One place right in the city that I like is the Mosser on 4th. It is a
half block from Market St. and just outside of the Powell Bart
station. Its a nice, clean, modern hotel with small rooms and really
great rates for that area. There are also shared bathroom rooms with
really inexpensive
Much appreciation to all who replied, that helps a lot. It sounds like
the best route to go is to try to be convenient to the BART and just
rely on that to get to the various places I want to go. I'll hunt for
hotels accordingly. I'll also check out Priceline.com - I always
forget about i
An extremely cheap alternative to hotels:
http://www.couchsurfing.org/
I have no firsthand experience from either side, but have met a person who
offered up her couch on a regular basis to people and she seemed happy with
her experiences.
Tom
On 6/17/09, Robert Kirkpatrick wrote:
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And if you want an alternative-to-hotels experience, try Air B&B:
http://airbnb.com/
Lots of stuff for rent in SOMA on that site, which is where the art is.
Gino
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Robert Kirkpatrick wrote:
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> A question for the SF area RBWO-ers: Say you are coming into town v
Here's how I find hotels for cheap in SF--go to Priceline.com and bid
on a room. I've stayed at the Hyatt by the Embarcadero for $100 per
night (less than half the standard rate) and at several boutique
hotels for $85 (again, less than half the standard rate). When you
bid, specify that
There are hotels in older buildings that cater to European tourists in
SF and are in the $100 per night range, which in my experience is
pretty cheap for lodging in a big city. Hotel Rex, Hotel Carlton, Post
Hotel are some that I can think of but there are others. Around
Rockridge BART there are s
I'd recommend downtown SF as a first choice, since you can BART out to
Walnut Creek (Riv HQ) with a bike during commute hours, but not IN to
SF. See http://511.org for schedules, routes and such. Hotels will all
be pricey. SF also gives you the option to ride out over the Golden
Gate bridge into M
where are you coming from on AMTRAK? not all trains allow you to bring
your bike without boxing it first...
Staying near BART is probably the easiest thing to do. Berkeley is
half-way between Walnut Creek and San Francisco (20-25 minutes BART
trip both direction). It seems that Rockridge--a nice
