wow - thanks for the info all.

Through work im getting a medium suv to sit 4 people with 4 large suitcases. $650 usd for 12 days (cheap cheap) to ride around the west coast

Red: would have loved to get a 2 door but not enough room for us all plus luggage.

LA is just a landing spot as the tickets i got were tooooooo cheap ( i paid $1300 return inc taxs for May 2009. We have booked to eat at Gordon Ramsay's resturant on the same night of arrival and then the next day (which is saturday) basically just to drive around LA (like beverelly hills, rodeo etc).

From there we will go the places staying 2 nights in SF and 2 Nights in Sandiego. Might have to sneak tijuana in the mix (sounds good thanks Dave). Staing in Vegas for 5 nights. Tossing up to stay at either Caesers Palace or the Bellagio. Basically party hard and gamble. My wife wants to go to the pussy cat lounge which was hard to say ok (not) .

We then fly to NYC and spend 13 nights there. From there we fly to Miami (couple of nights) then coach to florida to go to disneyworld for a couple of nights!!

then back to LA then Home

I got me a fancy camera (DSLR) and i start a course on the 30th july for 6 weeks so I hope to take alot of amazing pics!!

thanks heaps all - time to google!!!