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By Valerie Moloney
San Diego, once defined by Shamu and sailors, won’t be upstaged by its camera-ready SoCal sister, Los Angeles. A look inside three cheap San Diego hotels in the reigning neighborhood of hip — the Gaslamp Quarter — reveals big-city swagger with VIPs, stylish restaurants and look-at-me spaces to boot. (more…)
Book one of your favorite San Diego hotels between January 11-16 to enjoy great deals on fabulous meals.
San Diego Restaurant Week is back, with well over 100 restaurants offering discounted three-course meals for $20, $30 or $40.
Nobu, in the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, lists Ribeye with wasabi, and Alaskan Black Cod in miso sauce among it’s entree selections. At 1500 Ocean in the Hotel del Coronado, you could start with seared Kobe beef carpaccio, continue with roasted pork tenderloin with polenta and mushrooms, and enjoy warm chocolate chipotle cake for dessert.
Speaking of sweets, dessert lovers will appreciate this new Restaurant Week twist: Select eateries are incorporating Girl Scout cookies in their recipes.
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Flights and hotels are on sale this fall with CheapTickets Fall Beach Sale.
Travelers can get a free $100 coupon for qualifying flight + hotel vacation packages of four nights or more to destinations in Florida, California, Mexico, Hawaii and the Caribbean. Just use promotional code FALLBEACH100 and book by November 23.
So while summer may be over, you can still hit the beach. Maybe you’ve always wanted to surf the waves at Waikiki Beach. Pick one of the Oahu hotels and book your Hawaii vacation. Or, choose one of your favorite San Diego hotels and enjoy the beaches, dining and shopping in sunny Southern California.
You could find a cheap airfare to Cancun and have a relaxing Mexico vacation, or travel to a new island in the Caribbean. With the Fall Beach Sale, you’ll save $100 on a beach vacation four nights or longer to great warm-weather destinations. The sale is good for travel through March 31, 2009, so plan now, and you could be on beach even when it’s cold at home.
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By Polly Fitz
There may be no better time to book your San Diego vacation than June 22-27, when the city hosts Restaurant Week.
For this glorious week, restaurants throughout the greater San Diego area offer fixed, three-course menus for $30 or $40, so you can eat your way around the city.
More than 100 restaurants are participating, including The Mediterranean Room at the five-star La Valencia Hotel and George’s California Modern — both in La Jolla. At The Mediterranean Room, you could enjoy paella, seared scallops or filet mignon with white truffle whipped potatoes. One of George’s Restaurant Week entree selections is Prime Hangar Steak with smoked potato puree, onion mustard jam, roasted carrots, rapini and a red wine sauce.
If you’re staying at one of the many San Diego hotels in the Gaslamp District, you’ll have more than 15 participating restaurants nearby, including Soleil at K (seafood cioppino, Krispy Kreme doughnut bread pudding) and Blue Point Coastal Cuisine (lobster bisque, dried apricot and fig stuffed pork tenderloin).
Or, you may want to check out The Oceanaire Seafood Room, where one of the choices is Oregon stuffed Petrale Sole, with bay crab, shrimp and Brie and lemon buerre blanc. And if you have room, you could finish with Bailey’s Irish Cream cheese cake. (Are you hungry yet?) Foodies may be interested to know that Oceanaire Executive Chef Brian Malarkey was one of the contestants in the last season of reality cooking show "Top Chef" and was also named "Chef of the Year" by the San Diego Chapter of the California Restaurant Association.
Even if you’re relaxing at one of the hotels on Coronado, you have several dining options, including 1500 Ocean at the Hotel del Coronado and Mistral at Loews Coronado Bay Resort.
So book one of your favorite San Diego hotels and bring your appetite!
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If you’ve been dreaming of a California vacation, now’s the time to travel! During the CheapTickets Spring Sale, you can save $75 on any flight + hotel vacation package of four nights or more. Just book by April 27 for travel by June 30.
Plus many hotels are offering great rates. Maybe you want to stay in one of the many San Francisco hotels close to the city’s excellent restaurants and shopping. The four-star Hotel Nikko San Francisco is just off Union Square, close to theater, shops and the Embarcadero. Right now you can get 15% off stays of 3+ nights.
Or maybe you want to live it up in L.A. Los Angeles hotels aren’t all pricey. Now you can save $60 per night at The Sofitel Los Angeles, a four-star hotel close to Rodeo Drive and Sunset Boulevard.
If it’s the beach you want, then you may want to head to San Diego. You can surf, walk along the marina or shop in tony LaJolla. The hip Hard Rock Hotel is one of many San Diego Hotels in the Gaslamp Quarter — the heart of the city’s nightlife. And when you book your stay at the Hard Rock now, you can save 20% off 2+ nights.
And if you’re looking for a different kind of fun in the sun, you could head to Disneyland!
With so many California vacation deals, you may need to travel more than once!
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By Erin Kregor
The latest and greatest news in San Diego Hotels is the new Hard Rock
Hotel in the Gaslamp District, the epicenter of San Diego nightlife.
To herald its opening, the 4-star property is offering 20% off a
two-night stay through April 1, 2008. Plus, if you book flight + hotel vacation packages for 4+ nights, we’ll knock off another $75.
So how does this San Diego hotel treat a rock star?
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Erin Kregor is a CheapTickets Merchandising Analyst
Even on a cheap cruise it’s nice to feel like you’re traveling in style.
On select Carnival Cruise Lines cruises from the West Coast to Mexico, you can save up to an extra $200 –- and get a free upgrade. Cruises leave from Los Angeles or San Diego and go to Baja California or the Mexican Riviera. The offer is good until February 25.
A seven-night cruise on Carnival Pride takes travelers from L.A. to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. Passengers can enjoy music in the ship’s Ivory Piano Bar and Starry Night Jazz Club.
The Carnival Spirit, which sails from San Diego down the Mexican Riviera, offers golf lessons and a spa – luxury services that may make you forget you’re on a cheap cruise!
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