{"id":374584,"date":"2026-06-25T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374584\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:16:08","slug":"summer-vacationers-search-for-european-style-destinations-without-traveling-far-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374584\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer vacationers search for European style destinations without traveling far from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX)  \u2014 The high cost of airfare and stress of international travel have many Americans reconsidering their summer vacation plans.<\/p>\n<p>Many are now looking for European style experiences they can enjoy without leaving the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Luxury Travel Expert and Founder of Amara Escapes, Whytney Rawls, joined ARC Bakersfield to share where travelers are finding the perfect vacation destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Rawls says there are several locations here in the U.S. that let travelers feel like they have taken an international trip.<\/p>\n<p>She says Sonoma and Carmel by the Sea here in California both have European qualities that vacationers enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the U.S., Rawls highlights Washington, Florida and Rhode Island as other popular vacation spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The high cost of airfare and stress of international travel have many Americans reconsidering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-374584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}