Ideas for April
Discussion
Looking at a budget of around £2000 pp for approx 2 weeks in early April. Would like to combine sightseeing, city, nature, and relaxation. Tough task. Did South Africa last year and loved it.
Possible ideas so far are Costa Rica, Japan (too expensive I think), USA city break combined with beech (not NY or Vegas).
Any other ideas?
Possible ideas so far are Costa Rica, Japan (too expensive I think), USA city break combined with beech (not NY or Vegas).
Any other ideas?
Tour of California? It has a lot in a relatively small area, in April it may be warm enough for beach weather (in the south) but there will also still be snow in the mountains-do you ski? It might get tricky as some of the mountain passes will still be closed, historically Tioga pass seems to open around May time. Driving around CA and South Africa are easily my two favorite holidays of all time.
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities, fly in there pick up a hire car and away you go. LA is another alternative, people don’t seem to rate it when they stay in the city itself but I really enjoyed Santa Monica, San Diego is def worth a visit but with 2 weeks gets a bit tight.
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities, fly in there pick up a hire car and away you go. LA is another alternative, people don’t seem to rate it when they stay in the city itself but I really enjoyed Santa Monica, San Diego is def worth a visit but with 2 weeks gets a bit tight.
California is an option, we have priced up an itinerary that just about hits the budget, conscious that spending money could be huge though.
Plan we had thought was SF, Sonoma, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, LA, Laguna Beach, San Diego. Taking approx 16 nights to do so. Yosemite looks great but mixed reports on weather in April, potential for snow and needing snow chains.
Still thinking on alternatives, Costa Rica edging it still at the moment, just.
Plan we had thought was SF, Sonoma, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, LA, Laguna Beach, San Diego. Taking approx 16 nights to do so. Yosemite looks great but mixed reports on weather in April, potential for snow and needing snow chains.
Still thinking on alternatives, Costa Rica edging it still at the moment, just.
nufcfan said:
California is an option, we have priced up an itinerary that just about hits the budget, conscious that spending money could be huge though.
Plan we had thought was SF, Sonoma, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, LA, Laguna Beach, San Diego. Taking approx 16 nights to do so. Yosemite looks great but mixed reports on weather in April, potential for snow and needing snow chains.
Still thinking on alternatives, Costa Rica edging it still at the moment, just.
There should be plenty to see from the highways around South Lake Tahoe. We were there in September and a storm closed the pass in Yosemite the detour was huge.....Plan we had thought was SF, Sonoma, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, LA, Laguna Beach, San Diego. Taking approx 16 nights to do so. Yosemite looks great but mixed reports on weather in April, potential for snow and needing snow chains.
Still thinking on alternatives, Costa Rica edging it still at the moment, just.
Money, it's like anywhere else really you can spend lots of money on hotels and eating out or spend it on doing stuff when you're there. I normally factor in £100-£150 a day spending money, some days we'll spend more some days less so it tends to balance out. If you like food and drink consider some time in the wine lands. Really like Sonoma, lots of restaurants and a bit of history, the tours of the wineries are a very sociable day out you can get plenty out of SF too rather than basing yourself in Sonoma.
Costa Rica is somewhere that's also on our radar but I usually like to do a bit of driving myself. I really fancied going back to SA but having to cut the budget so looking at Thailand.
a311 said:
nufcfan said:
California is an option, we have priced up an itinerary that just about hits the budget, conscious that spending money could be huge though.
Plan we had thought was SF, Sonoma, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, LA, Laguna Beach, San Diego. Taking approx 16 nights to do so. Yosemite looks great but mixed reports on weather in April, potential for snow and needing snow chains.
Still thinking on alternatives, Costa Rica edging it still at the moment, just.
There should be plenty to see from the highways around South Lake Tahoe. We were there in September and a storm closed the pass in Yosemite the detour was huge.....Plan we had thought was SF, Sonoma, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, LA, Laguna Beach, San Diego. Taking approx 16 nights to do so. Yosemite looks great but mixed reports on weather in April, potential for snow and needing snow chains.
Still thinking on alternatives, Costa Rica edging it still at the moment, just.
Money, it's like anywhere else really you can spend lots of money on hotels and eating out or spend it on doing stuff when you're there. I normally factor in £100-£150 a day spending money, some days we'll spend more some days less so it tends to balance out. If you like food and drink consider some time in the wine lands. Really like Sonoma, lots of restaurants and a bit of history, the tours of the wineries are a very sociable day out you can get plenty out of SF too rather than basing yourself in Sonoma. You can eat out cheaply, although I think the states are a bit more expensive than some make out by time you tip...... It's mostly room only or B&B so more unknown costs than doing HB, AI etc.
Costa Rica is somewhere that's also on our radar but I usually like to do a bit of driving myself. I really fancied going back to SA but having to cut the budget so looking at Thailand.
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