Any tips for booking West Coast ?

[carys]

We have been quoted for a trip on the west coast to include 2 nights in Vegas.It is for 5 of us ( 2 adults 3 kids )for 16 days visiting SF ,LA , San Diego and LV .But £8600 ! I have friend doing a similar itinerary with 4 adults at the same time for 5k .Does that sound alot or am I just being tight fisted ?

[carys]

Anyone at all ? All input appreciated

[KarenG]

That does sound a lot to me Carys. I am used to the expense of Florida in the school summer holidays and if anything I found California slightly cheaper when I did online booking with Virgin Holidays? And I would not spend anything like £9k I assure you - think of what Icould get in Tiffany & Co for that

This isn't much use to you I doubt as I haven't actually ever booked (!)) but for what it's worth...

ETA Just a thought - it isn't doing something silly because there are 5 of you like booking an extra hotel room at each destination? That would add to the price.

[carys]

No ,most are family rooms or a roll away bed so it isn't that.I am amazed !

[KarenG]

Originally Posted by carys

No ,most are family rooms or a roll away bed so it isn't that.I am amazed !

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Crikey! Well, I am clueless then. Sorry

[Sarah84]

That does seem very expensive, we (2 adults) are going Anaheim, Vegas, San Diego & Hollywood for 16 nights in september and has cost £2000

[rsvdaz]

have you considered DIY?
we are doing something similar:

31st march till 18th april
2 adults 2 children
direct flight lhr-sfo
4 nights holiday inn express
48 hour city tour pass incl alcatraz
1 day yosetime tour
cycle ride to sausilito
7 day convertible car hire
1 night hiexp monterey bay
1 night rodeway inn san luis obispa
1 night rodeway inn valencia
six flags magic mountain
4 nights disneys grand californian hotel premier view(this was free as we used our dvc developer points)
2 day park hopper tickets dl/ca
1 day la city tour with star homes tour added on
internal flight lax/las
6 nights excalibur hotel vegas
elvis wedding blessing
helicoptor tour to grand canyon
flight back to lhr from las

all the above except GCH for £5200
all we need is spending money..most of the hotels include breakfast

[Rebelrebel]

What time of year are you going? Is LV at the weekend or mid-week there is a bit difference in price for the rooms. California is expensive though we found that last year.

[carys]

We are going hopefully July 22nd or there abouts .

[tracyh]

That is a lot of money , I think you need to shop around and/or look into booking it independantly. We were originally looking into doing a guided trip on a train or a coach for 3 weeks and the prices were ridiculous, so we decided to plan and book it all ourselves.

With our flights (Virgin PE there & back), 3 weeks of hotels and car hire (SUV) we are looking at paying around £3500 for the 2 of us, that's at the current exchange rate for the hotels. Then we have our spending money and show tickets/trips to pay for before we go. Still that would come to nowhere near you've been quoted and that's with spends included.

I would advise you to do some research and save some money, you just need to find the hotels with family rooms. I know that other people have managed it on here, so you could too with some advice.