Even though the economy continues to be in lousy condition, we still need a little vacation now and then. I spent some time doing research to see if I can arrange a nice trip while saving money in the process. It seems that there are great hotel deals to be grabbed from a lot of very well-known travel sites if I spend a little time in research.
The choice of travel website should not only include finding the lowest price for car, hotel and air travel, you also want a company with a reputation for arranging a vacation without problems. It also occurred to me that I should find a place where I can find good prices on travel costs, and maybe where I could drive my own car to save even more. I should point out that Southern California might be a great choice.
A lot of vacation ideas are provided at the SoCal Vacation Guru site. At the present time, the site places particular emphasis on Orange County and Los Angeles County, with the stated goal of expanding its attention to San Diego County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County. You will find a lot of information and tips at the SoCal Vacation Guru related to the beaches, Universal Studios, Disneyland, shopping, Knott's Berry Farm and other attractions.
The SoCal theme parks include Disneyland (with Disney's California Adventure), Knott's, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Universal Studios Hollywood, SeaWorld and Legoland. Of course visiting all of those would not be particularly cheap, but you could fit a lot of vacation fun into a short period of time. You will likely find it possible to obtain some advantageous Legoland hotels deals and other deals in the slow economy with so many motivated hotel companies, assuming your budget will let you take a vacation.
Theme parks are offering some discounts, and the prices might be a bit lower at museums and other activities as well. The price of gasoline has increased and fluctuated a lot, but for many people in the U.S. a driving trip to Southern California could save money compared with flying to other vacation destinations.
