Palm Springs April
 

We will be chosing a house to rent (thru VRBO our favorite rental for a family) in PS with a pool for 2 adults, 12yr and 16 yr old. From reading past postings, we like the idea of the villagey feel of Palm Springs to the other areas--Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage etc.
What is the wind issue and how do we avoid it? There are a lot of rental houses but I need help with the locations.Palm Springs does not look very big on the map. Are there any streets to avoid? What about being out of the city a little--is it possible or desirable? We will use the pool at the home a lot and be in the home location a lot too. We also like to hike, bike and see the natural sights. Our 16 yr old daughter will like to shop and walking to it is a plus.From PSLocal it sounds like the Spring break crowd will not be an issue..thanks to Sonny Bono..our daughter may want it, but we would rather avoid crowds.

General guidelines are to avoid:

- north of Vista Chino
- east of Sunrise Way

Generally the closer to Palm Canyon between Ramon and Alejo the better.

If you come back with the general vicinity of the properties I can give you a better feel. You do not want to be in the windbelt if you can help it. Spring can be a windy time in the desert.

Spring will be crowded, but typically not the same character of spring break crowds from the old times. But crowded in the desert is somewhat of a relative term---the density is very low here.

The windy part of PS is the northern part, stay south of Ramon and it shouldn't be an issue. If you want to walk to downtown for shopping stay west of Sunrise.

I am really appreciative of the great "location" info from both of you. Here is a little more about some
of the homes available--not all are in
the zone you are recommending--but what
do you think anyway?--near Victoria Park? Christina Way? Alexander Way--I think is too far north, right? And what about out of Palm Springs city--in La Quinta or across from the Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert? Also Rancho Mirage? The homes all seem really good--the pool areas are beautiful often with lanais, firepits or fireplaces, exactly what we would like, so we are excited about the properties. I apologize but I am a little hung up on securing the house at the moment.

I just answered another post of yours before seeing that you want to rent a home from VRBO. We rented across from Marriott Desert Springs this year thru them, and really liked that part of PD.
No shopping for your daughter to walk to in that area, however. We go to the desert from LA about 6 times a year and sometimes stay in hotels or rent condo's/homes. We also go Easter week, but there are so many different Spring breaks, the crowds are not like they were in the 80s.

Victoria Park, Christina and Alexander way are all a bit north. In my opinion, the wind is not that big a deal. However, it does blow a lot of sand into the pool. They are quite a walk to Palm Canyon though.
I personally prefer being within walking distance of shopping and restaurants and the only concentrated shopping/dining areas are along Palm Canyon in Palm Springs or El Paseo in Palm Desert. You can easily drive to either of these areas no matter where you stay. El Paseo is very upscale and close to the River shopping center which has many restaurants. I like Palm Springs better however and the homes there mostly are classic 60s desert architecture.