Reply: from Gail and Don further re: your trip to Ca between 8/5 and 8/23 (fwd)

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

dear gawd, she is micromanaging them, telling them to change reservations 
to Goleta. 
I wrote her and said she should consider Carpinteria hotel is probably 
less expensive for them.
NG

 > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > To: "Pascal LECOINTE" <http://www.orange.fr/~lecointepi>
 > Cc: "NOELLE" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > 
 > Hi Pascal and Isabelle,
 > 
 > Thanks so much for your very helpful itinerary. I have one immediate 
 > suggestion (before Don has a chance to read your email when he gets back 
 > later this afternoon). Can you please change your hotel reservation in the 
 > Santa Barbara area from Hotel Best Western Plus Carpinteria Inn which is 
 > located (according to my phone book) in Carpinteria which is a town about a 
 > half hour or more depending upon traffic South of where we live to the hotel 
 > Best Western South Coast at 5620 Calle Real, Goleta at 805-967-3200 which is 
 > located 5 minutes from our home? If you would like us to phone and make the 
 > change in your reservations for you, please let us know. That way we can 
 > easily get together for meals at our home, making the touring excursions 
 > that you would like to do, etc. Please make sure you all bring your bathing 
 > suits to occasionally go swimming in the Pacific Ocean (which is usually 
 > cold) and/or in our condominium's swimming pool, especially since August is 
 > usually our warmest weather month. To get to that Best Western Hotel in 
 > Goleta, you would just drive from Hwy. 101 and get off at the Patterson exit 
 > and head towards the mountains on Patterson Rd. Then turn left onto Calle 
 > Real. The Hotel will be on your right side of the street a short distance 
 > down (past the fire station and Maravilla retirement homes). Once you check 
 > into that hotel, you can phone us at: Noelle's-dad's-phone-number, and we will tell you how 
 > to find our home near there.
 > 
 > Best Wishes for a safe and wonderful journey,
 > Gail
 > http://www.cox.net/~g3
 > 623 Las Perlas Dr.
 > Santa Barbara, CA 93111
 >   ----- Original Message ----- 
 >   From: Pascal LECOINTE 
 >   To: Gail 
 >   Cc: NOELLE 
 >   Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 1:34 PM
 >   Subject: re: from Gail and Don further re: your trip to Ca 
 >   between 8/5 and 8/23
 > 
 >         Hi Gail & Don,
 > 
 >         Sorry we are fully booked with our jobs, we don't take time to give 
 >         you detail information about our trip in Ca. 
 > 
 >         Neverless, we have already booked: 
 > 
 >          >  4 nights from the 4th to the 8th August at Santa Clara, Hotel  
 >          >  Best Western Santa Clara Inn
 > 
 >               - Our main objective will be to visit San Francisco and its 
 >               areas with Noel & Robert if there are available.
 > 
 >          >  1 week from the 10th to the 17th at Las Vegas, it's an apartment 
 >          >  booked with our time share points
 > 
 >               - we will schedule to visit the area of  the Grand Canyon  
 >          >  5 nights from the 18th to the 23rd August at Santa Barbara, 
 >          >  Hotel Best Western Plus Carpinteria Inn 
 > 
 >               - we are not so fluent with our English, we prefer make 
 >               excurtions, visits instead of going to the theater or assist 
 >               to a spectacle, we will prefered to visit the Pacific coast , 
 >               the country, typical & old village. 
 > 
 >               - If possible we will visit Los Angeles, Hollywood ... 
 > 
 >         Currently, we let few free days into our agenda in order to manage 
 >         travel between our 3 steps.  
 > 
 >         Best regards 
 > 
 >         Isabelle & Pascal   
 > 
 >     > Message du 14/06/13 08:09
 >     > De : "Gail" 
 >     > A : "Pascal LECOINTE" 
 >     > Copie à : 
 >     > Objet : from Gail and Don further re: your trip to Ca 
 >     > between 8/5 and 8/23
 >     > 
 >     Hi Pascal and Isabelle,
 > 
 >     We are getting a little concerned that we haven't heard from you yet as 
 >     to the exact dates you will be in Santa Barbara (between San Francisco 
 >     and Los Angeles). We think it's important for you to make your hotel or 
 >     motel reservations soon as they get booked up most likely during the 
 >     busy Summer tourist/travel season both in this area and when you are 
 >     visiting Noelle and Robert in where-I-live and San Francisco. It would be 
 >     very helpful to us if we know the exact dates you will be in Santa 
 >     Barbara in August because now already we are getting invitations to do 
 >     other things from friends, etc., and we have to let them know if we will 
 >     be available to attend dinners, etc. with them or whether that would be 
 >     the time we will be busy visiting with you and touring you around our 
 >     area which we are very much looking forward to. 
 > 
 >     Can you please let us and Noelle and Robert know the exact dates you 
 >     will be visiting us and them as soon as you can. Don and I will be out 
 >     of town from July 5 until July 14 to go on a small ship cruise to 
 >     Southeast Alaska on the Inland Passage/Glacier Bay with 76 passengers. I 
 >     have never been to Alaska before. Don went with Noelle many years ago 
 >     but not in this part of that State. With this small ship we will be able 
 >     to go on zodiacs and go hiking to get up close and personal with nature, 
 >     so it should be a wonderful trip. 
 > 
 >     We look forward to receiving your reply soon with your more definite 
 >     Ca travel plans. If you can, please include the type of things 
 >     you would be interested in doing and seeing so that we can plan a nice 
 >     itinerary for you.
 > 
 >     Best Wishes,
 >     Gail and Don
 >     http://www.cox.net/~g3