[jasminedivas]

So having had various holidays cancelled I have bitten the bullet and booked for next year. I’ve never done the West Coast and it was planned for this year but obviously didn’t happen. I have had a trip to Canada cancelled 3 times, so now I’m adding that onto the west coast trip which saves some money. The original trip was for myself and DS16 with my 2 brothers and one girlfriend. Now we are adding my mum on as my dad passed away in February and also an extra girlfriend. So 7 of us in total.

So mum and I are traveling to Vancouver on 25/7 then going to Vancouver island on 27/7 to see her friend ( the whole reason for the Canada trip) on the 30/7 we will fly to San Francisco where we will meet everyone else. So far our plan looks like this:

3 nights Holiday Inn Fisherman’s wharf paid for with points.
We will then leave SF head to Walmart and maybe meet another of my mums friends for lunch then head to a hotel near Yosemite for 1 night.
Next morning we will get up early and head into Yosemite for 2 nights in the Yosemite Valley Lodge ( booked).
Then we have 2 nights where we will travel down through Death Valley and surrounding area.
Arrive in Vegas on the Sunday for 6 nights.
Fly home from Vegas.

I know 6 nights is a lot for Vegas but it’s where my brothers love to be, they love the casinos and have been a few times. I’ve been once for 2 nights, so happy to explore, shop and have pool time with my mum and DS.

We have 4 flights booked with avios points and a fly drive through BA so if there are problems next year there will be minimal cancellation fees.

Any thoughts on my plan, any ideas of where to stop after Yosemite but before Vegas? We were going to spend one night travelling down, but didn’t want to arrive in Vegas for the Saturday night as the hotels are expensive. So we have decided to do 2 nights and do more stops on the way. We have the car for a week when we leave San Francisco, I’d like to go to the Hoover Dam and maybe Red Rock Canyon before we drop the car off.

My uncle is also planning to fly out for the time we are in Vegas, I just need to sort his flights at some point.