Vacation For Kids

The main ingredient for a smooth family trip is to take care of the needs of the family and finding the perfect balance between activities and relaxing time. Also, there are several other factors that families must consider like where to go and how to save money, etc. Traveling with children is not easy; the overtired and bored children become …

Best 5 Planning Tips for a Resourceful Family Vacation

Budget-friendly family vacation planning requires a lot of research. Particularly when you are traveling with your kids you need a perfect planning so that you can spend your vacation peacefully. Most people do the common mistake by miscalculating the expenses during vacation. When you are planning your vacation budget, don’t forget to include cabs, meals, tips, souvenirs and other miscellaneous …

What to Bring When Cooking Outdoors With Kids

Summer is upon us! Those months spent wading through slosh and slush, checking outside to see if we need to bring a hoodie or a -30 degree parka just to get to work are over! For those of you who don’t live where snow comes, you don’t know how lucky you have it. But for the rest of us summer …

Utah's Safest Cities

Traveling can be unsettling sometimes when in a different city or unfamiliar location and being safe can be a real concern.  Recently Safewise.com release a list of the 40 safest cities in Utah.   The Best Western Coral Hills is located just two blocks for the St. George Police Department. Congratulations to Santa Clara, Utah,  Ivins, Utah for being the #16 …

Time Changes, Daylight Savings Time ends…again.

Daylight Savings Time Ends once again! It’s time to spend all that daylight savings we have been holding onto and sleep for an extra hour!  Except in Arizona. Do you have a hard time remembering whether to go forward or backward on the clock every time this daylight savings changes? There are only two simple things you need to remember.  The …

National Park Closures

National Park Closures DON’T PANIC and don’t cancel your plans!  There is still a lot to do and see in southern Utah.  INCLUDING seeing a portion of Zion and Bryce National Parks Yes, it is true National Parks across the country are officially closed.  However, talk to the locals and you will find there are well traveled locations to overlook …

Rappelling in Southern Utah

  Rappelling in Southern Utah and St. George is alive and well with a multitude of locations to choose from. rap·pel /ræˈpɛl, rə-/ Show Spelled [ra-pel, ruh-] Show IPA noun, verb, rap·pelled, rap·pel·ling. noun 1.  (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and …

Visitors Information for St. George, Utah

Visitors Information for St. George, Utah is readily available at the front desk of Best Western Coral Hills or at the St. George Chamber of Commerce located two doors away. FREE maps of the Downtown, Historic District are available at either location. The Chamber of Commerce/Visitors Center is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm. On interesting bits …

Daylight Savings Time 2012…Ends

United States and Canada   Daylight Saving Time 2012 Ends on November 4, and the clocks will need to go back an hour. Set all your clocks and watches back one hour prior to going to bed and you gain an EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP!