Four Glorious Days in Los Angeles

Known as the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles is a progressive metropolis and with one of the most diverse attributes of any city. Home to film and recording studios, world-class museums and trend-setting restaurants, Los Angeles offers the best of the best for your next incentive trip. With spectacular beaches and coastline, picturesque mountains, numerous professional sports teams and stadiums and multicultural neighborhoods, the city is rich with amenities to please any group. Blessed with warm sunny weather all year round and a diversity of cultures, attractions, hotels, restaurants, and activities, LA has something for everyone, making it a sure bet as an incentive destination.

Let Destination LA plan your next incentive trip to the City of Angels.  You are guaranteed to look like a hero and your participants are certain to go home with lifelong fond memories.  Here’s a suggested itinerary for four perfect days in LA: 

Day 1

• Arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport

• Transportation to the hot and trendy hotel Dream in Hollywood [see our other blog regarding this hotel]

• Enjoy a private dinner at Spago. One of the hottest celebrity chef restaurants in LA, Spago Beverly Hills has become one of the most famous restaurants in the world. The chef who put California cuisine on the map, Wolfgang Puck, shook the culinary world with his designer pizzas and daring food combinations.

• Back at the hotel, get the party started at an evening welcome reception.

Day 2

• Breakfast at leisure.

• Start the day with a Yoga class or Surf Lesson on the spectacular beaches of Santa Monica.

• Shop designer brands on the famous Rodeo Drive, where you are bound to run into a paparazzi pursuing a celebrity

• Fly by the Hollywood sign on a helicopter tour of the city.

• [Alternatively, Horseback to Hollywood Sign: Take a guided horseback trail ride to the top of Mt. Hollywood, up close to the famous Hollywood Sign, past Griffith Observatory and overlooking the best panoramic views of Los Angeles!].

• Dine like the stars at the historic Greystone Mansion, the backdrop for so many well-known movies.

Day 3

• Breakfast at leisure

• See sets, props and costumes on a Warner Bros. studio tour. Stop for a Behind the Scenes VIP Tour at WB Studios and see how and where your favorite movie was made.

• Enjoy a group dinner at the award-winning restaurant Hinoki & The Bird. Taking worldly cues from Chef David Myers’ nomadic travels throughout southeast Asia, Hinoki & the Bird is a colorful kaleidoscope where bright flavors and a modern California sensibility harmoniously collide. It is a great hidden gem in Century City.

• Raise your glass to a great trip during the closing ceremony and afterparty. Have a champagne toast at sunset at the Griffith Observatory with views of the Hollywood sign and the skyline of the City of Angeles.

Day 4

• Breakfast at leisure

• Time for a walk downtown. Art Walk LA celebrates art with a self-guided, public art phenomenon known as The Downtown Art Walk that brings together art lovers and community friends to the ever-evolving downtown Los Angeles.

• Let’s have lunch before we head to the airport. Considered one of the top 10 best new restaurants by Los Angeles Magazine, Bestia packs the hippest crowds. Chef Ori maintains an aggressive house-cured meat program with over 60 different forms of charcuterie.

• All the good things come to an end: time to head back to the airport.

• Flight home

Let the professionals at Destination LA put together a custom-tailored incentive program for your group that is guaranteed to be a winner. 

LA is Forever

Whatever may take you to LA (acting ambitions, surfing craze, or escaping the Chicago blizzards), there are plenty of reasons to keep you there—forever.  The city is the envy of the nation in that there is so much to do whatever your kick!

Celebs Everywhere.  If you are a celebrity worshiper, there is not place to spot one like LA.  At every turn, you are likely to bump into a face you may recognize.  You can also see a movie star perform at one of our many clubs for under $10.  You just never know who you might see performing at the Virgil or at Largo at the Caronet.

Route 66.  The legendary early motorway may start in Chicago, but it ends at the Pacific near the scenic Santa Monica Pier.  Go and take a selfie and let the folks at home know you made it all the way to the end of the Route.

Grand Central.  Not the Station in NYC!  This one is the Grand Central Market where you can find authentic LA fare.  No, that’s not oxymoron.  Opened in 1917, Grand Central Market is still a treasured dining destination in a city proud of its eateries.  If you are not Lactose intolerant, don’t forget to stop at DTLA Cheese + Kitchen for a dairy overdose.

Shopping Mecca.  You want to shop until you drop but hate malls.  Well, shopping in LA feels like a day at the resort.  Most malls are outdoors surrounded with botanic splendors.  The trip to the mall will never again feel the same. 

Cars. Cars. More Cars.  Yes.  It’s true.  "New Yorkers don't have to spend upwards of three hours a day trapped in their cars. Walking! Ever heard of it? It's nice."  You’ll discover how lovely it is walking among the blossoming jacarandas this time of year. 

Food Trucks.  New York has its pretzel street vendors, but LA has culinary taco trucks.  Taco trucks gave birth to LA’s street food fares long before grilled cheese and lobster rolls were being sold at ever corner.  Give it a try.  You will be pleasantly surprised.  Stop by Ricky's Fish Tacos: The truck serves quite possibly the most famous fish tacos in the city.

Whitewater Rafting in LA?  That creek you see winding through the city is actually Los Angeles River and upstream, you can still get your adrenaline pumping on a sizeable stretch of the River. Ready to strap on a helmet and get wet?   Well, yes. Don’t expect the Colorado River!  After all, this is LA.

City Characters Everywhere.  Especially on Hollywood Boulevard.  The Batman, Cinderella and Elvis are live and well on the famed boulevard.  As are the tributes to all the stars on the sidewalks.     

The Stars Never Die.  They just change residences to Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  Or to Forest Lawn Cemetery.     

For a memorable program in the City of Angeles, Let the professionals at Destination Los Angeles put together a program that your participants will never forget.