Ok this might seem like a dumb question but I am from across the Pond which is the nearest internation airport to this event? i am guess it is LA if so how far is it from there?

I think LAX is the closest international airport. Don't know if the other So Cal airports are international. It is 125 miles to Palm Springs. Are you going to get the award for the longest distance traveled? :thumbup:

I am just thinking about it at the moment if I can get flights at a good price I might make the trip also might get to see some of the other places Cali has to offer.The main problem for us from the UK everything is so cheap! So have to go mad buying clothes and stuff and that is before I start on bits for the X5

Try the Palm Springs International airport first (PSP), the next closest would be the Ontario (ONT) airport. It is in Riverside county which is much closer than (LAX) LA county.

Wrong :nanana: We can't expect you to be a West Coast expert though can we :rofl: . It's Ontario (ONT).

I SAID I didn't know :dunno:

Maybe we can now call you the Mistress of Misinformation? Inside joke.

I'm just bustin' your balls on the weekend early shift Laura :)

UK in the house! I got an e-mail from X5Sport before I check this thread but that would be insane if he came all the way from the UK. He'll blame me because we exchanged some e-mails and I wrote that it was too bad he couldn't come to WestFest but maybe we'll have a meet in Florida next year. Well I guess that got him thinking. :D

If he does come, we need to get him a bigtime prize for winning the distance award.

Yes PNG it is totally your fault! Giving me crazy ideas! I can get the flights to LAX £350 per person which is not that bad car hire about £250 Not a X5 :-( Any recomendtions on hotels reasonably cheap ish.

X5Sport,
From PNG's WestFestThread post:

"Hotels are aplenty here. We've got everything from Motel 6 to The Lodge (formerly the Ritz Carlton). This is a tourist area so there are lots of hotels. FYI: Palm Springs is pretty cool but it's a little off the beaten path from Indio/Palm Desert/Rancho Mirage. I would recommend staying in the more central area of Palm Desert or Rancho Mirage. The Marriott Desert Springs or Marriott Rancho Las Palmas are good. There is a Westin in Rancho Mirage. Those are just some ideas. I'll keep thinking....

I just looked at a brochure for a training I'm attending in Indian Wells and it reminded me of a few more hotels.

• Hyatt Grand Champions Resort and Spa
• Renaissance Esmerelda Resort and Spa
• Miramonte Resort and Spa
• La Quinta Resort and Club
• Embassy Suites Palm Desert" End of Paste...

Several of us have rooms booked at La Quinta Resort & Club...
they have rooms from about 85+ pounds a night and higher
for different packages. See link for details...
http://www.laquintaresort.com/accomm...s/packages.asp

hope ya'll can make the long ride across the Pond and this
country! :thumbup:
BR,mD