Advice please California

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

We had a long chat about this and have decided to defer our trip until Autumn(Instead ..we will go to South Africa for a 2 week safari and hopefully pick up a TS in Cape Town at the end )
Many thanks for all your help and advice
Garry

Wow, I want to go on a Safari! You two do the research for us all.....and now u can ignore the email I sent you!

I agree that the October timeframe would be wonderful for CA trip in the future. That is when I sent my parents a few years ago.

[gthorson Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gthorson]

While February can be quite wet, Palm Springs gets far less rain than other locations. Please know, however, that it can rain nonstop for a week. That's not typical, but it can happen in February.

Another nice resort to consider is Welk Escondido. It is very relaxing!

[Ireland's Call Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ireland's Call]

This trip is back on the Agenda....!

We did as mentioned South Africa ...so looking at California again . This time in May. Any thoughts or updates on our plan . looking at a 7 day Marriott plus say 10 days or so touring . Could we do LA and SF or just one ? Would be nice to go maybe in a coach tour as well ...Would appreciate you advice again . Thanks
G
(will be trading June 2012 Marriott Marbella )

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

Are you still planning on 3 weeks? I wouldn't put so much emphasis on Los Angeles and instead concentrate more on San Diego and San Francisco. I would do it in a half loop as I said earlier. Obviously you can't begin to see everything in that time frame so you need to plan the most efficient route so you don't do any backtracking. The weather should be great with possibly some marine layer along the coast ( May Grey ).

Are there any particular attractions you want to see?

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I just did a trip to Southern Coastal CA and loved it. I stayed in the Carlsbad area - you might be able to get a week at the Four Seasons Aviara in late April/early May from II. There are many choices in the area.

San Diego area is wonderful - many sites to see in San Diego and surrounding areas. You can do a day trip into Mexico, out into the desert (visit Palm Springs, CA) wineries in Temecula, Disneyland and the beautiful coastal beaches and state parks.

If I had 17-21 days I would start in SoCal/San Diego area for a week, take a coach tour up the coast and spend the last week in San Francisco.

I sent my parents to San Fran without a car. They did a day trip to Yosemite National Park, a day tour to Monterey, a winery tour all booked thru the timeshare as well as the "usual" San Francisco tourist stuff.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Very good advice, Pat.

Yosemite is one of our most beautiful National Parks and certainly that time of the year.

[Ireland's Call Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ireland's Call]

thanks all ...still in planning stage .Will keep you posted on our latest plans Regards
G

[Ireland's Call Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ireland's Call]

A long time sincee I posted ..apologies .Meantime we went to CA spending time in Carmel and onwards down to Santa Barbara and back to meet u.p with our son in Palo Alto ..then we all spent a week at Marriott in Lake Tahoe ..just wonderful.
Also many trips within Europe ..but now we have booked CA again to Marriott Newport Coast where we hope to holiday with our new grandchild to be born in the US in Nov (PG)and family .
So we do not know south of LA ..any advicw would be welcomed
Thanks
Garry

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A long time sincee I posted ..apologies .Meantime we went to CA spending time in Carmel and onwards down to Santa Barbara and back to meet u.p with our son in Palo Alto ..then we all spent a week at Marriott in Lake Tahoe ..just wonderful.
Also many trips within Europe ..but now we have booked CA again to Marriott Newport Coast where we hope to holiday with our new grandchild to be born in the US in Nov (PG)and family .
So we do not know south of LA ..any advicw would be welcomed
Thanks
Garry

As I said earlier. make sure you spend some time in San Diego. We lived in San Diego for 20 years and now live just an hour north of San Diego in the Temecula Valley. We take several 2-3 day stays in San Diego to play tourist as it is a great area to visit.

[Ireland's Call Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ireland's Call]

Thanks ...new baby grandchild due next week and Marjorie will travel out to Palo Alto to be a minder for a few weeks . We have booked MarriottNewpot Beach for next May....just a week there and we will take a week or 2 to travel along down to San Diego which we just loved last time
Thank you all and apologies for not foolowing up before now on the good advice
Garry