And even more reasons to get up, get dressed, and brave the crowds at your local shopping mall:
6. It’s social. Bring your kids to see Santa and you’ve got a fun afternoon activity during a long activity-less winter break. Bring your BFF and you’ve got hours to catch up on girltalk. Bring your boyfriend and all of a sudden shopping is a date.
7. Movies. Sure you can watch a movie online, but we all know that’s not nearly as much fun as the big screen.
8. See if it works. The last thing you want is to buy an ipod online, get it in the mail a day before Christmas, and then realize that you’ve gotten a dud. You’ll end up running out the mall anyways. Why not just avoid that possibility?
9. Quality. Ever notice how things aren’t their real size online? And that you can’t actually see your product in action? When I was a kid I bought a banana plant online. The picture showed this gigantic banana tree filled with leaves and fruit. When I got it, it was a little shriveled up twig in a pile of frozen dirt.
10. It’s fun. You can test the video game you’re thinking about buying. You get to taste a piece of Godiva chocolate before settling on a gift box. Need I say more?
Remember, outdoors is best for relieving shopping claustrophobia. Here are a few more outdoor malls we like. These are all located on the West Coast. Enjoy!
- Stanford Shopping Center Mall – Palo Alto, California
- NewPark Mall – Neward, California
- Hillsdale Mall – San Mateo, California
- Westfield Mission Valley – San Diego, California
- Fashion Valley Mall – San Diego, California
Happy Holidays from the travel crew at TripCart!
Further Reading:
- Family Vacation Ideas for Palm Springs, Death Valley and the California Desert
- Shopping in Palm Springs and the California Desert
- Family Vacation Ideas for San Francisco Bay Area, Carmel, Napa Valley, Central California Coast
- Shopping in San Francisco Bay Area, Carmel, Napa Valley, Central California Coast
- Family Vacation Ideas for Northern California Coast from Bodega Bay to Mendocino to Eureka
- Family Vacation Ideas for San Diego, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Southern California
- Shopping in San Diego, Venice, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Southern California
- Shopping Malls – a Traffic report that amazed our Web Analyst
- Shopping Malls – a tremendous boost to TripCart.Com
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