Las Vegas

No great vacation is complete without great shopping. For some people, shopping is a vacation unto itself. If you are looking for the top places to shop in the Unites states, the following tips may help you plan your next shopping vacation.

A great entertainment center, Las Vegas, attracting big winners and big spenders, is the best place to experience the ultimate shopping vacation. The Fashion Show Mall, real a cornucopia of retail outlets, is conveniently located in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip, offering the largest selection of all kinds of merchandise. It features 250 stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and the only Nordstrom store in Nevada. Most of the retail shops and restaurants here are high-end. Another shopping destination not to be missed is the recently expanded Caesars Forum Shops, which recreate Rome as it never was.

Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, shopping is one of the favorite vacation activities. Synonymous with Hollywood style and mega-budgets, Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles is an ultra-snobby place featuring shops like Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Harry Winston. The glittery Rodeo Drive is also incomparable for window shopping and people-watching. You will also find Gap and Crate & Barrel, for affordable gifts. The Grove also offers great shopping and there is a multitude of malls selling all kinds of goods.

South Coast Plaza

You can easily plan your entire vacation trip around a visit to South Coast Plaza, an upscale luxury shopping mall in Costa Mesa, California, and a place where the stars shop. A worthy rival of Rodeo Drive, South Coast Plaza is one of the most notable shopping centers in the United States, offering the ultimate California shopping mall experience. At almost 3 million square feet of enclosed space, and covering some 128 acres in all, it is one of the largest shopping centers in the world. It features over 300 shops and nine anchor department stores, including Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy's. There are also such chic shops as Steve Madden, Gap, Starbucks Coffee, Sears, Smith & Hawken, Wet Seal, Tumi, The Limited, Johnston And Murphy, not to mention Mrs. Fields, Lady Foot Locker, Foot Locker, Armani Exchange. Also A Pea in the Pod, The Walking Company, Apple Store, Borders, Fossil, Coldwater Creek, Puma, Calvin Klein and.. the list goes on.

It is not simply a shopping mall. Rather, South Coast Plaza is a vast shopping, dining and entertainment complex, featuring two separate enclosed malls, and several distinctive outdoor areas. It sprawls over a vast property which includes luxury hotels, dozens of restaurants, banks, fountains, art galleries and theatres. It's virtually a small city in its own right. The upscale nature of the mall is evident in valet parking, concierge services, and even courtesy umbrellas or hot beverage service. In addition to shopping, it is also home to the Orange Lounge, a digital media-focused branch of the Orange County Museum of Art.

Santa Monica

Santa Monica also has a reputation as a shopping mecca for unique, arty and funky items not available in the malls. Downtown Santa Monika is home to the world-famous Third Street Promenade and Santa Monika Place Shopping Center, a collection of casual and elegant restaurants, 21 theatre screens, flagship retailers and the best hotel accommodations, all neighboring the beautiful Pacific Ocean.

Fashion Island

With about 200 glamorous boutiques, including Arden B, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Dick's Sporting Goods, Hallmark Gold Crown, Justice, Limited The, Lucky Brand Jeans, Macy's, PacSun, Starbucks Coffee, The Children's Place, Wet Seal and many others, Fashion Island offers distinctive shopping and dining in a coastal resort setting and is located: 401 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660. It is home to Orange County ideal shopping mall experience. With innovative architecture, landscape and sparkling water features, Fashion Island will provide you with an unforgettable and exciting shopping experience. A chic outdoor mall located in the very heart of Newport Beach, overlooking the ocean, Fashion Island breezy Mediterranean-style walkways are lined with specialty stores, national chains, upscale kiosks, Atrium Court, Farmer's Market, entertainment, numerous award-winning restaurants as well as koi pond and a burbling fountain.

Tustin

The District at Tustin Legacy is the newest shopping and entertainment destination in Orange County. This million square-foot lifestyle center features your favorite retailers such as: Whole Foods Market, Costco, Target, Lowe’s and TJ Maxx/Home Goods, HOT TOPIC, Tilly's, Vans, Borders Books & Music, Target, Best Buy, Office Depot, Verison Wireless, ULTA Cosmetics. The District also has many specialty retail shops, including, Pinkberry, and Yabe Optik; as well as service and health and beauty focused businesses like Wells Fargo Bank, Legacy Cleaners, Facelogic, and Mode Salon Aveda. Peets Coffe & Tea, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, Bistro West, Marmalade Cafe and The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar are just a few of the many dining options that can be found here. The District is located in Tustin at the Northwest corner of Jamboree Road and Barranca Parkway.

In the very heart of The District at Tustin you can find The District Promenade, offering a great variety of gourmet dining options for every taste including RA Sushi, Auld Dubliner Irish Pub, Bluewater Grill Seafood Restaurant, Chaparosa Grill, Go Roma Italian Kitchen, Johnny Rockets, JT Schmid’s Restaurant & Brewery, Panera Bread, Peet’s Coffee & Tea.

La Jolla

La Jolla is the best place in San Diego to go for high-class shopping. Galleries sell paintings, sculptures and decorative items while small boutiques fill in the spaces between Banana Republic, Armani Exchange and Saks Fifth Avenue. Distant views of the Pacific are glimpsed from the windows and from between the buildings of the downtown La Jolla, with the main thoroughfares known for the “3Rs” – restaurants, rugs and real estate.

Shops at Wailea

An outstanding shopping destination, Maui offers an array of high-end shopping centers. One of the newest is Shops at Wailea, which is the collection of more than 60 island chic shops, galleries and upscale restaurants in the Wailea resort area. The Shops at Wailea is like no other shopping center in the islands, and is considered one of the most beautiful shopping centers in Hawaii, providing a wide array of stores from high-end shops like Louis Vuitton and Bottega Veneta to Gap, Pacsun, The Walking Company, White House/Black Market and Maui-exclusive shops. The address of The Shops at Wailea: 3750 Wailea Alanui, Wailea, Maui, HI 96753.

Lahaina

Another hot shopping destination is Lahaina, with an array of great shopping centers. Whether you are searching for a dashboard hula dancer or an original Curtis Wilson Cost painting, you can find it on Front Street in Lahaina. With more than 30 shops and restaurants, the oceanfront shopping complex Kahana Gateway in Lahaina offers great shopping, dinning and entertainment options. And in The Pioneer Inn Shops, located in a historic 1901 building on Lahaina Harbor across from the Banyan Tree, you can find a number of restaurants and stores, including jewelers, clothing stores, souvenir shops and art galleries.