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November 22, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
The three best golf courses in Los Angeles are all on the west side, in private country clubs. The Bel-Air Country Club, Riviera Country Club, and the Los Angeles Country Club all speak to the upscale neighborhoods around them; Bel-Air, Pacific Palisades, and [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Girlfriend Getaways | 1 comment
October 28, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Thanksgiving travel is never fun, but always necessary if we want to spend the holiday with our extended family. My family makes a painful trek from the west coast to a small suburb in the Finger Lakes region of central/upstate New York for Thanksgiving; my [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Family Travel | 2 comments
September 9, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
How many men do you think pushed for a 9-10-11 wedding date? What an easy anniversary to remember! Falling on a Saturday, September 10, 2011, will see tens of thousands of wedding celebrations across the country, and likely the globe. TheKnot.com and [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations | 2 comments
September 2, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Anyone with kids knows that it's never too early to start thinking about Halloween. Even older kids and teens (especially teens!), college students and those of us who are technically adults love to get into the spirit -- get it, spirit? -- of the spooky [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Family Travel, Travel News | 4 comments
July 28, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
Thanks to awesome recommendations from Oahu-based foodie Nathan Kam, our friends at Oahu Visitors Bureau, and our own wandering around to sniff out some budget-friendly eats, my husband and I enjoyed some great meals on Oahu during our romantic getaway there [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations | no comments
June 17, 2011 | Author: TwinCitiesGal
St. Paul, Minnesota has a gangster history that is so intriguing it seems to be embellished or taken from the movies, when in fact it's the other way around. St. Paul's Wabasha Street Caves, located on Wabasha Street just across the Mississippi from downtown, [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Family Travel | 4 comments
June 9, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
San Francisco hosted this year's International Pow Wow (a hugely important travel trade show). There were a variety of great events before, after, and during that highlighted the many aspects of San Francisco that make it such a terrific California vacation [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Family Travel | 6 comments
May 17, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Most people would consider Sierra Leone travel to be a little "off the beaten track," but Tom Volpe from HeadingThere has just returned from a trip to the West African nation where he received a warm welcome. In this guest post he tells us of his experience of [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Romantic Getaways | 3 comments
May 6, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
A fabulous NYC hotel discount package recently caught my eye, and I'm looking into availing myself of it for my next NYC summer vacation. That's right: Summer in New York City. It's not as romantic as the uninitiated may think; it's as humid as the Deep South [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Family Travel, Hotels | 5 comments
April 26, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
A volunteer vacation can be part of solo and family travel, a romantic getaway, and a small group trip with friends. It's not just taking a half hour break from the pool and spa to check out a resort's recycling efforts, though; a volunteer vacation should [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Travel Tips | 12 comments
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