Houston Life hit the road for a holly-jolly getaway to San Antonio — and trust us, this city does not play when it comes to the holidays. Reporter Melanie Camp packed up the HL crew, cranked the carols, and took a holiday road trip packed with twinkling lights, festive flavors, movie-moment landmarks, and Texas-sized cheer.

Emily Kaufman, The Travel Mom, shares why now is a great time to save on popular destinations.

“We don’t want to ban short-term rentals because that would be illegal and unconstitutional," Houston Council Member Julian Ramirez said. "What we want to do is get at the bad actors, the folks who are not following the rules."

Multiple Houston-area hotels were ranked among the best places to stay in Texas. This information comes courtesy of Yelp, the crowd-sourced review website we’ve all turned to for recommendations at one point or another.

Of course, it depends on when you book and how savvy you are at tracking airfare deals, but scoring a great deal on a flight these days certainly isn’t impossible.

Like many others that evacuated to Houston following Hurricane Laura, they checked into local hotels with the costs covered by the state through Friday. If families need help with transportation, the Red Cross can help them get there. The TDEM said displaced families that still need help need to call a hotline number so that everything can be processed. ”We do thank Houston. I do thank Texas.

HOUSTON – Houston’s hotels are a massive revenue producer for the city. The staff wears masks, and guests there are asked to as well, but they aren’t required to. Average hotel occupancy has fallen off a cliff in the past couple of months, from an average of 73% this time last year to less than 30% now. And that hotel occupancy tax that pipes millions into the local economy? Industry experts, like Arlene Ramirez of the University of Houston’s Conrad Hilton College, say the hotel industry will bounce back.