Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Category Archives for California Hotels.
Bidding for Good has a Dollars for Scholars auction with dozens of hotel stay items, mostly across California, sponsored by the California Lodging Industry Association – CLIA. The auction runs through 10pm PDT April 22. Some of the hotels available for bids include: Grand Hyatt Manchester San Diego Le Meridien San Francisco Marriott Santa Clara…
A massive landslide dropped a mountainside of dirt and rocks on the Pacific Coast Highway 1 in rural southern Monterey County, California this past weekend. The highway is buried under 40 feet of debris for 1/4 to 1/2 mile and will likely be closed for more than one year for repairs. Highway 1 had already…
California’s coast attracts millions of visitors each year. However, according to a study by UCLA for the California Coastal Commission in late 2016, most California residents who visit the beach do not stay overnight within one mile of the beach, primarily due to the high cost of lodging. 75% of Californians surveyed state the high…
Santa Maria is often where I stop for a hotel night when driving between Monterey, California and Southern California. This city tends to be the lowest priced hotels between Monterey and Los Angeles when driving U.S. 101 and Highway 1 along the coast. The drive from Monterey is 175 miles and about 3 hours without…
Tens of thousands of tourists over the next few months will drive the coastline of California along State Route 1, aka Highway 1 or Pacific Coast Highway or PCH. The drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles, staying mostly on Highway 1 is over 400 miles and around a ten hour drive with no stops.…
Choice Privileges points can be used for more than 500 Preferred Hotels & Resorts reward nights on points. These Choice Privileges partner hotel rewards are priced from 30,000 points to 60,000 points per reward night. You need to be logged into your Choice Privileges account to see the nightly points rate for Preferred Hotels &…
Last week it was announced that Avenue of the Arts Hotel in Costa Mesa, California is rebranding from Wyndham to Starwood’s Tribute Portfolio in spring 2016. The hotel is set to undergo a major upgrade with all newly redesigned hotel rooms. The post-renovation Avenue of the Arts Tribute Portfolio hotel is planned to have 238…
Club Carlson is offering 15,000 bonus points for one stay at a Park Inn hotel in the Americas between September 30 and December 31, 2015. There are 16 participating hotels. This is not as lucrative an offer as the 44,000 points deal a few years ago, but sufficient incentive to send me to Fresno again.…
Dolce Hotels & Resorts are geared for conferences, small conventions and big parties. Wyndham Rewards acquired the small hotel brand in February 2015 and now these hotels are integrated into Wyndham Rewards for earning and using points. There are some nice Dolce properties in 23 hotels and resorts worldwide. There are 13 hotels in the…
Last week my wife and I stayed at the Anaheim Marriott, adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Center and a five minute shuttle bus ride to the entrance of Disneyland. I paid $24 per day to park my car at the Marriott. We paid $5.00 each for an ART shuttle bus daily pass. That was ultimately…
