<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SkiAdcock:
kef0913 is pretty accurate on his summary, as is ss255. </font>
Aaaw, thanks. And so are you Sharon with your more nuanced weather assessment.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> And if you want beach in LA, consider Doubletree in Santa Monica.</font>
An excellent suggestion.
Another suggestion would be to take Amtrak to downtown L.A. Union Station and stay at the Checkers (a Hilton property). You can get rates from Expedia.com for the incredibly cheap rate of about $100 a night (The Hilton.com site has them closer to $200). This won't be the most picturesque option, but will be the most convenient to get to LA and for local transport, as Amtrak, Metrorail and Metrolink all connect in Union Station.
Hiring a towncar to take you around will probably run you in the $55/hour range. Depending on your budget this might be worth it for you.
All of what I am suggesting takes you out of the "beach vacation" mode, but might be more enjoyable for the time of year.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">... remember that the GPB kicks the US $$ butt, so things will be relatively cheap for you (think it's $1.70US to 1GPB right now - drat, given my 2 upcoming trips to UK). </font>
Yeah I've got one coming up too that will be considerably more expensive with the dollar tanking. Drat!
Best of luck
Keith
[This message has been edited by kef0913 (edited Dec 16, 2003).]