Question for all the seasoned travelers?

Hi Dawn I'm going strictly for FUN!! I'll be celebrating my 41st birthday while I'm there and I decided to help Jill celebrate her 40th too. Unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to fly into Oakland because Sacramento doesn't have non-stop flights from NY and I really want to fly non-stop! It'll be my first time to CA and I can't wait AND I'm going to meet a lot of the Cali girls while I'm there, so I'm very excited! (Also looking forward to being SMALLER and being COZY in those little airline seats!) Vi

THAT IS WONDERFUL, MS VI!!!!!! ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY! SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE NO SAC NON-STOPS. YUP, I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET ON & OFF THE PLANE, & RUN TO THE NEXT CONNECTION, OR SIT FOR HOURS ON END WAITING FOR MY NEXT CONNECTION. NON-STOP IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. YOU'LL HAVE TO POST FROM CA & HELP US "MEET" ALL OUR CA WLS BUDDIES!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS DAWN & NICK

I never heard of Ceres, CA; but still I'm a New Yorker at heart even though I've been in California since 1982. Unfortunately, I'm all the way down in Southern California, about an hour from Las Vegas. I sure wish we could meet. We'll just have to have an Octoberites get-together one day. Cheryl

If you can, book early and take a non-stop flight. It's easier and you can just get comfortable and relax. You can get there faster too!! 6 hours isn't so bad. I flew from NY to Vegas in 6 hours it wasn't bad and I didn't feel like I needed to stretch my legs at all. Have a great trip!!! We are going on a cruise in May and I can't wait!! My flight is already booked for that and I got a pretty good deal for booking early.

Cool, thanks for the advice! Jetblue seems to have pretty good deals with non-stop flights for about $347 so I'm going to be booking within the next week! Enjoy your cruise!!

I flew to Cali last year and I found that I needed a break - being the big girl that I am since I was crunched into a seat with 2 people on either side of me. The pilot never took the seatbelt sign off so there was no getting up to walk around. the neat thing about stopping in a city you've never been to is that you can walk in the shops - and they do have great ones in some airports and check out things about the city that you would not have a chance to see at any other time. hope this helps and have a great trip! Shannon

Hmm, you have a good point too. But I'm thinking hopefully come May we'll be a lot smaller and won't be so crunched anymore right?

You are soooo right. I hope that travelling is never an issue again very soon!! Shannon

Vi.. non-stop all the way..sometimes your plan can be delayed and you get to the next port and even though you have a scheduled layover you have to race to the other end of the universe to catch your next flight and I have missed a few connecting flights because of this very reason... Jenn

Ok, you all convinced me to go with my first instinct which is to fly non-stop!! Thanks!! Vi