LACOT Meetup, Luxe Hotel, Los Angeles

I made the mistake of trying to go south towards the Sawtelle district (craving Ramen) around 5pm on a weekday. Barrington was backed up as far as I could see in the northbound direction – after turning around at some point, it took me 30 minutes to go 1/3 of a mile on surface streets and then on Sunset before pulling into the Luxe Hotel entance.

Traffic is so intense in this part of town (combined with the major 405 construction project here) that humans replace stop lights during rush hour. Traffic police are stationed at a number of intersections for quite some ways away from the 405. The Luxe Hotel is a 7-acre oasis of calm – in this busy part of Los Angeles. It is located right off of Sunset Blvd next to the 405.

The reason I was here was to attend the latest meetup of LACOT with the focus being a presentation by Lisa of WeSaidGoTravel.com – she is in the middle of an indefinite RTW trip – this being a stopover on her way to Central America and her 18th straight month on the road. She discussed valuable practical information for how to take off on a trip of this length, logistics, health on the road, earning income abroad and budgets. This is not her first RTW trip! She co-authored a wrote book, Traveling in Sin based on her first year abroad several years ago.

The LACOT events are always valuable for PR, travel writers and travel bloggers – with nearly all attendees from the Los Angeles area.

It is always good to meet up with
@JenniferMiner
@LATravelWriter
@MGPTravelBlog
@MichelleYam

and make some new acquaintances
@BlackInkPR
@Mgerlich
@StefanPollack