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Single Parents Ring in the New Year with Fab Family Weekends in Monterey & Solvang, CA

November 20, 2003-New Year's resolutions for single parents can include fun travel opportunities this year, as Brenda Elwell, author of The Single Parent Travel Handbook and the nation's leading expert on single parent travel brings announces two weekend trips this winter to the relaxing city of Monterey (Jan. 16-18) and the picturesque Danish town of Solvang, CA (Feb. 20-22). Neither trip charges a single supplement, nor will single parent families feel like the 'odd man' out in a sea of double parent families or swinging singles. Elwell will accompany the trips and offer parents tips for traveling with their kids.

The Monterey weekend, which starts at $514 for one adult and one child, plus tax & service, includes:

• Two nights accommodations at the cozy Bay Park Hotel in Monterey, California
• Welcome reception and get-together Friday evening
• Hot breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings
• Saturday morning specially tailored half day guided family scavenger hunt
• Lunch on Saturday with choice of menu including a kid's menu
• Admission to the outstanding Monterey Bay Aquarium
• A signed copy of The Single Parent Travel Handbook

The Solvang weekend, which starts at $471 for one adult and one child, plus tax & service, includes:

• Two nights accommodations at the Royal Copenhagen, one of Solvang's oldest and most charming inns.
• Welcome reception and get-together Friday evening
• Continental breakfast at Mortensen's bakery Saturday and Sunday mornings.
• Two free wine tastings
• Tickets for a Saturday morning performance of The Flying Leap Storytellers (geared toward children).
• Afternoon two hour lake cruise on a 47 passenger pontoon boat, with a naturalist guide. This is the migrating season for many birds.
• Casual catered poolside bar-b-que dinner at the hotel.
• A signed copy of The Single Parent Travel Handbook

The Single Parent Tours inaugural trip to Beaches Boscobel Resort in Jamaica during August was a rousing success. Forty-two single parent families attended from all over the USA, and many new friendships were formed. Six families came from the Los Angeles area, met and became friends, and asked GlobalBrenda to create a Single Parent getaway weekend near Los Angeles. Hence, the origin of the Solvang trip.

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GlobalBrenda: Author, Entrepreneur, Travel Advisor A veteran of over thirty years experience in the travel industry and a worldwide adventurer, Brenda Elwell has lived abroad and traveled to over 60 countries and 45 states, half of them as a single parent with her two kids in tow. Ms. Elwell holds a B.A. in languages from Colby College. Her book, The Single Parent Travel Handbook; her Web site, SingleParentTravel.net; and her newsletter, have been praised by readers and the New York Times, Rudy Maxa's Savvy Traveler radio show, Travel Weekly, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Frommers.com, Parents Magazine, MSNBC as well as other media. Addicted to adventurous travel to remote and exotic places, Ms. Elwell is at home anywhere on the planet.

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