A quick trip to LA & Vegas

This is a bit of a back dated blog as our trip to LA & Vegas was in 2018, which is a fair while ago. However, I just have so many photos from the trip, some I did share on my Instagram pages but I wanted to share them on here too! Of course, someone who has been more recently may have slightly better up to date recommendations but our trip was very touristy and so most of my recommendations are still relevant.

We had 7 days to explore LA and we managed to fit in a trip to Vegas for 24 hours as an extra too. So of course, we turned it into a road trip and went Death Valley stopping off at a few spots on the way back to see some highlights. In our week we managed to fit a day in Universal Studios, a day at Disney, a hike to see the Hollywood sign, dins on Santa Monica Pier and some of the best LA photo spots of 2018!

Just incase you were planning a trip, we hired our car from a standard company, like enterprise, just at the airport – we pre-booked and it was actually pretty reasonably priced! The hotel in LA was The Garland (it was loveeeeely) and then in Vegas we went for the MGM Grand which was also fab. Would recommend both! It’s definitely possible to get really nice accommodation without spending ridiculous amounts or staying in super influencer-y places.

Things to Do

Universal Studios
Disneyland California
Angeles National Forest
The Hollywood Sign Hike
Going up the Stratosphere Tower in Vegas
Watch a show in Vegas (We saw Cirque de Soleil!)
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Explore the Venice Beach & the canals
Have dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp on Santa Monica Pier
Drive through Death Valley & Zabraskie Point
Drive to Bad Water Basin to walk 282 feet below sea levels on the salt flats
Explore Melrose District to find all the best photo spots
Ride the Big Apple Coaster in the New York New York Hotel in Vegas
Eat a mountain of pancakes at IHOP
Get a photo with the famous Welcome to Vegas sign!

I just took so many photos, I feel like this was the first trip I got my love for photo taking back on so I’ve included a few of the best ones here. I felt like a proper insta gal taking pics in LA! If you want to see more, I successfully spammed my Instagram accounts with allllllllll the pics.