The golden triangle road trip or our version!

[allieb]

Hello and welcome to our (well my) pre Cali road trip report

This will be my first attempt at a trip report, and as yet I don't know how to post photos sorry (I'll look it up and add later if I can).

Where? Why? When? Who?

Who me (allieb) and dh


Why My 50th birthday

When 4th September to the 18th September 2014

Where San Francisco, Monterey, Pismo Beach, Barstow, Las Vegas, Bakersfield, Yosemite, Santa Cruz

I decided that for my birthday this year we would go back to the west coast having been last for my 40th when we went to Las Vegas.

First the flights, I started looking at flights just after christmas and decided on British airways as they have more options flying indirect from Manchester ( there are no direct flights from Manchester).
I booked the fights in the BA sale in January and was lucky to have a family member who could get us a little more off we paid £1566.76

4th September
Manchester Heathrow 8.30 9.35 domestic
Heathrow San Francisco 11.30 14.35 world traveller

18th September
San Francisco Heathrow 16.40 11.00 world traveller plus
Heathrow manchester 13.30 14.30 domestic



San Francisco
Staying at the Omni San Francisco
Deluex king room £450 for 3 nights ( as others have said rooms are expensive in San Francisco)

Monterey
Staying hotel Abrego
Deluex king room £86 1 night

Pismo Beach
Best western plus shore cliff
King room with ocean view £84 1 night

Barstow
Rodeway Inn Barstow £46 1 night ( something completely different but has good reviews)

Las Vegas
The Signature at MGM
Deluex suite £117 2 nights

Bakersfield
Padre hotel
King room £108 1 night

Yosemite
Yosemite view lodge
Queen room mounting view £250 2 nights

Santa Cruz
The babbling Brooke Inn
Deluex king £350 3 nights

So that's the hotels, we will be collecting the car as we leave San Francisco ,as yet we've not booked it dh wants some big American car (dodge challenger) which we had for our trip around Georgia last year, I'm not that bothered but as he's driving it's up to him

So that's it for now so on with the planning

[MichelleS]

It's going to be a fab trip ,how are your plans going ?

[abiknox]

This sounds like a fabulous trip!