaways | 15 comments
February 20, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Redondo Beach is hard to accurately label as a Los Angeles vacation destination. Close enough to LAX to be centrally located (but not so near as to have constant airport noise), it's long been a quick stop for tourists heading south to Orange County or [Read more]
Posted in: Hotels | 2 comments
December 9, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Contributor Dana Rebmann recently stayed at Kimpton's Hotel Monaco San Francisco, and it was such a delightful holiday family travel experience that she couldn't wait to tell The Vacation Gals about it. Dana writes for the Ciao Bambino family travel website: [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Hotels | 56 comments
October 3, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
The SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills is as hip as it gets. Luxury automobiles pull up to the curving driveway, young turks glide out, toss their keys to valets, and saunter in their chic suits and sunglasses into the hotel. Inside, the lobby gleams. The posh [Read more]
Posted in: Girlfriend Getaways, Hotels | 5 comments
September 26, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
One aspect of Los Angeles that tourists and locals have to contend with is the frequently miserable, road-rage inducing traffic. While some of the city's bad reputation is unjustified (there's plenty of culture here), there really is an unfortunate love affair [Read more]
Posted in: Travel Tips | 4 comments
June 23, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Here at The Vacation Gals we primarily write about family travel, romantic trips and girlfriend getaways -- never business travel. Not our niche. But on a recent trip to San Francisco, I was given the opportunity to stay at the Omni Hotel -- a luxury class [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Hotels | 2 comments
April 13, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
It's kind of exciting news for the luxury travel market; a new Ritz-Carlton hotel opened in downtown Los Angeles. Downtown LA has undergone such a complete transformation from a few years ago that it's almost unrecognizable as being the same place. The Walt [Read more]
Posted in: Hotels, Romantic Getaways | 5 comments
March 15, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Let's think about some Los Angeles facts and myths. Los Angeles has no culture. Los Angeles has no history. The traffic stinks in LA. Los Angeles has unbreathable air. There is no "there" there. Sound familiar? It should. There are lots of ugly stereotypes [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 8 comments
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