There's a trend afoot in travel: More and more destinations are offering special packages that make it easy to gather your favorite female friends and extend girls' night out into an active getaway. Here are four of our favorites. Packages and amenities are subject to seasonal availability.

Where Beverly Hills, Calif. (12 miles north of Los Angeles International Airport)

The getaway You'll recognize the Regent Beverly Wilshire from the 1990 film Pretty Woman as the hotel where Julia Roberts' character is transformed from a lady of the night into a lady. The hotel is an elegant setting for its "Pretty Woman Suite Dreamin'" package: a weekend of fun, fitness, makeovers, shopping and plenty of time for girl talk.

Sleepover Your suite comes with an adjoining room, so there's lots of space for four gals to enjoy a slumber party-style stay. Perks include a gift bag stuffed with sample-size treats from the hotel's spa and neighboring high-end retailers. Plus, you'll have your choice of chick flicks such as The English Patient, When Harry Met Sally ... and, of course, Pretty Woman (from $163 per person, per night for four guests; 800-427-4354, regenthotels.com).

Girl power Fabled Rodeo Drive is the perfect place to power walk (or power shop, depending on your preference). Or check out on-site hotel amenities, including a fitness center complete with state-of-the-art cardio and weight equipment and a 47-foot Mediterranean-style outdoor pool. An attendant will mist you with Evian water (free upon request) as you soak up the California sun between laps. Don't forget sunscreen!

Chow down In your posh suite, chocolate-covered strawberries and champagne await your arrival. For something more substantial, head to the hotel's elegant dining room for the Healthy Selection Breakfast, which includes a berry smoothie, a cholesterol-free asparagus-spinach omelet, six-grain toast and coffee or tea ($18) or, for lunch in the more casual lounge, try the Portobello Mushroom Ravioli ($15). For lower-priced healthful meals, stop by Real Food Daily (310-858-0880, realfood.com), a trendy organic vegetarian restaurant on nearby Beverly Drive. Its Total Reuben (baked marinated tempeh on toasted rye topped with soy cheese, Thousand Island dressing and sauerkraut, $9.50) is a favorite. There's also the Real Food Meal: short-grain brown rice, beans, greens and vegetables, with your choice of dressing or sauce ($10). R & R Your package includes a free makeover at Saks Fifth Avenue, just two blocks from the hotel. Afterward, visit the hotel's new Sylvain Melloul Salon for a free blowout by Parisian stylist Lea Journo (310-887-5509).

Sisterly advice For more-realistic price tags, head one block east of Rodeo Drive, to Beverly Drive, where you'll find such stores as Anthropologie, Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn.--Maryann Hammers

Where Jasper, Alberta, Canada, four hours west of Edmonton (home of the world's largest indoor mall) via Highway 16, or five hours aboard Via Rail's Art Deco trans-Canadian train (from $176 U.S. round-trip)

The getaway A fit foodie's paradise: "The Grand Canadian Culinary Experience" package at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, your base camp for exploring Canada's great outdoors

Sleepover Round up seven friends for a weekend at the Gardener's Cottage, a four-bedroom lakeside cabin ($293 per person; 800-441-1414, fairmont.com) with a fully stocked kitchen and a cozy living room featuring a massive stone fireplace--the perfect setting for gossiping and catching up. The package includes two nights' lodging and lunch and dinner with live cooking demonstrations from one of the lodge's talented chefs.

Girl power Work off the calories you've consumed on your culinary adventure by pedaling or hiking around the turquoise alpine lakes dotting Jasper National Park. Expect to encounter both horseback riders and the bighorn sheep that frequent the grassy hillsides. The concierge will give you a free map of area trails, including the easy two-mile nature path from the Lodge to Old Fort Point across the Athabasca River from the town of Jasper. The resort rents bikes for about $7.60 U.S. per hour.

Chow down Order a light breakfast from room service ($3-$17 U.S.); you and your friends will want to save your appetites for a private lunch and cooking demo from the lodge's chef in the 20,000-squarefoot kitchen. Later on, you can sip your favorite wine in your own cabin while a culinary maestro shares cooking tips and tricks, fashioning a scrumptious dinner of your group's choosing. Some recommendations: crushed purple potatoes, wild rice salad, melted leeks, truffle gnocchi, and mushroom consomme with cognac.

R & R A Swedish massage (about $75 U.S. for 60 minutes) at the lodge's spa or a dip in the outdoor heated swimming pool with the girls is always an option, but you may find the most calm on your own front porch, overlooking emerald-green Lac Beauvert. Plop down in an oversized rocking chair with a good book, or to watch elk grazing on the grass.