California Trip ideas please

Iwork2shop

Hi

Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions

We'll be travelling in June when I know it will be very hot so am thinking of the following itinery:
Fly to San Francisco and stay there 3 nights?
Hire car and spend 7 days driving to Santa Barbara staying en route at Carmel, Monterrey, Big Sur, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo..
Spend 3 further nights at Santa Barbara or [FONT=&quot]San Diego?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Fly to Vegas and stay there for 3 nights[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Fly home from Vegas.
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[FONT=&quot]Has anyone done a similar trip? Have I missed out anything?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thanks a lot [/FONT]

jackieblack

Iwork2shop wrote: »

Hi

Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions

We'll be travelling in June when I know it will be very hot so am thinking of the following itinery:
Fly to San Francisco and stay there 3 nights?
Hire car and spend 7 days driving to Santa Barbara staying en route at Carmel, Monterrey, Big Sur, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo..
Spend 3 further nights at Santa Barbara or [FONT=&quot]San Diego?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Fly to Vegas and stay there for 3 nights[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Fly home from Vegas.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Has anyone done a similar trip? Have I missed out anything?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thanks a lot [/FONT]

Yosemite!

And I would do it the other way around.
Fly into LV
drive to Yosemite, on to SF, then to Monterey.
You can easily do Monterey to San Diego at a leisurely pace with lots of stops, over 3-4 days.
San Diego is lovely, I'd spend the last few days relaxing there.

mumibear

dont guarantee on it being very hot in june along the coast we were there in august this year and it was pretty chilly!

San fran - great - you must go to alcatraz - but here again it can be pretty cool - yet go to vegas and you will be baking - when in vegas make sure you go to hoover dam - out of this world - get lots of advice and plan it well - the trip we did was our best holiday ever

misa.blue

hello, I was reading about San Francisco and they discourage everyone to drive in there..
What do you think?
Is it really too difficult? Should I just hire car from LA to SF and return it to car hire agency in SF when saying there 2 days? And then hire another car from SF to go to Vegas?
They say you don't really need car there anyway..

jackieblack

misa.blue wrote: »

hello, I was reading about San Francisco and they discourage everyone to drive in there..
What do you think?
Is it really too difficult? Should I just hire car from LA to SF and return it to car hire agency in SF when saying there 2 days? And then hire another car from SF to go to Vegas?
They say you don't really need car there anyway..

You won't need the car while in SF and most hotels will charge you for parking, but I'm not sure that it's worth the hassle of taking it back and picking up another car a few days later.

Enterprise_1701C

San Diego zoo is definitely worth a vist - fantastic there, probably even better if the lions wake up. Last time we were there they had a baby Giant Panda (might be a bit grown up now though!!).

*j*

In San Francisco, I stay near the airport. Motels/hotels are cheaper, parking is free, and you can keep the car for convenience and for a greater choice of dining opportunities.

If you want to go into the city and avoid parking charges, the public transport from near the airport is good.

*j*

Starrystarrynight

Just got back from California. Balboa and Balboa Island, for me, were well worth a visit.

misa.blue

*j* wrote: »

In San Francisco, I stay near the airport. Motels/hotels are cheaper, parking is free, and you can keep the car for convenience and for a greater choice of dining opportunities.

If you want to go into the city and avoid parking charges, the public transport from near the airport is good.

*j*

Thank you for great tip!;)

misa.blue

Guys could you please advise what airlines fly to Los Angeles and Las Vegasfrom London or Southwest, so I know where to look and compare prices?