“I’ve always been ABC – Anything But Chardonnay – but I think I’m going to have to change my mind now,” said Joshua Salter, travel expert at Journeyscape and one of the four agents making up a UK group on the Race Across California. The agents were in the midst of a wine tasting experience at St Francis Winery in Sonoma County, and evidently beginning to understand why the endless surprises and undeniable charms of California win over so many visitors every year. This was a lesson learnt many times over the eight-day, self-drive fam trip.
Didn’t join the Race Across California fam trip? Here’s everything you missed
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Maddie Barber
19 December 2025
Visit California’s first-ever Race Across California – a self-drive fam trip with a twist – was an enormous success. TTG tagged along to find out which destinations, experiences and hotels are best suited to a road trip across the Golden State, so no one need miss out on the action.
One of the UK groups taking part in the Race Across California started their journey in San Francisco
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