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March 12, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, is many outdoor lovers' favorite non-coastal Canadian travel destination. It was first established as a national park in Canada, after the discovery of the Banff Hot Springs led to conflicts between conservationists and [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | 14 comments
March 5, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
The Vacation Gals is a travel blog. Sounds simple, and certainly most of you understand that, but you'd be surprised to see how much our inbox in filled with requests to book travel, reserve hotel rooms, and the like. This confusion (am I reading a travel [Read more]
Posted in: Travel News | 30 comments
March 2, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Banff National Park is an incredibly popular vacation destination all year, but this Southern California gal was invited to have a few days' worth of outdoor adventure in wintertime. Yes, that's me, the one who puts on a sweater when the temperature dips below [Read more]
Posted in: Girlfriend Getaways | 16 comments
February 27, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Long weekends, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and plain old "let's reconnect, honey" all call for romantic weekends among happy couples. At only three or four days long, you've only got a short time to plan for a romantic weekend getaway; you want to make [Read more]
Posted in: Romantic Getaways, Travel Tips | 3 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
February 13, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Travel blogger Amy Whitley checked out the Grand Velas all-inclusive luxury resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, as a preview for the Mom Blogger Camp to be held September 2012 at its sister resort Velas Vallarta. She had a terrific vacation in Mexico! Here's [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Hotels | 8 comments
February 6, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
The Los Angeles Travel Show has inspiring speakers every year; last year I was able to snag a few minutes of Rick Steves' time for a video interview. This year, the organizers of the hugely popular travel trade show arranged for me to have some time with an [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Interviews | 8 comments
February 3, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
Valentine's Day weekend is, for obvious reasons, the most popular time of the year for romantic weekend getaways. Hotels, resorts, and B&Bs are all too happy to entice couples with romantic deals and packages for Valentine's Day; any frequent traveler's [Read more]
Posted in: Romantic Getaways | 12 comments
January 30, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
It's no secret that one of The Vacation Gals' travel passions is a dolphin and whale watching cruise. From seeing orcas breech in Alaska, to fin whales and dolphins surfacing along the coast of California, to humpback whales seemingly showing off for whale [Read more]
Posted in: Travel News | 19 comments
January 24, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
January isn't typically thought of as a top month to vacation in Los Angeles (except perhaps for fans of the Rose Bowl Parade). This winter, though, there's such a plethora of whales and dolphins off the coast of Los Angeles, that it's worth the trip for [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Travel News | 10 comments
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