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Massive landslide destroys Pacific Coast Highway 1 in rural Monterey County

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

Missing in action Choice Privileges Points Plus Cash

Choice Privileges Points Plus Cash reward nights are MIA. And I am not saying “lost in Miami Airportâ€. Points Plus Cash reward nights are missing in action from hotels worldwide. Checking properties on different continents around the world shows there

High price of California Coastal Hotels Limits Californians Beach Visits

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,

In Monterey, January is gray whale watching season

One truism for my travels is I never feel too sad about coming back home to Monterey after a trip. The Monterey Peninsula region and central coast California is one of the world’s top tourist locations. Monterey and Carmel-by-the-sea attract

Sunrise-sunset Westshore Beach, Napier, New Zealand

Sitting in Auckland at 4:30am on a Sunday morning and I have to pack and leave for the airport in one hour. I depart Auckland for Sydney at 8:30am and arrive in San Francisco at 9:30am Sunday. There is a

Loyalty Traveler Travels

This is a collection of posts from countries and states, cities, hotels, airports, parks and museums where I have traveled on Loyalty Traveler trips in the past few years. September 2016 London – Slovakia – Austria trip report, September 2016 Slovakia

Beautiful Sweet Home Alabama driving U.S. 98 and U.S. 90

Day 2 of my road trip from Orlando, Florida to New Orleans started in Pensacola, Florida on US 98 heading into Alabama. My objective was drive US 98 into Mobile where the road intersects with I-10 and U.S. 90 on

Why Santa Maria is a good hotel stop for California coast drive San Francisco to L.A.

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

Hyatt launches new hotel marketing brand Unbound Collection

Hyatt announced the Unbound Collection today as its new hotel brand for pseudo-independent hotels. Unbound Collection enters the boutique chain brand market space already occupied by Marriott’s Autograph Collection (about 100 hotels), Starwood Hotels Luxury Collection and Tribute Portfolio (6

10 of 16 Monterey area hotels offer Choice Privileges FlexRewards

Choice Hotels International recently launched a redesigned website with some new program features like Choice Privileges FlexRewards for points discounts on reward nights during slower periods of the week. Slower hotel traffic on weekends is the typical pattern for some

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