Help with west coast itinerary

[KarenG]

Originally Posted by Bazinga 39

Thanks very much for reply that sounds like a great trip, I keep going back and forth from doing everything in one trip and doing it in 2 trips, just can’t decide which places I want to do most😩

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It’s so hard deciding what to include and miss out! It’s such a big area with so many (and varied!) fabulous things to see.

I would totally agree with Pinkandfluffy though - we have found it much more enjoyable to do slightly less stops and explore more in the areas we stayed in

[Bazinga 39]

Originally Posted by KarenG

It’s so hard deciding what to include and miss out! It’s such a big area with so many (and varied!) fabulous things to see.

I would totally agree with Pinkandfluffy though - we have found it much more enjoyable to do slightly less stops and explore more in the areas we stayed in

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Hi again, my current idea is fly to LA for 3 nights, Yosemite 3 nights(maybe 1 night somewhere on route if drive is long), San Francisco 3 nights, Monterey 2 nights, Santa Barbara 1 night and finishing with 3 nights in Anaheim, flying home from LA? Then maybe Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon in a separate trip? Only place missing now is San Diego which I would love to visit

[pinkandfluffy]

Originally Posted by Bazinga 39

Hi again, my current idea is fly to LA for 3 nights, Yosemite 3 nights(maybe 1 night somewhere on route if drive is long), San Francisco 3 nights, Monterey 2 nights, Santa Barbara 1 night and finishing with 3 nights in Anaheim, flying home from LA? Then maybe Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon in a separate trip? Only place missing now is San Diego which I would love to visit

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Depending on where you are in LA and where you are staying in Yosemite it could be a long drive but you definitely need at least 3 nights in Yosemite and San Francisco. What would you do for the 3 nights in LA at the start of the holiday?

[Bazinga 39]

Originally Posted by pinkandfluffy

Depending on where you are in LA and where you are staying in Yosemite it could be a long drive but you definitely need at least 3 nights in Yosemite and San Francisco. What would you do for the 3 nights in LA at the start of the holiday?

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In LA we would visit Universal, Warner Bros studio, the usual sights in Hollywood and hopefully Santa Monica pier, so plenty for 3 nights I think😀

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Bazinga 39

Hi, thanks for reply that was my initial thought to drop Vegas and GC, but then I can’t figure out how to do a round trip flying in and out of L.A. as we’d be doubling back on ourselves driving up the coast, as for for flight budgets there is 5 of us so I wouldn’t want to go higher than £700, I think I just need to be patient really and wait it out a couple of months for flight I’m just really impatient to get something booked😂

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I know the feeling! I get seriously itchy feet round about now in the year when the flights are just starting to come out and you just want to get booked 😬
If you want to fly in and out of LAX I would prob start with LA, drive up to Yosemite (a long drive but doable in a day), then over to San Fran, down to Monterey, then somewhere along the Big Sur, Santa Barbara before ending back in LA. Depending on time you could squeeze a couple of nights in San Diego at the end but depends on how many nights you spend in the other places beforehand.
For £700pp I really don’t think you’ll have a problem getting flights, have you looked at in to SFO and out of LAX so you don’t have to do a round trip?
I know it’s seriously tempting to squeeze everything in to one trip as there’s so much to see, I really would recommend doing fewer stops as I promise you’ll love every place and wish you had longer each time

[Bazinga 39]

Originally Posted by smithlane

I know the feeling! I get seriously itchy feet round about now in the year when the flights are just starting to come out and you just want to get booked 😬
If you want to fly in and out of LAX I would prob start with LA, drive up to Yosemite (a long drive but doable in a day), then over to San Fran, down to Monterey, then somewhere along the Big Sur, Santa Barbara before ending back in LA. Depending on time you could squeeze a couple of nights in San Diego at the end but depends on how many nights you spend in the other places beforehand.
For £700pp I really don’t think you’ll have a problem getting flights, have you looked at in to SFO and out of LAX so you don’t have to do a round trip?
I know it’s seriously tempting to squeeze everything in to one trip as there’s so much to see, I really would recommend doing fewer stops as I promise you’ll love every place and wish you had longer each time

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Hi again, that’s pretty much the exact itinerary I’ve come up with if you look a few posts back😂, I think I do have to be sensible and drop a few places, I’d be tempted to book for May/June because the flight prices are good but as it’s the summer I really want I’ll hold off for a few months and then decide

[KarenG]

Originally Posted by Bazinga 39

Hi again, my current idea is fly to LA for 3 nights, Yosemite 3 nights(maybe 1 night somewhere on route if drive is long), San Francisco 3 nights, Monterey 2 nights, Santa Barbara 1 night and finishing with 3 nights in Anaheim, flying home from LA? Then maybe Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon in a separate trip? Only place missing now is San Diego which I would love to visit

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I think that is a really good first draft

[KarenG]

Originally Posted by smithlane

I know the feeling! I get seriously itchy feet round about now in the year when the flights are just starting to come out and you just want to get booked 😬
If you want to fly in and out of LAX I would prob start with LA, drive up to Yosemite (a long drive but doable in a day), then over to San Fran, down to Monterey, then somewhere along the Big Sur, Santa Barbara before ending back in LA. Depending on time you could squeeze a couple of nights in San Diego at the end but depends on how many nights you spend in the other places beforehand.
For £700pp I really don’t think you’ll have a problem getting flights, have you looked at in to SFO and out of LAX so you don’t have to do a round trip?
I know it’s seriously tempting to squeeze everything in to one trip as there’s so much to see, I really would recommend doing fewer stops as I promise you’ll love every place and wish you had longer each time

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I agree flying into SFO and home from LAX would save some doubling back

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Bazinga 39

Hi again, that’s pretty much the exact itinerary I’ve come up with if you look a few posts back😂, I think I do have to be sensible and drop a few places, I’d be tempted to book for May/June because the flight prices are good but as it’s the summer I really want I’ll hold off for a few months and then decide

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Oh haha, great minds!
May/June would be a lovely time to go but if you could squeeze 3 weeks into the summer hols then hold off for now as it would give you so much more time.
We’re stuck with a 2 week holiday for next year, which is such a ridiculous first world problem to have but once you get used to going away for 3 weeks I had a little grump about it 😂

[Bazinga 39]

Originally Posted by smithlane

Oh haha, great minds!
May/June would be a lovely time to go but if you could squeeze 3 weeks into the summer hols then hold off for now as it would give you so much more time.
We’re stuck with a 2 week holiday for next year, which is such a ridiculous first world problem to have but once you get used to going away for 3 weeks I had a little grump about it 😂

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I know, it’s silly to not be happy about a 2 week holiday but 3 weeks is so much nicer😀