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Win A Trip for 4 To LA, Attend The Dancing With The Stars Finale!

LAABC is running Disney’s Wish and Dancing with the StarsWishes Come True Sweepstakes.

In the sweepstakes, one lucky winner will win a trip for four to LA! The prize includes airfare, a two-night hotel stay, tickets to the finale of Dancing With The Stars and more. Continue reading Win A Trip for 4 To LA, Attend The Dancing With The Stars Finale!

Win A Trip For 2 To Barbados, Boston, Miami or LA- Four Winners!

BarbadosTripadvisor is currently running the Mount Gay Rum Getaway to Give Back Sweepstakes!

In the sweepstakes, one grand prize winner will win a trip for two to Barbados. Three other winners will win a trip to either Boston, Miami or Los Angeles! Continue reading Win A Trip For 2 To Barbados, Boston, Miami or LA- Four Winners!

NYC’s Prince Street Pizza Is Expanding With New LA Shop This Summer

Prince Street PizzaWhen you stop by NYC’s Prince Street Pizza, odds are pretty hight that there will be a line. (I’m not sure how true that is at the moment due to the COVID-19 pandemic though.)

The shop is known for a variety of tasty pizzas, especially their Soho Squares topped with pepperoni. The shop is also famous for being in the location of the of the first Ray’s Pizza. Continue reading NYC’s Prince Street Pizza Is Expanding With New LA Shop This Summer

Win A Trip To LA To Attend A Taping Of Conan

conanTurner Entertainment is giving you a chance to win a trip for two to Los Angeles to attend a taping of Conan O’Brien!

The prize includes airfare, a two- night hotel stay, tickets to the live Conan taping and more. I’d love to win this prize since my last visit to Los Angeles was very brief. It would be nice to go back to LA for a more proper visit and to attend the taping. Continue reading Win A Trip To LA To Attend A Taping Of Conan

Win A Trip For Two To See The Voice Live In LA

The VoiceOle Red restaurant and music venue is giving you a chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to see a live taping of The Voice.

The prize includes airfare, a two-night hotel stay and tickets to attend a live taping.

I can’t say that I’ve heard of Ole Red before but I did find it interesting that it’s owned by Blake Shelton, country music star and one of the coaches on The Voice. Continue reading Win A Trip For Two To See The Voice Live In LA

Win A Trip For 4 To LA To Attend The Premiere of Disney Pixar’s Coco

Coco

Southwest Airlines is giving away a trip for 4 to the premiere of the Disney Pixar animated film, Coco (in Los Angeles)!

The prize includes airfare, a 2 night hotel stay, tickets to the premiere & party and more.

While we did have a long junk-foodie layover in Los Angeles back in July, we didn’t get to visit any sites in the city. I last visited LA when I was around 10 or 11 years old, so I’d love to win this prize and have some time to check out the city.
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A Long Junk-Foodie Layover in Los Angeles

a large donut on top of a buildingOn the way to the Pacific, the Michael W Travels family had a long layover in Los Angeles. During our time we had to deal with The Most Expensive Luggage Storage Ever.

I booked our flights from JFK to LAX and LAX to NAN using points on different airlines.  We chose  to have the long layover in Los Angeles since we didn’t want to take a chance on missing our international flight.  We initially figured that it would be a good opportunity to wander around LA.

However, in LA things are really spread out, Uber rides can be pricey and traffic could be a real pain. Continue reading A Long Junk-Foodie Layover in Los Angeles

The Most Expensive Luggage Storage Ever

a boy jumping in front of a sign

For our Summer 2017 trip, the Michael W Travels family will be spending 5 weeks traveling around the Pacific. (Find out How A Call to Fiji Air Saved Me $645.94.)

We used American Airlines miles to book the international flights to and from the U.S. but they were in/ out of California.

Our first international flight was at 11:30 PM from LAX so Kim and I figured we could catch an early flight and spend part of a day wandering around Los Angeles. Continue reading The Most Expensive Luggage Storage Ever