Have you ever taken the time to gather up your really great girlfriends and get the heck out of dodge? Where in the world would you go? How do you begin planning such a treat for yourself? Start with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Girlfriend Getaways by Lisa Kasanicky.In Girlfriend Getaways, you'll learn how to plan for your getaway and how to prepare your family for your time away. You will certainly hope your bag is packed by the time you finish this great guide book of adventures. From shopping trips in posh boutiques in California, antiquing in the South, relaxing in spas in Hawaii, to becoming a rock star, this guide has it all.
About the author, Lisa Kasanicky is a freelance writer and creator of ArizonaSpaGirls.com--a girlfriend-to-girlfriend guide that speaks to a new generation of spa enthusiasts. Lisa has developed spa and travel guides for the Arizona Office of Tourism and for The Arizona Republic's family of lifestyle publications. She has served as the spa editor for Item magazine, beauty editor for East West magazine, and is a regular beauty columnist and features writer for several Phoenix-based and national publications. As the go-to gal for spas and beauty, she has been cited as an expert source in countless publications and appears regularly on the ABC Phoenix show, Sonoran Living, among others.
In 2006, she co-founded an event series that tours spas across greater Phoenix with a mission of educating the public on beauty and wellness while supporting a women's charity. Lisa's latest venture is SpaBound Summer Passport, a unique print publication that focuses on bringing value to spa and travel enthusiasts while stirring up business for the resort community during their off-season summer months. Lisa was named among the coolest people in the Valley of the Sun by Phoenix Magazine in 2008 for her work as the "Spastress." A graduate of North Carolina State University and a native Floridian, Lisa and her husband currently reside in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona.Here's a Chic idea: As you are preparing for the holidays, pick up a copy for each of your girlfriends and mark a couple of adventures you believe you all would enjoy. Include a note telling each of your friends how special she is to you. Now, you are set for the holidays early this year. After your friends open their gift, get started planning your great Girlfriend Getaway! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Girlfriend Getaways
How can you be the lucky winner of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Girlfriend Getaways? Tell us what great adventure you would like to go on with your girlfriends. Copies will be distributed to 3 people who leave a comment before September 21st.
Robyn Stone is a wife and homeschooling stay at home mom. She can be found at Our Homeschool Home and is co-owner of the popular online gift store Snootie Patootie.
There are three women who have written 3 editions of books that deal with fun things for women to do together in our metro area!
This book sounds really fabulous! Too many times, I find that my friends and I get busy with our families and forget to nurture our friendships!!!!! There are so many excursions that I would like to go on with my girlfriends. One that comes to mind is a spa weekend. We could be relaxing and being healthy.
It would be nice to be pampered. Many thanks.....Cindi
I would love to take my girlfriends on a wine tour of the Napa Valley (with a few nights out in San Francisco thrown in for good measure) and a stay at a California spa (to detox after the wine tour/nights out, get massages, and just relax) before going home! Sounds awesome, doesn't it?
Music festival weekends with the girls are always a blast!! We also take river/lake weekends now and then, but not as often as we'd all like. Maybe this book would inspire us all to think more often of the joys of having girlfriends to spend time with. :)