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Some travelers make the trip to California to zoom down Disneyland coasters, feed the rhinos at San Diego Zoo, or soak up L.A.’s celebrity culture. Others want to see California’s quieter, quirkier side: the California of Craftsman homes and cozy porches, of quaint bungalows and redwood verandas, of shady gardens with oak trees and fountains.…
With the holidays on the horizon, most travelers (understandably) hoard their vacation days for December. But savvy jet-setters know the best time to hit the road is just before the holiday hoopla (read: never-ending crowds and spiked prices) kicks in full force. After all, there’s more to take advantage of beyond cheap airfares and hotel…
SoCal residents may be blessed with nearly-perfect weather all year long, but if you ask us, missing out on the glorious colors of fall — plus its crisp air and pumpkin patches (okay, we know L.A. has the latter) — kind of seems like a drag. Thankfully, there’s a host of spots along the West…
For many, traveling to a new destination means packing in as many things as possible into the daylight hours. To those folks, we say, there’s a lot more to be accomplished after the sun sets too. At least that’s what many hotels are thinking these days. In fact, accommodations around the world have started to…
Vineyards in NorCal’s Carmel Valley California is the third largest state in the U.S., taking up a whopping 163,695 square miles. That’s close to 25 percent of the entire country. However, most tourists tend to stick to two cities when planning their itineraries: San Francisco and Los Angeles. It’s understandable. These two cities are fantastic,…
Especially for U.S. travelers, California’s Napa and Sonoma are the go-to, go-to-the-source regions for sampling delicious wines and staying on hotel properties where the vineyards and wineries are responsible for producing some of the best bottles in the world. So of course we’d be remiss to exclude them from our list of gorgeous winery properties.…
Photo: Flickr/Ashley Deason If you’re newly engaged, chances are you’ve thought about whisking your family and friends away to an exciting, sunny locale for your wedding. You’re not alone: almost a quarter of weddings in 2015 were destination weddings, according to The Knot’s annual “Real Weddings Study” (scheduled to be released later this month). The…
For some, that first cold snap is greeted with a rousing cheer, “Hooray for sweater weather!” But for the rest of us, the sinking temperatures echo our sinking spirits as we picture chipping away at frozen windshields and bracing ourselves against chilling winds. Our strategy to make it through the colder months? Find a warm,…
Photo: Kimberly Vardeman While you lounge poolside or on the sand with cocktail in hand, you may be dreading the (fast-approaching) days of cooler temperatures and decreasing sunlight hours. But there are so many wonderful things to love about fall; after all, it’s really winter — like the insufferably long months of January through March…
We’re having a cuteness attack! We’ve been adding so many hotels to the site this summer and fortunately for us (and you), many of them have been super precious. So without further adieu, here are the seven most adorable cottage hotels in the U.S. The photos speak for themselves…
