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AAA Hotel Inspectors Looking For Well Connected Properties

April 09, 2018 Travel

AAA recently updated its hotel Approval Requirements & Diamond Rating Guidelines, the criteria inspectors use to evaluate more than 27,000 AAA Inspected & Approved hotels throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The new guidelines,...

AAA Inspected And Approved Restaurants Available On Amazon Alexa And Google Home

March 26, 2018 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips

Consumers can now look beyond their fingertips to find a AAA Diamond Rated restaurant. AAA has made it as simple as asking Amazon Alexa or Google Home for suggestions. With access to 31,000 AAA Inspected & Approved restaurants, the voice-based...

AAA Survey: 88 Million To Take Family Vacations in 2018

March 15, 2018 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips

Led by millennials, some 88 million Americans plan to take family vacations this year. According to the latest research from AAA Travel and the Automobile Club of Southern California, 44 percent of millennials are planning a family getaway, more than...

Top Local Restaurants Receive AAA Four, AAA Five Diamond Ratings

February 21, 2018 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips

Forty Southern California restaurants have received the AAA Four or AAA Five Diamond Award®, the travel authority’s highest rating, over the past 12 months, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Belvedere in Los Angeles and the...

Auto Club: Don’t Leave Vacation Days Unused

January 23, 2018 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips

Sixty-two percent of Los Angeles residents fail to use all their vacation time – the second-highest percentage in the country next to only Washington, D.C. and the Bay Area, where 64 percent of workers don’t use all their vacation. The Automobile Club of...

Auto Club: Year Ends With A New Holiday Travel Record

December 14, 2017 Travel

This year-end holiday travel season will set a new all-time record for the number of Southern California travelers because of favorable economic conditions, according to projections from the Automobile Club of Southern California. Nearly 8.2 million...

Gas Prices Continue Dropping Before Holiday

November 22, 2017 Weekly Fuel Prices Report, Travel, Gas Prices

Editor’s note: The Riverside/San Bernardino gas price average has now been separated out for each city. The Weekend Gas Watch is being published today due to the Thanksgiving holiday. As 3.3 million Southern Californians drive to Thanksgiving weekend...

Santa Barbara Inn Receives AAA’s Four Diamond Rating

November 08, 2017 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips

The Santa Barbara Inn has received the AAA Four Diamond Rating. This is the first time the inn has attained this designation. Hotels at this level employ experienced, highly-qualified staff to provide the custom service luxury hotel guests expect,...

AAA Reveals 16 Ways To Deck Your Holiday Travels With Festive Fun

October 25, 2017 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips

As millions of people make plans to travel this holiday season, hotels and restaurants are unpacking decorations and spicing up menus to help their guests get into the holiday spirit. Travelers and diners looking for the comforts of home without the...

Auto Club: Americans Are Falling For Autumn Travel

September 19, 2017 Travel

Summer’s over and kids are back in school, but many people are making plans for at least one more getaway this fall, before the arrival of another busy holiday season. According to a new survey from AAA, more than one in four Americans (28 percent) expects to take a fall vacation.

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