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January 9, 2012 | Author: SoCalGal
There are many hotels and resorts to choose from for a vacation on Hawaii's Big Island. The best of the upscale resorts are all north of Kona, along the Kohala Coast. This is because "Kona side" is the most reliably sunny part of the Big Island (also called [Read more]
Posted in: Hotels | 8 comments
December 27, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
The Big Island of Hawaii has many nature trails and hiking paths. One hiking path on the Big Island (also called Hawaii Island) is the most child-friendly leg of the Ala Kahakai Trail. This mile-and-a-half part of the trail connects two oceanfront hotels on [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Hotels | 3 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
November 14, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
I'd never heard of the new "Element by Westin" hotel brand before booking a stay at the Element Denver Park Meadows with my family last weekend. We wanted to use some of my Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints for a quick shopping trip to the big city, and [Read more]
Posted in: Hotels | 5 comments
October 7, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
The Ko Olina resort area of western Oahu has long been renown for the wonderful, luxurious, and thoroughly appealing JW Marriott Ihilani Resort. Now, of course, Disney has stepped in and opened the Aulani Resort & Spa right next door (and by right next [Read more]
Posted in: Hotels | 10 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 | 3 comments
August 16, 2011 | Author: ChicagoGal
Home ownership, like parenting, provides its share of joys and troubles. I knew vacations would never be the same once we closed on our fixer-upper 1950s Cape Cod. So I figured that just like many parents-to-be take a prenatal last hurrah in the form of a [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Hotels | 3 comments
July 27, 2011 | Author: GoBigGal
What Florida’s west coast beaches lack in white-capped surf, they more than make up for in clear, calm aquamarine water and powdery white sand. We found the perfect stretch during our Clearwater Beach vacation, and the perfect place to stay at the Sandpearl [Read more]
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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
May 30, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa is, hands down, one of my favorite luxury resorts in the entire state of Hawaii. It's on the southern side of Kauai, in an area called Poipu Beach -- this is of note because Kauai is a rainy, rainy island, but Poipu is [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel, Hotels | 12 comments
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