Who does not know those tiny plastic figures and bricks we all used to build houses and farms with? Just as we did, our children and even our grand children now live the joy of assembling new constructions and creating architectural wonders in the kid’s room, Legoland California in Carlsbad, CA does the same. Just bigger. Much bigger.

What to see at Legoland California:

Only 30 miles north of San Diego, you will become a child again, and you see children’s eyes blooming. Legoland California offers more than 50 attractions for kids between 2 and 12, and is constantly expanding. This year, the Legoland Waterpark opens at the end of May, right on Memorial Day weekend! So pack the family into your car and test the splash! There will be several slides for singe riders, groups of up to four, toddler areas and body slides. No matter which one you chose – bring a little patience for the lines, and of course your towel!

For those of you who want to save the $10 extra to the normal admission fee of $67 by skipping Legoland Waterpark, you are going to miss out on something very exciting for sure. However, there are many other adventures that will keep you and your loved ones busy for at least one day! Take a ride in the dragon at Knight’s Kingdom, allow the kids to ride their own horses at the Royal Joust, or let them run on the Hideaways, the playground our young ones will love for sure. You like sightseeing and traveling? Don’t go any further – Mini Land USA has the country’s most important attractions and fitting scenery built from the little bricks.
More than 15,000 different figures in the whole park are made out of Lego bricks, a total of 35 million bricks has been used to build them! It’s hard to imagine how many warehouses this could be. Any idea?

Legoland California in Carlsbad offers more though than just pure entertainment. It teaches basic driving skills at Volvo Driving School, makes up for the missed visit at the gym at the Fun Town Fire Academy and even shows you how the famous little Lego stones get molded, colored and packed.

Directions to Legoland California:

Legoland California
One LEGOLAND Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA

Legoland California is located in Carlsbad, about 30 minutes north of San Diego Downtown, and about 1 hour south of Anaheim. You to reach it from the coastal San Diego areas, take the Interstate 5 to Cannon Road East in Carlsbad and all you need to do then is to follow the signs that will take you to the parking lot. Be careful – parking is extra and hits hard with $12!

If you are traveling from North San Diego County Inland:
15 North or South to 78 West to 5 South, Cannon Road East exit

Visitors from East San Diego County (via Hotel Circle):
8 West to 5 North, Cannon Road East exit

If you drive from Los Angeles and Orange County:
405 South, merge to 5 South to Cannon Road East

Prices, coupons and discounts for Legoland California:

Legoland California, just like any other entertainment park in San Diego, can get quite pricy, especially when you are traveling with kids, which in this case you most likely will. Take advantage of a variety of Legoland coupons or San Diego combo tickets that allow you to visit other places as well, such as the San Diego Zoo or the Wild Animal Park.

Legoland regularly offers discounted tickets on their website www.legoland.com. Check it out before you head there, maybe you find some discount that is just right for you. AAA members can save big, too. Up to six visitors can save 10% off all ticket types. If you book your ticket via the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau you will find some great deals too. Take some time for the coupon hunt, and enjoy your trip even more.

How was it?

Now we want to hear from you – have you been too Legoland California? Did you go on a family trip? Which days and weekends are GOs and NO GOs? How did you get your discount on the Legoland tickets? Share your stories and tips with all of our readers and make them save even more.

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rates for rental cars since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

Good news for the community! Fox Rent A Car proudly announced to organize Fox Rent A Car employees as teams for the Aids Walks 2010 in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County! After the car rental special for Earth Day 2010 has been a great success, we decided to help the community even more and participate in this important cause against Aids and HIV. Fox will cover the registration fees of all of its team members at any of the three runs, and will also provide their lunch covers. But this is not enough! Fox Rent A Car will double your donations for the Orange County AIDS Walk through our Team Page up to a total of $ 10,000! Here you can read more about this! Our fans will be able to identify all Fox Rent A Car runners and walkers by their Fox t-shirts and we are looking forward to meeting you!

Here are the 2010 AIDS walks Fox Rent a Car will participate in:

May 22, 2010: Orange County Aids Walk

The Aids Walk in Orange County has been established for a long time. You’ll be surprised to learn that the first Aids Walk in OC was in 1986! Until 2001, more than $10 million got donated to charities and those in need.  Last year, more than $500,000 in donations were collected, and for 2010 the Aids Walk in Orange County has an even bigger goal: to raise $650,000, which will get donated to nine local agencies.

July 18, 2010: Aids Walk San Francisco

Not surprisingly, the San Francisco Aids Walk is much bigger than the one in Orange county, yet it started one year later. More than $74 million (no kidding!) in donations got raised for HIV programs since then. Last year alone, 25,000 Aids Walk participants raised a total of $3.5 million! Register here to become a part of this unbelievable crowd in the City by the Bay. To see what you will deal with, see the pictures of the San Francisco Aids Walk 2009.

October 17, 2010: Aids Walk Los Angeles

The last Aids Walk in 2010 for which Fox Rent A Car will set up a team will be the one in Los Angeles. With a total amount of more than $59 million since 1985, the Aids Walk has become the most important, and the most successful, Anti-Aids event in Los Angeles county. Registrations for the walk open in June 2010, so save the date and then visit their website.

What’s next?

It will be an incredible feeling to be part of all three Aids Walk events and we will be taking and publishing as many pictures of our Fox Rent A Car employees and the AIDS walks as we can. We are looking forward to share each and every moment of happiness and giving back, of sharing and achievement with all of our fans and co-walkers! Stay tuned to see how many Fox employees have supported this cause, how much money Fox Rent A Car could raise in the end, and also share your experiences of those extraordinary events. We are looking forward to your stories and are curious why you decided to participate in the Aids Walk in Orange County, in San Francisco or in Los Angeles.

The community needs our help and yours too, so let’s work on this together. Here is a list of all Aids Walk locations in the United States and other parts of the world. Happy Running!

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rates for rental cars since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

The Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner and you still have no idea how to welcome summer 2010? Here are some ideas of what you can do around our Fox Rent a Car locations in San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles. Whether you plan to travel to beautiful Southern California or live close by, some of the events we present to you may get you off your couches. If you are planning to visit Northern California on Memorial Day weekend, read our post about Memorial Day Getaways in Northern California.

Things to do on Memorial Day in San Diego:

Being a military town, San Diego offers a variety of events and ceremonies for the fallen soldiers. The probably most impressive event will be at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma. The Memorial Day Service starts at 10am and next to showing your respect to San Diego’s fallen ones, you can lose yourself in the impressive view from the Cemetery over Coronado, San Diego Downtown and Cabrillo Momument. Or, if you have not been there yet, visit the exhibition Japanese Americans in the Military at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center. The exhibition will end on May 31^st, so hurry up! More info and how to get there are on the Balbo Park website.

In Coronado, you can visit Coronado Star Park, where a ceremony will be held from 10am. Getting to Coronado that weekend plus finding parking may be tricky, so allow yourself enough time for both to be on time.

There are a number of fun things to do too this Memorial Day weekend in San Diego, you can find an awesome list here:

Things to do on Memorial Day in Orange County:

Orange County has a lot to offer this Memorial Day weekend. Services and Ceremonies are mostly held on May 28^th in all major cities, such as Anaheim, Fullerton, and San Clemente. The Orange County City Guide provides you with a complete calendar so that you can choose where to go. Afterwards, you can spend the rest of the day on the beaches, stroll through the malls, go fishing or BBQ at your favorite park. For those of you who are in Anaheim on Memorial Day weekend, you can see Disneyland Park’s firework at 9.25pm every night.

Things to do on Memorial Day in Los Angeles:

Just a little up North from Orange County Memorial Day gets more culturally influenced. There is an art festival in Hermosa Beach, Cajun Creole Music Festival in Simi Valley, St. Nicholas Valley Greek Festival in Northridge, and the Annual Topanga Days Country Fair. Sounds like a lot of fun exploring music and arts, enjoying Greek food and entertainment!

Of course, there are also the obligatory Memorial Day Ceremonies, among others in Forest Lawn, where you can attend any of their Patriotic Memorial Day Program on May 31^st. A detailed list of locations is on the Forest Lawn website.

Tell us your plans!

So where will Memorial Day take you in 2010? Will you plan a trip, or rather stay local? What is your favorite spot for the Memorial Day? Tell us and all of our readers what you like to do, help non-locals in preparing their trip and eventually even meet some of those people at the events! We are looking forward to hearing your plans and stories!

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rates on rental cars since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

Memorial Day 2010: a day to remember, a day to honor. Nevertheless, the Memorial Day weekend is the official time to start off into a great summer! Throughout the country you will find all kind of events and places to go to. Whether you love crowds and the festive parades, or rather explore new hide-away spots, here are the 5 best Memorial Day Events and getaways in Northern California:

Memorial Day Weekend in San Francisco:

The thing to do on Memorial Day weekend is to go and see the traditional parade at the Presidio. The parade starts in the Main Post and ends at the San Francisco National Cemetery, where the Memorial Day ceremony takes places. Afterwards, feel free to stroll around on the Cemetery grounds and honor veterans and the fallen soldiers. You can see last years’ pictures here .For more information on how to get to the parade and where you can park your car, click here

Memorial Day Weekend at Yosemite National Park:

The park on the Memorial Day weekend may be crowded, but for a good reason. Spring is here! The snow is gone, flowers are blooming, the nature is awake and presents itself in the most beautiful and amazing ways you can imagine. Watch wild animals, hike through untouched nature, admire nature’s power. A drive to Yosemite National Park on the holiday weekend is definitely worth a second thought. You are want to go to Yosemite National Park, but not on the Memorial day Weekend? Find some handy tips when is the best time to visit.

Memorial Day Weekend in Arcata, CA:

About 7 hours north of San Francisco you will find yourself in Arcata, CA, a little college town on the Humboldt Bay. A few minutes out of downtown there is a 10-mile trail through redwood trees and an amazing variety of other plants. Hiking, bicycling, bird-watching, relaxing and enjoying pure nature on one of America’s most important holidays – what else do you want!

Memorial Day Weekend in Santa Clara/ Milpitas:

Events in Milpitas start very early. Already at 9am you will find yourself at the ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park. For those of you, who rather relax and sleep a little longer, just visit at Oak Hill Memorial Park at 11am, where a group of boy scouts lays wreaths for the fallen. Some of the graves you will find there even are from Civil War veterans. For more events in Milpitas year-round, click here.

Memorial Day Weekend in Mountain View:

The Mountain View Cemetery proudly presents the 89th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration. Afterwards, feel free to participate in a tour where you will learn more about the Civil War, and especially how Californians were involved. Herer is a short outline of the moving moments of last year.

You see, there are hundreds of events on Memorial Day weekend in Northern California to honor the fallen soldiers. Where will we find you? Make sure you plan ahead so you won’t get stucked in traffic and be the early bird to catch parking! Often, the websites of event venues can give you a clear picture of how to get there and where to park. We are definitely looking forward to your stories about how you spent your weekend. Where did you go, and what did you to? Have a great Memorial Day getaway in Northern California!

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rental car rates since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

Los Angeles is, as we all know, the city of stars, talents and musicians! With such a media culture, there is always a lot of entertainment going on in the city. Music is always quite an important factor in entertainment. So if you decide to plan a trip to SoCal why not go to one of the Music Festivals in Los Angeles? Here is a list of the upcoming  Los Angeles Music Festivals.

Los Angeles Music Festivals: Indie Music Festival

In Hollywood, on May 22nd – 23rd, the Indie Music Festival is a great opportunity to discover new artists. This Music Festival is all about helping new artists to perform and get discovered. It’s a fun event with various boothes and activities to entertain everyone, and a fun day to plan with the family!

Los Angeles Music Festivals: Make Music Pasadena

Make Music Pasadena is a great free music festival on June 19th. This music festival is an international event as it represents the celebration of music all around the world on the same day. So come enjoy this amazing celebration in Downtown Pasadena, with great spirit, nice sounds, and a great friendly atmosphere.

Los Angeles Music Festivals: Electric Daisy Carnival

The Electric Daisy Carnival is another important Music Festival in Los Angeles; it is actually one of the largest dancing events in Southern California! This 2 days music festival brings together up to 80,000 people each year. So don’t wait reserve your tickets now for June 25th – 26th and join the fun!

Los Angeles Music Festivals: 2010 Los Angeles International Music Festival

Fom June 19th to June 23d, The Walt Disney Concert Hall hosts the 2010 Los Angeles International Music Festival. It’s a philharmonic and chorale music festival, where high school and college students audition and compete.

Los Angeles Music Festivals: Ink & Iron Tattoo Festival

I know, it does not sound like a music festival, well may be a Heavy Metal Festival, when you hear Ink & Iron Tattoo Festival, but you are wrong. This music festival takes place on June 11th to June 13th in Long Beach. It is quite an interesting festival with more than just music from the Rocking and Rolling 50s: you also get to discover the whole Hot Rods culture, music and burlesque style of the 50s. So get curious and come discover what the pin-up pageant is all about and listen to great bands that will want to make you move your feet!

As you can see, you have many different choices of music festivals to attend in Los Angeles in the next couple of months. Music Festivals are always a fun activity and very entertaining. So don’t wait, get your tickets and let the music move you!

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rental car rates since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

Wow, what exciting news! Fox Rent A Car was named as the best rental car value on Entrepreneur.com! The article describes the success of Fox Rent A Car and its business model while showing how we are different from the competition. Our main goal is to give our customers what they want: Cheap, good rental cars!

Here is what Entreprener.com has to say about Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car remains one of the few independents and the only one competing in more than a handful of markets. Its cars are the latest models–and 2011s are on the way–typically spotless and cost as low as half as what the familiar chains offer.

Check it out for yourself:
Entrepreneur.com: Fox – Best Rental Car Value

We are working hard to constantly improve our services and the overall customer experience. Here are just some examples what we do to offer the best value to our customers:

Fox Rent A Car New Locations:

Fox Rent A Car is opening new locations constantly, such as just a few days ago in Ontario, California. This makes us more accessible to more people and also a lot more convenient for our customers to pick up their rental car.

Fox Rent A Car Choice Program:

Another way to make our customers happy is the Choice program that we are currently implementing at many of our locations. With the Choice program, you will decide on the lot, which car you want to rent and as a positive side effect, the rental process is much quicker than before.

Fox Rent A Car Luxury Cars:

Since January we offer a line of high class luxury cars at our Los Angeles location. What a way to impress your business partner or even just friends and family when you park your brand new BMW, Mercedes or Cadillac?

Fox Rent A Car Rewards Program:

As we already said, we want to keep our customers happy and that means we very much appreciate the loyalty of our customers see Fox as their Number One Car Rental Company. One way we want to say thank you is with our Rewards Program. This program gives our Rewards members and loyal customers a little something back for renting from us again and again.

What is your opinion? Are you satisfied with Fox Rent A Car’s value? What could we improve to make our customers even happier? Please share your ideas with us!

Seattle is a large city with many diverse attractions to discover. If you plan to visit Seattle, you should make sure to not just stick to the typical tourist attractions, but discover everything Seattle offers and get off the beaten path to enjoy some other great aspects and attractions of the city. Here is a list of some other Seattle attractions you might want to consider on your next trip.

Seattle Attractions – South Lake Union

Though not an attractions in the proper sense of the term, South Lake Union is a great visit to plan. It’s a Seattle neighborhood located just at the tip of Lake Union, hence its name! You can enjoy nice walks along the lake, and a great outdoors day planning with the kids. It has developed a great sense of community over the years, improving the parks, playgrounds and bike routes constantly to enhance family time! So whether you are traveling to Seattle with your kids or not, South Lake Union is a great neighborhood to plan a relaxing visit! When you get to South Lake Union, go to the Discovery Center of South Lake Union. You will find all the information you need about what is going on in the park, from movies on the lawn to special block party events. They also have a little museum introducing you to the history of South Lake Union.

Seattle Attractions: Mount Rainer National Park

Now that the nice long sunny days are back, we are all looking forward to outdoors activities. Seattle is a great destination for many outdoors activities due to its easy access to various National Parks around it. Mount Rainer National Park is one of them. You can plan quite an interesting adventure. More than great hiking opportunities with amazing views, you can also learn about glaciers and get a closer look at the rain forest wild life.

Seattle Attractions: Tacoma Museum of Glass

Seattle offers a large selection of museums. If you want something a bit different, where you can admire someone’s art and also learn about it, you will enjoy the Tacoma Museum of Glass. It offers great exhibits of cutting edge, contemporary collections. You can walk through the gallery, observe artists and also take classes about glass and glassblowing.

As you can see, there is always more to see than just the typical tourist attractions in Seattle. Seattle is a great place to enjoy nature, relax and enjoy time with your family and loved ones. So make your reservations, pack up, and come discover what Seattle and its surroundings have to offer.

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rental car rates since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

Every month, Phoenix offers a series of events where locals and visitors can spend an interesting and entertaining couple of hours or days. So, for visitors, if you are planning to be in Phoenix the month of May, aside from taking advantage of all the great attractions the city offers, make sure to check out all the special events taking place. To help you, here is a list of May Events not to miss in Phoenix.

May Events in Phoenix: Birds in the Garden

When May and its beautiful days arrive, check out the Birds in the Garden on Mondays at the Desert Botanical Garden of Phoenix. This event is actually a long event as it last until September! It gives you every Monday, starting at 7 am, the opportunity to discover the garden and learn with a bird expert everything about the various birds in the garden!

May Events in Phoenix: Cinco De Mayo

Of course, just like most of the cities in the US, Phoenix also celebrate Cinco De Mayo in honor of the Mexican culture. Phoenix and its surroundings offers the weekend before and the one following May 5th many various events to commemorate the Battle of Puebla, with food, music, dance and activities for the whole family.

May Events in Phoenix: Arizona Tattoo Expo

Tattoo lovers and artists have one Must-see event every year, the Arizona Tattoo Expo. This event is quite an important event for Arizona and attracts a lot of visitors every year. Even if you are not into getting a tattoo, you will find a lot of visitors that just come to admire this form of Art and to watch the people! So come join the fun between April 30th – May 2nd at the Mesa Convention Center.

May Events in Phoenix: Phoenix First Friday Art Walk

One great event to consider while visiting Phoenix is the Downtown Phoenix First Friday Art Walk. Though it does take place all year long, May is one of those beautiful months to start doing fun things at night, as the days are longer and the weather gets better! Phoenix First Friday Art Walk is a great opportunity to discover galleries in Phoenix, learn about new artists and enjoy a nice evening among the artist community of the city.

May Events in Phoenix: Movies at the Museum

Phoenix Art Museum offers each month a series of interesting films and documentary usually linked to the current expositions. The Movies at the Museum events are a great way to learn other aspects of topics linked to the exhibits, and discover new things about art in general.

May Events in Phoenix: Music in the Park

With the beautiful evenings that May brings, it is also time for the Music in the Park events in Phoenix. Various cities around Phoenix offer concerts in their parks during the evening. It is a great opportunity to discover the surroundings of Phoenix and enjoy a nice evening wrapped up in a blanket under the trees, with a nice musical background. Gilbert and Anthem are two popular destinations for Music in the Park events.

So now that you got an idea of what you can do in May in Phoenix, make sure to also check our Fox Rent A Car suggestions for hotels, actictivities and attractions, and plan your trip soon!

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rental car rates since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

Fox Rent A Car presents: Cinco De Mayo 2010 – The History

Cinco de Mayo, means 5th of May. This day, though celebrated in the United States, has nothing to do directly with American history; it is not the celebration of the Independence of Mexico from the US. It commemorates the day in 1862, when the Mexican militia was able to push back the French army out of the region of Puebla, limiting its invasion of Mexico and fighting the French leadership over the Mexican territory.
It is not really celebrated in Mexico, and, understandably, not celebrated in France. However, Cinco De Mayo has become an important commercial holiday in the United States and is celebrated every year through various events.

Fox Rent A Car presents: Cinco De Mayo 2010 – Events

San Diego: Every year Cinco de Mayo is a popular celebration in San Diego. Being so close to the border of Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is the day where all San Diego celebrates the Mexican culture, its food, music, and … drinks! Old Town is a great place to celebrate. Every year the Fiesta de Cinco de Mayo takes over Old Town with various activities for a fun family weekend. The streets are full of entertainment, music and crafts. All the restaurants are full of goodies and specialty dish to have a full Mexican culture immersion.

Los Angeles: Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles is quite an important event! Los Angeles actually hosts one of the largest street fairs each year to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and it is usually not the only event, but many various celebrations take place all over the city. On Olvera Street, music and dancers come celebrate with you and entertain you the weekend before Cinco de Mayo (May 1st and 2nd), May 5th and also the weekend following (May 8th and 9th), all day long! It is a great celebration of the Mexican culture not to miss. Though not happening in May, the Fiesta Broadway is also consider part of the celebrations for Cinco de Mayo and open the way to the rest of the celebrations. It is a really large event in Downtown LA, a street fair where you can listen to great music, find wonderful crafts and try delicious dish, all representing the Mexican culture.

Orange County: Orange County has one of the largest Mexican-American communities and therefore organizes a great family oriented event the weekend before Cinco de Mayo each year . On May 1st and May 2nd, 4th Street in Santa Ana become the ground for great live entertainment, display of various activities, with games, music, dancers, and lots of fun for every one of all ages.

Here is more information on other Cinco de Mayo events in LA and Orange County.

San Francisco: This year in San Francisco, Cinco de Mayo celebrations are taking place in Dolores Park, on May 8th. It is a free event where families can find various activities, games, music, art and crafts, and food that present the Mexican culture and community and appreciate what is has to offer.

San Jose: San Jose also commemorates the Battle of Puebla with a great Cinco de Mayo parade. Floats, costumes, music and dancers, march downtown in front of thousands of people coming together to celebrate the Mexican culture.

So come join us in one of our California Fox Rent A Car locations and celebrate with us the influence of the Mexican culture while enjoying a great time with your family and friends, and nice festivities!

About Fox Rent A Car:

Fox Rent A Car, your discount car rental company, has been providing excellent customer service along with low rental car rates since its founding in 1989. Today, our success in these areas has enabled us to develop into the largest independent car rentals company headquartered in California. You will find Fox Car Rental offices conveniently located at major airports throughout the world.

This year Mother’s Day is on Sunday May 9th , 2010. Have you already started planning your mother’s day? Do you know how to surprise you mother and make her feel special this year? If not at Fox Rent A Car, we have a few tips to share to help you celebrate her day and make her feel very special! Here is a list of gift ideas to celebrate Mother’s Day.

Mother’s Day: Gift Idea #1 – Spa weekend

Mother’s day is all about celebrating the love and care you mother has given you over the years and show her your appreciation. Mother’s day is about thanking her for always being there and her unconditional love. So what could be a better Mother’s Day gift idea to thank her and make her feel special than a Spa weekend? It gives her the opportunity to have a weekend all about her, relax, get all the attention she deserves and be treated like a queen!
If you want your gift to last longer, instead of getting her a spa weekend, you can get her a spa membership, so that she can take advantage of it when she feels like it. Many spa places offer packages where you can buy a certain numbers of massages and other treatments to be used at her convenience.

Mother’s Day: Gift Idea #2 – Weekend Getaway with her best friend

Another great Mother’s Day gift idea is to plan her a fun weekend getaway with one of her best friends. Not the one where you all go together, because you should plan that the rest of the year! No, one weekend where it’s all about her! Give her a little freedom. You could plan a loving weekend with her husband… but that wouldn’t be all about her really! Make sure to plan something she would like, not what you would want. Remember it is Mother’s Day; it’s about her! Send her to a wine county such as Santa Barbara or Sonoma Valley to change her mind with beautiful scenery, great cuisine, and a nice hotel. Or send her to a fun destination such as Palm Springs for a relaxing weekend with great shopping, dining, and relaxing opportunities, as well as various outdoors activities.

Mother’s Day: Gift Idea #3 – Maid Service

A mother has given all her time to her family, taking care of the kids, cooking, working, cleaning… and got very little time for herself. A great way to thank her for all she has done is by finding a way to make her load of duties lighter! So, why not get her a maid as a Mother’s Day gift?! Instead of cleaning the house she would now be able to spend time doing something for herself, what ever this might be! There are many maid services available, here are tips on what to look for and how to chose the best one.

Mother’s Day: Gift Idea #4 – A workshop or class

Find out what she likes to do or would like to learn and as a Mother’s Day gift, get her a workshop or class to do it. Painting, sculpture, ceramics, poetry, cooking… whatever she is interested in and likes to do, you can get her a class to express her passion! This is a good opportunity for her to escape her daily routine and do something different where she can focus on something else than the worries of the daily life!

Mother’s Day: Gift Idea #4 – If your Mother lives far away

If you are not lucky to be close to your mother because of geographic reasons, a great Mother’s Day gift idea is to find a way to get her closer. If your mother is computer literate, get her a webcam and dedicate a few hours a week to spend time with her, let her see her grand kids and be part of your life. If she is not really into computers, but willing to learn, get her classes to teach her how to use the web cam and the programs so she can reach you! If computers are not her interest at all, then you need to find something else than a communication tool to make her feel special. A few Mother’s Day gift ideas then for far way mothers could be a digital photo frame allowing her to get numerous pictures of her far away family!

Mother’s Day: Gift Idea #5 – Out of the Ordinary

To make your mother feel special it is a great gift idea to find something she normally doesn’t get to do. An original Mother’s day gift idea would be tickets for special events such as theater, opera, ballet… a show she would appreciate. The important thing to do when buying this gift is to make sure you buy a gift certificate, not a ticket for a specific show so that your mother gets to chose which show and when she wants to go. Then it is really her choice and you are sure she will fully enjoy it!

Of course, you can always stay with the typical, flowers card chocolate and perfume type of Mother’s Day gifts. But hey! It’s one day a year, so why not make your mother feel extra special by finding gift ideas for an extraordinary original Mother’s Day!