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San Diego Botanic Garden

Friday, January 27th, 2012
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Benjamin Lavender's "Bulbous" sculpture

During your beachfront vacation, don’t miss the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas. Just a short drive from your vacation rental, explore and enjoy the four miles of garden trails, beautiful views, flowering trees and the nation’s largest bamboo collection.

The Garden boasts exhibits, a Bird and Butterfly Garden, and even the Hamilton Children’s Garden, the largest interaction children’s garden on the West Coast.

For something different, why not take a class?  The garden hosts a variety of classes on most Saturdays, such as “Designing with Native Plants” and a Succulent Wreath class.  There are even garden-to-table cooking classes, and a Bird Watching group that meets the first Monday of every month! Check out the full list and sign up here.

Through April, 2012, the Sculpture in the Garden Exhibit features sculptures from 26 regional artists, installed against the background of the beautifully lush 37-acre gardens.  This is the fourth consecutive year the Garden has hosted the popular exhibit.  Many of this year’s artists are returning from previous years, bringing a wide variety of pieces with them.  Artists include Benjamin Lavender, John Rawlinson, Lia Strell and many more.

The unique experience of perusing a “Phantom Gallery” – a gallery exhibition of artwork integrated temporarily into a on-gallery venue – is not one you’ll soon forget!   Fteague 73 300x196 San Diego Botanic Garden

 

 

The San Diego Botanic Garden is open 9:00am to 5:00pm daily, and until 8:00pm on Thursdays during the summer.  Don’t miss it!

 

 

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Getting Away Together

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

The series Getting Away Together is now airing on PBS member stations!  Back in July 2011, the Oceanside episode featuring Beachfront Only Vacation Rentals and the Hatch Family was filmed.  Check your local listings for air dates! The full episode will be online on February 15th.  In the meantime, check out our webisode, as well as other destinations’ episodes and webisodes!

About the Show and Organizations Involved

Getting Away Together is a new TV series airing on PBS member stations highlighting the rapidly growing trend of sharing a vacation rental with friends and family.  Unlike other travel shows, Getting Away Together brings the concept of “togethering” to television.  It is the first reality travel series to focus on this trend.  Each episode features a new group of travelers as they unwind with meaningful travel experiences in fun locales, with vacation rentals as their home base.  The series is being produced by Emmy Award-winning PineRidge Film & Television Company.

SPONSORS

TripAdvisor:  TripAdvisor® is the world’s largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features (including Flights search, Vacation Rentals, TripAdvisor Mobile and TripAdvisor Trip Friends) with seamless links to booking tools.

CSA Travel Protection: CSA Travel Protection, a Europ Assistance company, is dedicated to providing affordable travel insurance and emergency assistance services to protect travelers’ valuable investments and provide the peace of mind one deserves while traveling. Since its inception in 1991, CSA has developed a reputation for standing behind its customers and evolving products and services to meet their needs. Through superior customer service, extensive experience and industry-leading innovation, CSA is with its clients every step of the way, whenever and wherever they are needed.

Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA): The VRMA is the professional trade association of the vacation rental property management and hospitality industries. Founded in 1985, the VRMA has more than 600 property management and associate members throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean representing approximately 150,000 vacation rentals, condos and villas.

VRMA’s Discover Vacation Homes Initiative: Discover Vacation Homes is the trusted public voice on vacation rentals, providing an official resource for vacation rental travel information. As the awareness initiative of the Vacation Rental Managers Association, it represents approximately 150,000 rental homes, condos and villas from more than 500 of the most well established vacation rental management companies in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

PineRidge Productions: As a division of Jerry Smith Film & Television, PineRidge Film & Television Company develops, produces and delivers quality television programs, utilizing an Emmy Awardwinning production team. Since 1985, PineRidge has commissioned more than a thousand half-hour shows and 34 hour-long Prime Time specials. Perhaps best known for their series on Discovery Travel Channel including Great Hotels, Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America and Samantha Brown’s Weekends, PineRidge also produces for HGTV, Fine Living Network, Food Network and PBS stations nationwide.

Website: www.GettingAwayTogether.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/GettingAwayTogether 
Twitter: @GetAwayTogether

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Featured Property: Oceanfront Retreat with Private Pool & Stairs to Beach

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

 

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5 bedroom, 3 bath – Custom Home

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Property Code: E0221-0

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What to do over this Holiday Season in San Diego

Friday, December 16th, 2011

In San Diego for the holidays?  Here is a list of things for you and your family to enjoy.

San Diego International Auto Show: Dec 29 to Jan 1.
The 2012 San Diego International Auto Show features the widest variety of new vehicles under one roof. The 2012-model vehicles showcase the newest levels of technology that enhance the driving experience, packaged in luxurious interiors and wrapped in cutting edge designs. This year’s features are the 2012 Model-Year Vehicles, Mazda Family Day, Ride and Drives, Chevy Dealers Military Salute, GEICO Power Sports Pavilion, AutoTrader.com exhibit, Mobility Zone, Think Blue Eco-Center, Charger Steve’s Starz Carz, and Fireball Tim’s Hollywood Garage.  Other features and attractions include street-legal bumper cars, classic and exotic cars, plus more!

Catch a Bowl Game! 

The Poinsettia Bowl will be held on 12/21/11 at Qualcomm Stadium, TCU vs. LA Tech.
The Holiday Bowl is on 12/28/11 and will also be held at Qualcomm Stadium, and Cal will take on Texas.

Celebrate the Season

Holiday of Lights in Del Mar: Now through Jan 1
The largest animated drive-through light show on the west coast, with over 400 displays located around the racetrack at Del Mar.

Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade: Dec 28
The streets of downtown San Diego will come alive with marching bands, floats, entertaining drill teams, and a procession of enormous balloons.

The Nutcracker:
Enjoy a holiday tradition with music by Tchaikovsky, as over 100 dancers bring this holiday tradition to life.  Showing at the San DIego Civic Youth Ballet, City Ballet, West Coast Ballet Theatre, California Ballet, and the San Diego Ballet.  View  link for locations and dates/times.

San Diego Botanic Gardens: Now through Dec 30
At Quail Gardens in Encinitas, visit this dazzling display of a winter wonderland with over 100,000 sparkling lights, horse-drawn wagon rides, holiday crafts, marshmallow roasting, visits with Santa, Live music, hot mulled wine and refreshments.

 

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Getting Away Together Sneak Peak Episode!

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 
Preview the Getting Away Together Oceanside episode, with Beachfront Only as the featured vacation rental!

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2011 Photo Contest Winner

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Thank you to all who participated in our photo contest!!  And congrats to Kristie Sheets for the winning photo! Her and her family and friends get to enjoy a 3 night stay in one of our 5 bedroom luxury oceanfront condos, on us!  Keep checking back for more contests!

 

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Beachfront Only Photo Contest

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Every year, Beachfront Only puts on a photo contest, sometimes more than once a year.  This year, the winner will win 3 nights in a luxury Oceanfront condo!  We love seeing our guests at our properties, what experiences they had, the scenery they saw, and the memories they made.  If you have stayed with us before, submit your photos!  View all contest photos and submit your own at our Facebook page.  Here are the entries so far!

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