Ideas and Planning for Girlfriend Getaways - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats.

Hi, I am Jennifer Miner. I am a travel writer and I live in Southern California. So quickly, the places I most recommend for girlfriend getaway are Napa Valley with your friends, perhaps Flagstaff if you want to also see the Grand Canyon.

If you live on the East Coast its just too wonderful to pop up to Northern New England, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine especially in the fall. Back on the West Coast, try to hit San Diego with your gals and check out the Breweries and the Gaslamp(unclear) which is so much fun.

Taking Care of Family During a Girlfriend Getaway

When my kids were younger and I would leave them for work, there were few things that I would do to make sure that it will be easy while I was gone. One would be to cook there favorite meals and put them in the freezer. So its an easy thing to just warm them up in the microwave. That way they would not be picky eaters with just there grandma or my husband by there side trying to deal with that.

Another thing that I would do would be to give them tiny little gifts for each day. Nothing expensive, less than $2, like a fancy eraser from CVS or something. But it was enough to let them know that I was thinking about them when they were away and I was not just trying to away from them. That was a nice thing that we did too.

Another thing I did was make sure that I like called once a day, and even now, my kids are older, but they still want me to call everyday and I respect that. I want to hear there voices everyday too. So we make time to talk to each other and touch base once a day at least. Hear about there homework, there travails at school. This is important because the family is most important thing to me, even when i want a girlfriend getaway.