strbksslk ([info]strbksslk) wrote,
@ 2008-05-20 16:55:00
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Memorial Day Weekend
Dustin and I have decided to go to San Francisco for Memorial Day weekend. We've both been wanting to go and my brother leaves Continental in 2 weeks, leaving that weekend my last weekend to travel for free.

Does anyone have hotels they recommend that aren't expensive and are in ok areas? I know squat about San Fran.

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[info]dirigibles
2008-05-20 10:01 pm UTC (link)
I'm gonna be up there too! (well, at least near SF)

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:24 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! Where near SF?

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[info]dirigibles
2008-05-21 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Staying at my mom's in Lafayette, which is about 20 miles or so east of San Francisco.

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[info]claussendunce
2008-05-20 10:05 pm UTC (link)
The only times I've stayed in a hotel in SF, we paid about $400/night. Granted, that was with my parents and we were staying at 3-4 star executive hotels, but I've heard it's an expensive town for lodging no matter what. I'd suggest fisherman's wharf, the financial district and anything along the main drags in the Castro.

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[info]claussendunce
2008-05-20 10:10 pm UTC (link)
okay, so it looks like you can do good lodging in the high 100s, i would stay somewhere kitschy like hotel kabuki but i know the city pretty well as this point so location wouldn't be a huge sell for me.

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Definitely not going to spend $400! Thanks for the suggestions on area though. :-)

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[info]gethenix
2008-05-20 10:36 pm UTC (link)
Be prepared for navigational headaches...

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Ugh. Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to get the GPS system with my rental car.

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[info]ltorosf
2008-05-20 10:37 pm UTC (link)
Best Western Civic Center
364 9th St.
415 621-2826

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[info]designguy59
2008-05-20 10:54 pm UTC (link)
a good friend of mine works for this group, they're very gay friendly and a great place to stay.

http://www.kimptonhotels.com/promo_summersale_2008.aspx#SanFrancisco


i think you and Dustin will truly enjoy your stay

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:26 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check these out. They're very reasonably priced.

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[info]agitadoma
2008-05-21 01:20 am UTC (link)
I highly recommend the Hayes Valley Inn: http://www.hayesvalleyinn.com/. It's cute, cozy and (by SF standards) cheap. My parents stay there when visiting the city. (I used to live there and my sister still does.) These days the best shopping in the city is in Hayes.

It's cute, and right in the heart of Hayes Valley, one of my favorite neighborhoods. Also, Hayes Valley is kind of smack in the middle of the city, so you can walk to the Castro, Haight, Union Square and other neighborhoods. You are also very close to all the forms of public transportation.

The Best Western Civic Center is also a good choice, also centrally located. I'd also honestly recommend against Fisherman's Wharf or anything over in the Pier 39, Lombard, Marina, Wharf area. You can go over there to do the tourist stuff, but using that as a home base is tough because those areas are pretty removed from the rest of the city.

Another fun pick is the Beck's Motor Lodge in the Castro. (http://www.becksmotorlodgesf.com/) It's similarly cheap, kitschy and sort of a Castro institution in a delightfully tacky way. There's lots of small inns in the Castro, but I honestly think the neighborhood is over-rated. If you don't live a big city it's amazing, but New Yorker might find it kind of a yawn.

Safety-wise, the only areas I would warn against these days are the inner Tenderloin (Polk street near Civic Center) and the lower Mission (places on numbered streets -- not avenues above 20). The rest of the city is all very safe.

Hope you have fun! I was just out there about four weeks ago and it was (as always) wonderful.

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the suggestions! Beck's motor lodge seems like a popular pick.

I've heard from others as well that Castro is over-rated and I should only visit, not stay in that part of town. Being a former New Yorker, I don't want to stay in an area that I would find to be a yawn.

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[info]agitadoma
2008-05-22 02:55 am UTC (link)
Here's a New Yorker's guide to SF . . .

Castro = Chelsea
Union Square = Times Square
Pacific Heights = Upper East Side
Noe Valley = Upper West Side
Mission = Lower Harlem
Financial District = Midtown
Golden Gate Park = Central Park
Chinatown = Chinatown
Tenderloin = Bowery
Village = Hayes Valley, Duboce Triangle, Upper Haight
Sunset District = Long Island
Soma = Meat Packing District
Oakland = Brooklyn
San Jose = Newark

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[info]kryshoc
2008-05-21 02:28 am UTC (link)
we're staying here when we go in June, it looks like a cool hotel and is downtown almost next to Chinatown....have no idea if that's good or bad, LOL

http://www.hoteltriton.com/html/virtualtour.html#

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:35 pm UTC (link)
LOL, that's how I am. An area sounds cool, but is it really??

That hotel looks really cool! I love the decor. I'll check it out. :-)

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[info]incrediblerml
2008-05-21 07:14 am UTC (link)
Your best bet is Hotel Diva. It was the first boutique hotel in San Francisco and has aged well. I stayed there last week for $120 a night for work. Great bet. Hotel Triton, recommended above, is also a really good property, though a bit more expensive. The best deal you are going to find in town is Hotel Metropolis. Here's the deal with Metropolis - it's a boutique hotel, a really good property, but it is one block into the Tenderloin. Basically, that means that there will be crack-heads outside. But, like I said, it is only one block in, so in forty paces, you are on public transportation/in Union Square and because they built this hotel one block west of where they should have, it is ridiculously cheap.

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[info]strbksslk
2008-05-21 05:37 pm UTC (link)
Hotel diva looks really cool and is very reasonable. Unfortunately they're all booked up Saturday night. I'll check out the others. Thanks for the suggestions. :-)

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[info]ooo0hhwow
2008-05-22 06:24 am UTC (link)
Hey Hottness-
Check out The Handlery right across from Union Square. Nice classy but small and hidden place. Great location and prices were good when I have stayed.
Estuardo/

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