cinderjenna
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- Joined
- Dec 7, 2009
Hi all,
Been reading and reading this board for the last few days since i returned from a wonderful trip to nyc and orlando and made the big decision that next year i'm going West Coast!
Very very excited about planning this trip! Rough itinerary so far is;
4 nights San Francisco
(then hire and car and drive...)
1 night yosemite area
4 nights vegas
2 nights san diego
2 nights L.A./beach area (santa monica?)
4 nights Anaheim / Disneyland area
Need a bit of help though...
1. First off, best time to go, i know this is always asked sorry.. i am looking to go anytime between mid september to end of october. Which 2 weeks from this period would you chose? Im guessing try to avoid columbus day week whilst at disney/universal but would this holiday have much affect to crowds in vegas/san fran? Does it affect hotel prices?
2. Any recommendations for hotels in san fran, san diego, santa monica, anaheim? Around $100-$150 per night max. Would like free parking and free wi fi ideally! (excluding san fran for the parking)
3. Driving distances - trying to get a rough idea.. how do these sound?
*san fran to yosemite - about 4/5 hours?
*yosemite to vegas - about 8 hours? (eek. maybe a stopover somewhere here?any recommendations of where?)
* vegas to san diego - 3/4 hours?
* san diego to santa monica - 1.5/2 hours?
* santa monica - anaheim - an hour?
These are all just googled, are they pretty accurate? We want to drive down the pacific coast highway at some point - the big sur?? i keep reading about this but not too sure where it fits..
Any help/ tips would be greatly appreciated, cant wait to start booking things!! Unsure whether my itinerary makes sense or whether it would make more sense to vegas last and fly home from there? Would we then get charged more though with the hire car due to it being a different state?
Is there any must do's i have missed out?
I can see myself doing a lot of this in the next few months!
Thanks in advance
Jenna x
Been reading and reading this board for the last few days since i returned from a wonderful trip to nyc and orlando and made the big decision that next year i'm going West Coast!
Very very excited about planning this trip! Rough itinerary so far is;
4 nights San Francisco
(then hire and car and drive...)
1 night yosemite area
4 nights vegas
2 nights san diego
2 nights L.A./beach area (santa monica?)
4 nights Anaheim / Disneyland area
Need a bit of help though...
1. First off, best time to go, i know this is always asked sorry.. i am looking to go anytime between mid september to end of october. Which 2 weeks from this period would you chose? Im guessing try to avoid columbus day week whilst at disney/universal but would this holiday have much affect to crowds in vegas/san fran? Does it affect hotel prices?
2. Any recommendations for hotels in san fran, san diego, santa monica, anaheim? Around $100-$150 per night max. Would like free parking and free wi fi ideally! (excluding san fran for the parking)
3. Driving distances - trying to get a rough idea.. how do these sound?
*san fran to yosemite - about 4/5 hours?
*yosemite to vegas - about 8 hours? (eek. maybe a stopover somewhere here?any recommendations of where?)
* vegas to san diego - 3/4 hours?
* san diego to santa monica - 1.5/2 hours?
* santa monica - anaheim - an hour?
These are all just googled, are they pretty accurate? We want to drive down the pacific coast highway at some point - the big sur?? i keep reading about this but not too sure where it fits..
Any help/ tips would be greatly appreciated, cant wait to start booking things!! Unsure whether my itinerary makes sense or whether it would make more sense to vegas last and fly home from there? Would we then get charged more though with the hire car due to it being a different state?
Is there any must do's i have missed out?
I can see myself doing a lot of this in the next few months!
Thanks in advance
Jenna x